202  Minute  of  the  College  Meeting,  {^"^AvrnJm!''^- 
MINUTE  OF  THE  COLLEGE  MEETING. 
The  annual  meeting  of  members  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
was  held  March  26th,  at  3.30  P.  M.,  Charles  Bullock,  President,  in  the  chair. 
Twenty  members  were  present.  The  minutes  of  the  last  stated  meeting  (De- 
cember, 1887),  was  read,  and  on  motion  adopted.  The  minutes  of  the  meeting 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  January,  February  and  March  were  presented,  and 
by  resolution  approved.  The  present  being  the  annual  meeting,  the  reports  of 
the  standing,  or  permanent  committees,  and  the  election  of  officers  constituted 
part  of  the  regular  business.  The  Committee  on  Publication  presented  the  fol- 
lowing report :  "  The  issue  of  the  Journal  has  been  prompt  and  regular  through- 
out the  year.  The  great  competition  in  the  field  of  pharmaceutical  literature 
makes  it  very  difficult  for  the  Committee  to  extend  the  circulation  of  the  Jour- 
nal as  much  as  is  desired.  The  purely  scientific  character  of  the  publication 
does  not  appear  to  adapt  it  to  the  taste  of  modern  pharmacists,  whilst  the  cost 
of  the  limited  edition  will  not  permit  a  reduction  in  the  price  of  subscription. 
As  long  as  the  Journal  maintains  its  present  special  character  as  the  medium  of 
scientific  labor  and  research,  its  circulation  will  be  limited  to  those  who  now 
give  it  preference.  Your  Committee  fear  that  the  radical  change  in  the  kind  of 
material  now  presented  to  readers  of  the  current  literature  on  pharmaceutical 
subjects  may  at  no  distant  day  compel  a  change  of  method  not  however  at  var- 
iance with  the  strictly  dignified  standard  of  the  present  Journal." 
This  report  led  to  some  interchange  of  view  relative  to  what  should  constitute 
any  proposed  modification  that  would  better  meet  general  appreciation,  and 
improve  the  business  prospects  of  the  publication. 
The  Editor's  report  presents  the  following  statement:  "That  since  the  last 
annual  meeting  seventy- one  original  papers  have  been  published  in  the  Jour- 
nal, and  in  addition  thereto  twenty-five  papers  entitled  "  Gleanings,"  or  "  Ab- 
stracts," comprising  original  translations  from  "  foreign  journals,"  and  elabora- 
tions of  new  observations,  discoveries,  or  processes  gathered  from  various 
sources.  Of  the  original  papers  twenty-eight  were  devoted  to  subjects  of  ma- 
teria medica,  twenty  to  chemistry,  nineteen  to  pharmaceutical  and  four  to 
other  subjects  of  general  interest.  Seven  members  of  the  College  contributed 
nineteen  papers,  and  more  or  less  extensive  abstracts  of  twenty-nine  theses 
were  contained  in  fifteen  papers.  The  pharmaceutical  meetings  have  been  of 
considerable  interest  during  the  past  year;  a  number  of  new,  interesting  and 
rare  specimens  were  exhibited,  and  not  less  than  thirty-six  papers  were  read,  a 
goodly  number  of  which  related  to  investigations  undertaken  in  the  chemical  and 
pharmaceutical  laboratories  of  the  College.  Aside  from  the  publications  mention- 
ed above  various  editorials,  reports,  reviews,  varieties,  etc.,  etc.,  as  heretofore  have 
been  prepared  by  the  Editor,  who  is  gratified  to  note  the  fact  that  the  contribu- 
tors of  original  matter  have  increased  in  number  as  compared  with  some  pre- 
vious years,  and  he  ventures  to  hope  that  this  valued  interest  in  the  Journal 
will  be  continued." 
The  Treasurer  of  the  Publication  Committee  presented  the  statistical,  and 
also  the  financial  statement  of  the  business  editor,  as  w^ell  as  a  report  of  the 
treasurer  of  the  committee.  This  report  gives,  as  usual,  the  business  condition 
of  this  department  of  the  College.  The  account  of  the  Treasurer  had  been 
audited  and  vouched.   In  order  to  adjust  the  account  and  furnish  the  committee 
