Am.  Tour.  Pharm  ) 
Jan.,  1879.  J 
Minutes  of  the  College. 
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The  minutes  of  the  last  stated  meeting,  and  also  those  of  the  special  meeting  of 
November  22d,  were  read  and  on  motion  approved. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  read  the  minutes  of  that  body  for  the 
months  of  October,  November  and  December,  which  were  on  motion  adopted. 
On  motion  of  Thomas  S.  Wiegand  an  amendment  to  the  by-laws  of  the  College 
was  proposed  to  Article  XIII,  Chapter  VIII,  which  will  make  it  read  as  follows: 
u  All  such  persons  as,  from  their  knowledge  of  materia  medica,  chemistry,  phar- 
macy and  their  collateral  branches  of  science,  shall,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
College,  merit  that  distinction,  may  be  elected  honorary  or  active  members  of  the 
College." 
The  motion  was  accepted,  and  the  subject  laid  over  under  the  rules  for  action  at 
the  next  stated  meeting. 
Charles  Bullock,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee  on  Deceased  Members,  reported  the 
death  of  William  Hodgson,  Jr.,  a  member  of  the  College,  which  occurred  on  the 
24th  instant.  He  gave  a  short  sketch  of  his  life,  and  stated  that  the  matter  would 
claim  the  attention  of  the  committee  hereafter. 
Mr.  Bullock,  on  behalf  of  the  same  committee,  read  a  memorial  of  the  late 
Thomas  H.  Powers,  which  he  stated  had  been  prepared  by  the  committee,  with  the 
assistance  of  Ambrose  Smith,  who  was  a  fellow  clerk  with  Mr.  Powers  when  he  was 
learning  the  drug  business. 
The  memorial,  which  will  be  found  on  page  39,  was  listened  to  with  much  interest, 
covering  as  it  does  the  many  points  of  his  useful  and  busy  life  from  youth  to  age. 
On  motions  of  James  T.  Shinn  and  Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  the  memorial  was 
accepted  and  ordered  to  be  printed  in  the  "Journal  of  Pharmacy,""  and  that  five 
hundred  copies  of  the  memorial  be  also  printed  for  the  use  of  the  College. 
Mr.  Bakes  moved  that  a  copy  be  presented  to  each  member  of  the  class,  which 
was  adopted. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Shinn  the  thanks  of  the  College  were  presented  to  the  com- 
mittee and  Ambrose  Smith  for  the  very  acceptable  memorial  which  they  had 
prepared. 
Alonzo  Robbins,  on  behalf  of  the  delegation  elected   to   attend   the  annual 
meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  made  the  following  report: 
To  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy : 
The  delegates  appointed  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Ameriean  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  respectfully  report  that  they  attended  to  the  duties 
assigned  them. 
Owing  to  the  prevalence  of  yellow  fever  the  meeting  was  postponed  from  the  time 
originally  fixed  upon  to  the  26th  of  November,  when,  notwithstanding  the  lateness 
of  the  season,  a  very  successful  meeting  was  obtained. 
The  sessions  were  held  in  Concordia  Hall  5  an  address  of  welcome  was  delivered 
by  the  Hon.  Mr.  Angier,  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Atlanta,  and  a  number  of  invitations 
to  visit  places  of  interest  were  received. 
The  hospitalities  usually  shown  at  the  meetings  of  the  Association  were  extended 
with  undiminished  force. 
A  number  of  useful  and  interesting  papers  were  read,  and  a  very  important  report 
from  the  Pharmacopoeia  Committee  of  the  Association  was  presented. 
The  exhibition  was  not  as  large  as  usual,  but  was  of  considerable  interest,  notably 
the  chemicals  of  Messrs.  Powers  &  Weightman  and  Rosengarten  &  Sons,  and  the 
California  plants  shown  by  Mr.  James  G.  Steele  of  San  Francisco. 
