278  Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting.  {Ami£^xS£! 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.— The  chair  of  chemistry  made  vacant  by 
the  resignation  of  Prof.  Bridges  has  been  filled  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  by  the 
unanimous  election  of  Prof.  Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 
Prof.  Sadtler  is  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  and  studied  chemistry  at  the  Lehigh  Uni- 
versity, at  Yale  College,  and  at  Heidelberg,  Germany.  After  his  return  to  this 
country,  he  was  for  three  years  Professor  of  Chemistry  at  Gettysburg  College,  when 
he  was  called  to  the  scientific  department  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  During 
the  past  winter  he  has  been  assisting  Prof.  Bridges,  and  lectured  to  the  junior  class 
of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  on  physics  and  the  non-metallic  elements,, 
and  to  the  senior  class  on  organic  chemistry.  He  brings  to  his  new  position  a  large 
amount  of  practical  experience  in  the  laboratory  and  lecture-room  ;  he  is  the  author 
of  a  very  valuable  work  entitled  "  Chemical  Experimentation,1'  and  is  the  American 
editor  of  the  latest  edition  of  Attfield's  "  Chemistry." 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. —The  twelfth  annual  commencement  was 
held  at  the  College  Hall,  April  23d.  The  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  was 
conferred  upon  the  following  gentlemen  : 
Thomas  Trefethen  Goodale  (Malt  Extract),  Francis  Mason  Harris  (Pepper),. 
Edward  Mark  Lowell  (Monobromated  Camphor),  Edgar  Henry  Luce  (Purified  Ani- 
mal Charcoal),  John  Alexander  McDonald  (S-iveet  Spirit  of  Nitre),  Charles  Naylor 
( Caffeina),  William  Herbert  Pierce  (Purified  Aloes),  Francis  Alexander  Schouler 
(Fluid  Extract  of  Podophyllum),  Charles  William  Wells  (Goa  Powder). 
An  andress  on  the  late  Pror.  J.  M.  Merrick  was  delivered  by  Prof  Markoe,  and 
valedictory  addresses  by  Mr.  Thos.  Doliber  on  behalf  of  the  faculty,  and  by  Mr.. 
T.  T.  Goodale  on  behalf  of  the  class. 
Pharmacy  in  Rhode  Island.— The  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  in  their  ninth, 
annual  report  to  the  General  Assembly,  regret  that  in  the  condition  of  pharmacy 
there  has  been  little  of  progress  or  improvement  in  the  past  year.  The  general  busi- 
ness depression  has  been  severely  felt  by  the  pharmacists,  and  their  time  and  thought 
have  been  occupied  at  the  counter  rather  than  in  the  study  and  experiments  of  the 
laboratory.  The  Board  state  that  during  the  year  six  persons  applied  for  registration 
as  pharmacists,  only  one  of  whom  gave  satisfactory  evidence  of  his  qualifications  for 
registration.  These  applicants  were  men  who  had  not  been  in  the  business  or  had 
wasted  their  time  as  assistant  pharmacists  in  States  where  there  was  no  regular 
apprenticeship  required  by  law,  and,  consequently,  were  deficient  in  the  practical 
knowledge  of  pharmacy  which  can  only  be  obtained  by  study  and  earnest  applica- 
tion. Twenty  persons  applied  for  registration  as  assistant  pharmacists,  fourteen  of 
whom  passed  the  examination  and  were  duly  registered.  The  remaining  six  were 
remanded  to  their  studies.  The  Board  remark  that  many  of  the  disappointed  appli- 
cants for  registration  and  their  friends  complained  that  the  examinations  were  too- 
rigid.  The  Board,  however,  believe  that  they  have  placed  the  standard  of  efficiency 
where  it  could  be  easily  attained  by  a  proper  use  of  the  term  of  apprenticeship.. 
