328  Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.        { jufyTim""''* 
of  cash  in  the  hands  of  their  Treasurer,  agreeably  to  his  report  in  March  las-t 
The  following  preamble  and  resolution,  offered  by  William  Procter,  Jr.,  was 
read  and  adopted : 
Whereas,  at  the  close  of  the  annual  meeting,  just  as  the  election  was  being 
entered  upon,  Charles  Ellis  declined  re-election  as  a  member  of  the  Committee 
of  Publication,  on  which  he  had  served  near  forty  years,  nearly  the  whole  time 
acting  as  Treasurer  ;  therefore 
Resolved,  That  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  appreciating  the  long 
and  disinterested  services  of  Charles  Ellis  as  a  member  of  the  Committee  of 
Publication,  and  desiring  to  express  their  sense  of  his  faithfulness,  in  this  pub- 
lic manner,  hereby  tender  him  a  vote  of  thanks,  and  direct  its  publication  in  the 
Journ  al. 
The  appointment  of  delegates  to  the  coming  session  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association  being  in  order,  a  ballot  was  ordered.  Messrs.  W.  J. 
Jenks  and  T.  S.  Wiegand,  acting  as  tellers,  reported  the  election  of  Prof.  Jno.. 
M.  Maisch,  Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  Jos.  P.  Remington,  Charles  Bullock,  William 
Procter,  Jr. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Robert  Bridges,  the  Committee  was  empowered  to  fill  va- 
cancies occurring  from  inability  of  any  member  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the 
Association. 
On  motion,  then  adjourned. 
Chas.  Bullock,  Secretary, 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy — Alumni  Association.  The  annual 
meeting  of  this  Association  was  held  at  Boston  on  Friday  evening.  May  19th. 
After  the  election  of  new  members,  the  President,  Prof.  F.  H.  Markoe^ 
delivered  the  annual  address.  The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensu- 
ing year:  President,  Prof.  G.  F.  H.  Markoe;  Vice-Presidents,  C.  B.  R.  Haz- 
eltine,  J.T.  Brown,  Jr.;  Treasurer,  Chas.  H.  Bassett ;  Secretary,  Thos.  Doliber  ;, 
Executive  Committee,  J.  H.  Dyer,  Edward  T.  Kelley,  John  C.  Lowd,  George  E. 
Raymore ;  Delegates  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Charles  A. 
Tufts,  Thomas  Doliber,  George  H.  Beale,  Geo.  E.  Raymore,  J.  Plowes  Dyer. 
The  members  together  with  some  invited  guests  then  partook  of  the  annual 
supper. 
College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  City  of  New  York.—\i  a  social  meeting  of  the 
College,  held  June  15th,  Prof.  Chas.  F.  Chandler  delivered  a  lecture  on  Celes- 
tial Chemistry  as  revealed  by  the  use  of  the  Spectroscope.  After  explaining 
the  origin  and  composition  of  meteorites,  and  the  probable  composition  of  many 
of  the  heavenly  bodies,  the  principles  of  the  spectroscope  were  detailed  and 
illustrative  diagrams  exhibited.  After  the  close  of  the  lecture  the  audience 
had  an  opportunity  of  viewing  through  an  instrument  the  peculiar  .colored 
bands  produced  by  the  vapor  of  various  metallic  compounds. 
