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College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  City  of  New  York.—The,  graduates  of  this  Insti- 
tution held  a  meeting  on  the  24th  of  May,  and  formed  an  alumni  association. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  : 
President,  Daniel  C.  Robbii.s,  N.  Y.  Vice-Presidents,  Edward  Henes,  N.Y. ; 
John  W,  Ballard,  Davenport,  Iowa;  Henry  0.  Vluse,  Elmira,  N.Y.  Treas- 
urer, Th.  Frohwein,  N.  Y.  Stcretary,  T.  F  Main,  N.  Y.  Executive  Commit- 
tee, Chas.  B.  Smith,  Newark,  N.  J.  ;  Geo  W.  C.  Phillips,  Jersey  City,  N  J. ; 
Gustavus  Krehbiel,  N.  \.  ;  Geo.  G.  Sands,  N.  Y. ;  P.  W.  Bedford,  N.  Y.  ; 
Wm  Muir,  Brooklyn,  N.Y.  Committee  on  By  Laws,  Messrs.  Bedford,  Wright 
and  Close. 
The  meeting  then  adjourned  until  Wednesday,  June  7th. 
The  Columbia  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  organized  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  in  April  last,  by  26  pharmacists.  If  we  are  to  judge  by  some  of  the 
members,  whom  we  happen  to  know,  we  may  expect  this  new  organization  to 
become  a  stimulus  to  our  brethren  on  the  Potomac  of  entering  more  frequently 
into  scientific  intercourse  with  the  other  parts  of  our  country.  The  officers  are  : 
Wra.  S.  Thompson,  President;  J.  D.  O'Donnell,  F.  S.  Gaither,  Vice  Presi- 
dents ;  J,  C  Fill,  Recording  Secretary;  Oscar  Oldberg,  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary; Z.  W.  Cromwell,  Treasurer;  D.  P.  Sickling,  Librarian;  F.  D.  Dowling, 
Curator. 
The  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy. — In  the  session  lately  closed  in  this  insti- 
tution the  usual  commencement  exercises  were  omitted  in  view  of  the  fact  that 
it  was  the  first  course  of  instruction  given  before  the  College  during  several 
years,  and,  as  a  consequence,  the  attendants  were  almost  exclusively  first  course 
students,  and  not  eligible  to  graduation.  The  only  exception  to  this  rule  was 
in  the  case  of  Mr.  F.  M.  Goodman,  of  this  city,  upon  whom  the  degree  was 
conferred. 
The  IVustees  of  the  College  are  highly  gratified  with  the  success  which  has 
so  far  followed  the  re-establishment  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy,  and  look  for- 
ward to  its  future  prosperity  as  a  certainty.  With  the  coming  season  a  more 
extended  and  more  thoroughly  systematized  course  of  instruction  will  be  inau- 
gurated— full  particulars  of  which  we  hope  to  be  able  to  present  to  our  readers 
in  our  next  issue. —  The  Pharmacist,  April,  1871. 
Kansas  College  of  Pharmacy. — One  or  two  meetings  of  this  institution  could 
not  be  held  for  the  want  of  a  quorum  ;  but  we  learn  that  measures  are  in  pro- 
gress to  have  it  well  represented  at  the  next  national  meeting. 
The  California  Pharmaceutical  Society. — The  twenty- first  meeting  of  the 
California  Pharmaceutical  Society  was  held  on  the  evening  of  Ap  il  19th,  Mr. 
Calvert  (the  President)  in  the  chair.  Owing  to  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Perkins, 
who  has  removed  to  a  distant  State,  Mr.  G.  G.  Burnett  was  appointed  Record- 
ing Secretary,  pro  tern. 
Mr.  Steele,  the  Corresponding  Secretary,  presented  to  the  meeting  a  large 
and  interesting  correspondence.    Among  other  letters,  those  from  Professor 
