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Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
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1    February,  1905. 
Fifty  students  were  now  in  the  House,  and  it  was  expected  it  would 
soon  be  full. 
The  Committee  on  Membership  was  announced,  viz. :  Henry 
Kraemer,  W.  A.  Rumsey,  H.  L.  Stiles,  James  T.  Shinn  and  C.  A. 
Weidemann. 
Mr.  W.  L.  Cliffe,  on  behalf  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
expressed  their  appreciation  of  courtesies  extended  by  the  Board 
of  Trustees. 
Mr.  Irwin  L  Peiffer  was  elected  to  active  membership. 
Professor  Remington  announced  that  through  the  liberality  of 
Mrs.  John  R.  Drexel,  a  granddaughter  of  Henry  Troth,  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  College,  there  would  be  established  another  scholar- 
ship, to  be  called  the  Troth  Scholarship. 
NOVEMBER. 
The  Committee  on  Library  reported  a  number  of  additions  by 
purchase,  and  by  donations  from  Henry  N.  Rittenhouse  and  C.  D. 
Ritchie. 
The  President  announced  that  Prof.  Samuel  P.  Sadtler  had  now 
completed  twenty-five  years'  service  in  the  College. 
The  Committee  on  Scholarships  reported  having  awarded  nine 
scholarships,  two  being  to  pupils  from  the  public  schools. 
Aubrey  H.  Weightman,  Pierce  A.  Dietrich  and  Charles  W.  Par- 
sons were  elected  to  active  membership. 
C.  A.  Weidemann,  M.D., 
Secretary. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
The  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  in  February  will  be  held  on  Tuesday  afternoon, 
the  14th,  at  3  o'clock,  in  the  Museum  of  the  College. 
Dr.  H.  W.  Wiley,  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry  of  the  United  States 
Department  of  Agriculture,  will  give  an  address  on  "The  Danger  in  the  Use 
of  Methyl  Alcohol  for  Domestic  Purposes.' ; 
Mahlon  N.  Kline,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Legislation  of  the  National 
Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  will  read  a  paper  on  "Some  Reasons  why 
the  Internal  Revenue  Tax  on  Alcohol  should  be  Reduced,  and  why  our  Gov- 
ernment should  provide  Free  Denaturized  Alcohol  for  Use  in  the  Arts." 
Prof.  Samuel  P.  Sadtler  will  read  a  paper  on  "  The  Detection  of  Methyl  Alco- 
hol in  Ethyl  Alcohol." 
