220  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {Am^{;  2£rm* 
Wilkinson,  William  John,  Pennsylvania,  Glycerin. 
Williams,  Joseph  Pearson,  Delaware,  Unguentum  Zlnci  Oxidi. 
Wingender,  Wendell  Phillips,  Pennsylvania,  Ergot. 
Yealy,  James  Frank,  Pennsylvania,  Memory  in  Pharmacy. 
Young,  Frank  John,  Michigan,  Equisetum  Hyemale. 
Young,  William  Schrack,  Pennsylvania,  Hydrargyrum  c.  Greta. 
Zieber,  Paul,  Pennsylvania,  Water  as  a  Menstruum. 
In  response  to  an  invitation  from  the  professors,  a  reunion  of  the  graduating 
class  with  the  officers  and  trustees  of  the  college,  took  place  in  the  museum  on 
the  evening  of  March  17th,  when  the  Zeta-phi  Society  presented  to  Prof.  Trim- 
ble a  complete  copy  of  Chambers'  Encyclopaedia,  and  to  the  Actuary,  Thos.  S. 
Wiegand,  his  well-executed  portrait,  and  the  Theta-delta-sigma  Society  pre- 
sented Prof.  Sadtler  with  a  gold-headed  cane. 
The  commencement  took  place  at  the  Academy  of  Music  on  Thursday,  March 
18th,  at  noon.  Although  the  Academy  was  not  overcrowded,  a  *  is  very  generally 
the  case  on  similar  occasions  when  the  exercises  take  place  in  the  evening,  the 
auditorium  was  comfortably  filled  with  an  audience  evidently  interested  in 
the  proceedings.  The  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  was  conferred  upon 
the  successful  candidates  by  the  President  of  the  College,  Chas.  Bullock.  The 
recipient  of  the  Procter  prize,  presented  by  Mr.  C.  Bullock,  was  C.  E.  Escott, 
and  honorable  mention  was  awarded  to  D.  W.  Cahill  and  J.  L.  Fisher,  with  the 
grade  distinguished,  and  to  T.  J.  Backes,  M.  H.  Bickley,  W.  B.  Cheney,  A.  D. 
Drew,  W.  G.  Greenawalt,  F.  D.  Hall,  S.  S.  Jones  and  E.  C.  Lafean  writh  the  grade 
meritorious,  as  the  general  result  of  their  examinations.  The  H.  C.  Lea  prize, 
$100  for  the  most  meritorious  work  in  connection  with  the  thesis,  was  presented 
by  Mr.  W.  J.  Jenks  to  S.  S.  Jones.  The  materia  medica  prize  for  the  best 
histological  examination  of  an  American  plant — a  Zentmayer  microscope — was 
awarded  to  M.  H.  Bickley,  wTith  honorable  mention  of  the  labor  done  by  H.  A. 
Burkhart  and  A.  H.  Cohn.  The  John  M.  Maisch  prize,  offered  by  Mr.  J.  H. 
Redseckerto  the  candidates  passing  the  best  examinations  in  materia  medica, 
followed  by  an  examination  of  sections  of  drugs  by  means  of  the  microscope, 
was  presented  by  Mr.  T.  M.  Perot  to  J.  L.  Fisher,  honorable  mention  being 
accorded  to  W.  E.  Neil,  H.  H.  Pritchett,  L.  E.  Barlow,  D.  W.  Cahill,  C.  E.  Escott, 
R.  C.  Bicknell,  T.  J.  Backes,  M.  H.  Bickley,  S.  S.  Jones,  G.  W.  J.  Hoffman, 
W.  H.  Davis,  E.  S.  Craig  and  S.  W.  Pre  wett.  The  Pharmacy  prize,  a  gold  medal, 
was  awarded  to  M.  H.  Bickley  for  a  very  handsome  collection  of  pharmaceutical 
chemicals  and  galenical  preparations  made  by  himself.  Mr.  Robt.  Shoemaker 
presented  the  Operative  Pharmacy  prize,  $25  offered  by  Mr.  E.  L.  Boggs,  of  West 
Virginia,  to  F.  D  Hall;  and  Mr.  W.  B.  Thompson  a  line  prescription  balance, 
offered  by  Mr.  H.  J.  Maris  for  the  best  examination  in  theoretical  pharmacy  to 
A.  D.  Drew.  Honorable  mention  was  made  in  connection  with  the  Pharmacy 
prize,  of  T.  J.  Backes,  J.  E.  Buckley  and  J.  M.  Roseberry ;  and  in  connection 
with  the  Operative  Pharmacy  prize,  of  J.  L.  Fisher,  E.  C.  Lafean  and  D.  Rosen- 
baum.  The  recipient  of  the  Chemistry  prize  for  analytical  work,  a  Troemner 
analytical  balance,  was  C.  E.  Hewitt,  with  honorable  mention  of  the  work  done 
by  S.  S.  Jones,  J.  L.  Fisher,  D.  W.  Cahill,  W.  B.  Cheney,  C.  H.  McCoy  and 
J.  D.  Moore. 
The  valedictory  address  was  delivered  by  Prof.  Maisch,  and  the  exercises, 
