292  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.      { Am-ji™\\^rm 
at  Mackinac  Island  in  1903.  Its  immediate  publication  was  made 
possible  by  the  kind  assistance  of  the  publishers  of  the  Druggists' 
Circular,  the  American  Druggist,  the  Bulletin  of  Pharmacy,  Merck's 
Report  and  the  Pharmaceutical  Era,  who  generously  offered  to  share 
equally  the  cost  of  production  of  a  work  thought  to  be  desirable  for 
the  use  of  all  interested  in  the  progress  of  pharmacy  and  cognate 
sciences,  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  agreeing  to  reim- 
burse the  publishers  of  the  above-named  journals  from  the  sale  of 
the  book  as  the  same  progresses. 
The  index,  which  contains  over  55,000  titles  and  nearly  70,000 
references,  has  been  arranged  with  a  view  to  economy  of  time  in 
searching  for  the  names  of  authors  or  subjects,  and  in  this  respect 
differs  materially  from  the  indices  issued  in  1884  and  1 891.  The 
subject-matter  has  been  printed  in  brevier  type,  and  instead  of 
roman  numerals,  large  heavy  figures  have  been  used  for  the  volume 
numbers,  while  the  page  numbers  have  been  set  in  smaller  light 
figures.  The  names  of  authors  and  deceased  members  appear  in 
italics. 
Unfortunately,  while  the  work  of  publication  was  in  progress,  a 
large  part  of  the  manuscript  and  all  the  printed  forms  were  destroyed 
in  the  disastrous  fire  which  visited  the  city  of  Baltimore  in  Febru- 
ary, 1904,  and  an  unavoidable  delay  of  nearly  twelve  months  oc- 
curred in  the  issue  of  the  book,  although,  the  same  being  insured, 
no  financial  loss  was  sustained. 
By  vote  of  the  Association  the  price  of  the  Collective  Index  has 
been  fixed  at  five  ($5)  dollars  per  volume,  and  it  is  hoped  that  the 
book  as  arranged  will  prove  acceptable  to  all  members,  and  be  freely 
used  by  them  and  by  all  students  interested  in  the  work  of  the 
A.  Ph.  A.  during  the  first  fifty  years  of  its  existence. 
The  Committee  on  Publication. 
February,  1905. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
THE  EIGHTY-FOURTH  ANNUAL  COMMENCEMENT. 
The  eighty-fourth  annual  commencement  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  in  the  American  Academy  of  Music, 
Thursday  evening,  May  1 8th.  After  prayer  by  the  Rev.  John  R. 
Davies,  D.D.,  the  degrees  were  conferred  by  the  president  of  the 
College,  Howard  B.  French. 
