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the  professional  standing  of  members  of  the  pharmaceutical  pro- 
fession. In  this  connection  he  called  attention  to  the  need  for 
endorsing  and  assisting  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of 
the  American  Medical  Association. 
The  several  suggestions  that  had  been  made  in  the  course  of  the 
evening,  with  some  additional  ones  that  had  been  offered  in  writing, 
were  referred  to  a  committee  of  three  to  report  at  the  next  meeting. 
The  next  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Section  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  will  probably  be  held  on  the  evening  of 
Monday,  May  21,  1906,  in  the  Hall  of  the  College  of  Physicians. 
M.  I.  Wilbert,  Secretary. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
THE  EIGHTY- FIFTH  ANNUAL  COMMENCEMENT. 
The  eighty-fifth  annual  commencement  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy  was  held  in  the  American  Academy  of  Music,  corner 
of  Broad  and  Locust  Streets,  Thursday  evening,  May  17th.  After 
prayer  by  the  Rev.  Edwin  Heyl  Delk,  D.D.,  the  degrees  were  con- 
ferred by  the  president  of  the  college,  Howard  B.  French. 
The  following  are  the  names  of  those  receiving  the  degree  of 
Doctor  in  Pharmacy  (P.D.),  together  with  the  subjects  of  their 
theses : 
Name. 
Albert,  Henry  Clay,  P.  C, 
Allen,  John  Harvey, 
Anawalt,  Robert  Bunn, 
Andrews,  Joseph  Colson, 
Ayres,  Wilmot, 
Baskin.  Ancy  Lonza, 
Bell,  Frances  Rose, 
Bender,  William  Lawrence, 
Betts,  John  Alvin, 
Bienkowski,  Peter  Thomas, 
Blinzig,  Frederick  John, 
Bragdon,  Clarence  Eugene, 
Brubaker,  Elam, 
Burgoon,  William  David, 
Burns,  Helen  Ritz, 
Butler,  Samuel  Sumter, 
Thesis.  State  or  Country 
Lime  Water  and  Lime  Water  Tablets,  New  Jersey 
Glyceritum  Boroglycerini,  Delaware 
The  Soda  Fountain,  Pennsylvania 
The  Marvels  of  Coal  Tar,  New  Jersey 
The  Pharmacist  and  His  Specialties,  Pennsylvania 
The   Art    of   Making  Compressed 
Tablets,  South  Carolina 
Brown  Mixture,  Pennsylvania 
Cod  Liver  Oil,  Pennsylvania 
Hydrastis,  Delaware 
Spiritus  Ammoniae  Aromaticus,  Pennsylvania 
Liquor  Magnesii  Citratis,  Pennsylvania 
The  Paper  Industry,  Maine 
Oleum  Theobromatis,  Pennsylvania 
Formaldehyde,  Pennsylvania 
A  Pessimistic   vs.   An  Optimistic 
View  of  Pharmacy,  Pennsylvania 
Fluid  Extracts,  New  Jersey 
