550  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {XvembefjtoT 
The  second-year  instruction  covered  the  acids  from  the  non-metallic  ele- 
ments, metallic  salts,  metals,  etc. 
In  the  Senior  Class  the  subject  of  organic  chemistry,  its  application  to  phar- 
macy, has  been  extensively  treated.  The  supplementary  course  of  two  lectures 
per  week  just  completed  covered  the  following  subjects:  Technical  Organic 
Analysis  and  Food  Adulterations. 
Department  of  Analytical  Chemistry. — Every  available  desk  was  utilized, 
and  it  may  be  necessary  in  the  near  future  to  arrange  for  more  sections.  The 
extension  of  the  course  for  the  third-year  students  enabled  the  professor  to  en- 
large upon  the  work  given  in  previous  years,  and  included  the  following  : 
Gravimetric,  Volumetric,  Gasometric  and  Urine  Analyses,  Fehling's  Solution, 
Tests  for  Elements  and  Organic  Compounds,  Alkaloidal  Assays,  Oils,  Fats, 
Waxes,  Food  Adulterations  and  Preservatives. 
Department  of  Botany  and  Pharmacognosy . — The  professor  directs  attention 
to  the  need  of  more  time  in  the  first  and  second  year,  in  order  to  give  the 
students  a  firmer  grasp  on  this  part  of  the  work.  For  some  years  past  he 
has  been  making  a  collection  of  the  different  commercial  varieties  of  each 
drug,  and  believes  it  is  one  of  the  best  and  largest  collections  of  this  kind  to  be 
found. 
Department  of  Materia  Medica  and  Pharmacology . — Results  of  the  work  in 
the  first  year  have  been  quite  satisfactory.  The  extension  of  the  third-year 
course  has  made  it  possible  to  rearrange  the  second-year  course,  which  had 
been  previously  overcrowded.  In  the  third-year  class  the  results  shown  by  the 
examination  were  that  the  percentage  of  those  obtaining  a  grade  of  very  satis- 
factory greatly  exceeded  all  previous  records. 
May  nth. — The  degree  of  Master  in  Pharmacy,  Honoris  Causa,  was  con- 
ferred upon  Prof.  Frank  X.  Moerk,  and  also  upon  Prof.  Chas.  H.  La  Wall — in 
course. 
May  25th. — The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Instruction  relating  to  entrance 
examinations  was  further  discussed,  and  after  a  number  of  alterations  had  been 
proposed,  were  considered  seriatim  and  adopted. 
Professor  LaWall  was  appointed  Instructor  in  Algebra,  this  position  being 
made  necessary  by  the  new  entrance  requirements. 
The  appointment  of  an  Instructor  in  Latin  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
Instruction  with  power  to  act. 
fune  6th. — A  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  to  Professor  Henry  Leffmann,  for 
his  donation  of  two  volumes  of  "  Hermetic  Alchemical  Writings  of  Paracelsus," 
translated  by  A.  B.  Waite. 
'  Prof.  Wallace  S.  Truesdell  was  elected  Professor  in  Latin.  - 
Ambrose  Hunsberger  was  elected  to  active  membership. 
Amendments  to  By-Laws  were  proposed,  made  necessary  by  changes  in  the 
curriculum. 
C.  A.  Weidkmann,  M.D., 
Recording  Secretary. 
