244  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.       { Am Ma^iSs™ 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  College  was  held  on 
March  27,  1905,  at  4.00  p.m.,  in  the  Library.  The  president, 
Howard  B.  French,  presided.    Twenty-three  members  were  present. 
The  minutes  of  the  quarterly  meeting  held  December  27,  1 904, 
were  read  and  approved.  The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for 
the  meetings  held  December  6,  1904,  January  3d,  January  17th, 
(special  meeting),  February  7th,  were  read  by  the  Registrar  and 
approved. 
The  President  read  his  annual  report,  from  which  are  abstracted 
the  following  items:  The  walls,  ceiling  and  woodwork  of  the  pharm- 
aceutical laboratory  were  repaired  and  painted ;  the  seats  in  the 
lecture-rooms  were  re-varnished  and  numbered,  and  re- wired  for 
electric  lighting  ;  a  general  overhauling  of  all  electric  wiring  through- 
out the  buildings  was  made,  and,  after  inspection,  has  been  ap- 
proved by  the  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters ;  a  system  of  inter- 
communicating telephones  was  placed  throughout  the  building,  and 
has  materially  added  to  the  comfort  of  the  faculty  and  Registrar ; 
the  exterior  woodwork  of  the  front  building  has  been  painted  and 
put  in  good  order ;  these  improvements  put  your  buildings  in  a 
fairly  good  condition. 
It  is  a  matter  of  interest  to  note  that  Prof.  Samuel  P.  Sadtler  has 
completed  twenty-five  years  of  service  in  the  College. 
The  new  course  in  pharmaceutical  arithmetic,  which  was  made 
compulsory  for  the  first-year  students,  has  proven  a  very  desirable 
addition. 
The  supplementary  course  for  the  third-year  students,  which  has 
just  gone  into  effect,  is  expected  to  prove  of  material  advantage  to 
the  students. 
A  new  system  of  tickets  was  instituted.  One  ticket  is  now  issued 
by  the  Registrar,  which  takes  the  place  of  the  six  formerly  used. 
This  change  has  proven  exceedingly  satisfactory. 
Forty-one  more  students  are  receiving  instruction  at  the  College 
this  year  than  last.  Eighty-one  students  have  availed  themselves 
of  special  instruction  in  the  chemical  laboratory.  A  number  of 
the  students  are  receiving  additional  instruction  in  the  pharmaceuti- 
cal laboratory,  special  course  in  bacteriology  and  in  technical 
microscopy. 
