Am.  Jour.  Pharrn. 
May,  1879. 
Minutes  of  the  College. 
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The  report  of  the  Business  Editor  to  the  Publishing  -  Committee  was  read  for 
information  and  approved. 
The  Treasurer  of  the  Committee's  report,  exhibiting  the  usual  prosperous  condi- 
tion of  this  department  of  the  College,  was  also  read  and,  on  motion,  accepted. 
Thomas  S.  Wiegand  read  a  report  on  the  condition  of  the  sinking  fund,  which 
was  of  a  satisfactory  character.    It  was,  on  motion,  accepted. 
The  Treasurer  of  the  College  reported  the  names  of  six  members  who  are  each  five 
years  in  arrears  of  payment  of  their  annual  dues.  In  accordance  with  the  usual 
•custom,  their  names  were,  on  motion,  ordered  to  be  stricken  from  the  roll  of  mem- 
bers. 
A  communication  from  J.  Campbell  Harris,  Esq.,  executor  of  the  estate  of  the 
late  Thomas  H.  Powers,  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  the  resolutions  sent  to  the 
family  of  the  deceased  by  the  College,  was  read  and  directed  to  be  recorded  on 
the  minutes. 
Wm.  B.  Thompson  alluded  in  fitting  language  to  the  distinguished  services  ren- 
dered the  College  for  a  long  period  of  time  by  Dr.  Robert  Bridges  as  Professor  of 
Chemistry,  and  as  a  member  of  the  College ;  and  as  the  minutes  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  which  had  just  been  read  recorded  his  resignation  as  Professor  of  Chem- 
istry in  the  College,  he  suggested  the  propriety  of  some  action  being  taken  by  this 
meeting  which  would  show  in  a  proper  manner  our  appreciation  of  his  services. 
Mr.  Thompson  thought  he  well  deserved  the  title  of  Emeritus  Professor  of  Chem- 
istry in  the  College,  as  a  compliment  for  the  faithful  manner  in  which  he  had  devoted 
his  time  and  talents  to  its  interests.  Professor  Remington  and  others  coincided  with 
this  opinion,  and,  on  motion,  the  following  preamble  and  resolution  were  unani- 
mously adopted,  and  referred  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  to  carry  into  effect : 
•*  Whereas,  Dr.  Robert  Bridges,  Professor  of  Chemistry,  on  account  of  failing 
health,  presented  his  resignation  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
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"Resolved,  That  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  in  accepting  the  resig- 
nation, desire  to  testify  their  sense  of  regret  at  their  loss,  and  it  is  therefore 
"Resolved,  That  the  title  of  Emeritus  Professor  of  Chemistry  be  conferred  upon 
Dr.  Robert  Bridges  by  this  College,  expressive  of  our  regard  for  one  who  has  labored 
so  faithfully  for  the  best  interests  of  this  institution." 
Daniel  S.  Jones  alluded  to  the  illness  of  the  President  of  the  College  at  the  present 
time,  and  offered  the  following  resolution,  which  was  unanimously  adopted: 
"Resolved,  That  this  meeting  learns  with  sincere  regret  of  the  illness  of  our 
esteemed  President,  Dillwyn  Parrish,  and  hereby  tenders  our  expression  of  sym- 
pathy, with  the  earnest  hope  for  his  early  and  permanent  recovery." 
Professor  Remington,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee  on  Deceased  Members,  called 
attention  to  the  death  of  Dr.  George  B.  Wood,  which  occurred  on  the  30th  inst., 
and  alluded  to  the  fact  of  his  having  filled  a  professor's  chair  in  this  College  from 
1822,  when  the  College  was  incorporated,  until  1835.  His  interest  in  the  College 
•was  always  great,  and  did  not  abate  when  he  was  called  to  fill  the  chair  of  Materia 
