548  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {A^mberPhi™' 
his  remarks  he  urged  the  use  of  metric  weights  and  measures  both 
in  the  making  and  the  testing  of  pharmacopceial  preparations. 
In  speaking  of  the  tests  and  assay  processes  of  the  new  Pharma- 
copoeia, Mr.  Boring  referred  to  the  claim  which  has  been  made  that 
the  work  is  more  suited  to  the  needs  of  the  manufacturer  than  of 
the  retail  pharmacist. 
Henry  Blair  said  that  in  his  experience  he  had  found  the  metric 
system  to  be  a  source  or  confusion  and  that  its  use  does  not  do  away 
with  the  use  of  fractional  parts.  He  said  that  he  frequently  had 
customers  of  foreign  birth  who  would  ask  for  ^  or  J{  "  kilo,"  but 
never  for  gramme  quantities.  He  had  furthermore  found  it  imprac- 
ticable to  order  goods  in  metric  quantities,  only  a  few  houses  putting 
up  their  goods  in  this  way. 
Charles  H.  La  Wall,  Instructor  in  Pharmacy,  said  that  the  students 
under  him  were  thoroughly  drilled  in  the  use  of  the  metric  system, 
but  that  not  being  required  to  use  it  in  practice,  they  regard  their 
knowledge  of  it  as  more  or  less  superfluous  and  of  no  practical  use. 
Copies  of  the  first  Pharmacopoeia  published  in  the  United  States, 
and  reprinted  from  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  July,  1884* 
were  distributed  among  the  members.  The  work  was  published  in 
Lititz,  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  March  12,  1778.  Mr.  Wilbert  said  that 
the  author,  Dr.  Wm.  Brown,  had  charge  of  the  hospital  at  Lititz  dur- 
ing the  Revolution,  and  that  he  was  an  interesting  character,  being 
distinguished  as  the  physician  of  both  Washington  and  Jefferson. 
Florence  Yaple,  Secretary  pro  tern. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  SEMI-ANNUAL  MEETING. 
The  semi-annual  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy was  held  September  25,  1905,  in  the  Library,  at  4  o'clock,  the  President, 
Howard  B.  French,  presiding.  Twenty  members  were  present.  The  minutes 
of  the  quarterly  meeting,  held  June  26th,  were  read  and  approved.  The  min- 
utes of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  April  25th,  May  2d,  nth,  25th  and  June  26th 
were  read  by  the  Registrar,  Jacob  S.  Beetem,  and  approved. 
W.  A.  Rumsey,  for  the  Committee  on  Nominations,  presented  the  list  of  pro- 
posed nominations  for  Trustees,  which  was  ordered  entered  on  the  minutes. 
Prof.  Henry  Kraemer,  chairman  of  the  delegates  to  the  American  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association,  read  a  report.  Accompanying  the  report  was  an  account  of 
the  Alumni  Reunion,  held  at  Atlantic  City.    Of  those  members  in  attendance, 
