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which  was  at  once  put  in  operation  in  illustration  of  some  of  the  uses  to  which 
the  machine  may  be  put.  The  gift  was  accepted  by  President  Bullock  who  in 
his  remarks  dwelled  upon  some  of  the  American  contributions  to  physical 
science,  and  more  particularly  to  electricity.  The  commencement  exercises 
took  place  at  the  Academy  of  Music  on  the  evening  of  March  20th,  when  the 
president  of  the  college,  Charles  Bullock,  conferred  the  degree  of  Graduate  in 
Pharmacy  upon  the  above  named  candidates,  and  subsequently  the  degree  of 
Master  in  Pharmacy — honoris  causa — upon  Wm.  J.  Jenks  of  class  1842,  Thos.  S. 
Wiegand  of  class  1844,  and  Jos.  P.  Remington  of  class  1866.  A  certificate  of 
Proficiency  in  Chemistry  for  special  chemical  studies  was  granted  to  Wayland 
P.  Young,  Ph.  G.  The  Procter  medal  for  highest  grade  of  scholarship  and 
meritorious  thesis  was  awarded  to  William  Crutclier,  of  Louisville,  Ky. ;  and 
honorable  mention  to  the  following  with  the  grade  "  distinguished  : "  Ella  Amer- 
man,  Claude  G.  Johnson,  W.  A.  S.  Johnson,  Wm.  C.  Kalteyer,  J.  L.  D.  Mori- 
son  and  H.  J.  M.  Schroeter  ;  and  with  the  grade  "  meritorious  :  "  J.  E.  S.  Bell,  Wm. 
H.  Clark,  E.  J.  Jacobs,  O.  F.  Lenhardt,  F.  E.  Murphy,  F.  P.  Streeper  and  L.  L. 
Walton.  The  Henry  C.  Lea  Prize,  $100,  for  most  meritorious  work  in  connec- 
tion with  the  graduating  dissertation  was  equally  divided  between  Wm.  H. 
Clark  and  L.  C.  McClellan,  the  presentation  being  made  by  the  secretary  of  the 
college,  Wm.  B.  Thompson.  The  professors'  prizes  were  bestowed  as  follows: 
the  Materia  Medica  prize,  a  Zentmayer  microscope,  for  original  histological 
work  on  American  plants,  to  L.  C.  McClellan,  with  honorable  mention  of  C.  T>. 
Keefer ;  the  Pharmacy  prize,  a  gold  medal,  for  original  pharmaceutical  work 
to  G.  R.  W.  Schuster,  with  honorable  mention  of  W.  H.  Hanson  ;  the  Chemis- 
try prize,  a  chemical  balance,  for  original  quantitative  analysis,  to  F.  W.  Franz, 
with  honorable  mention  of  W.  H.  Clark,  H.  J.M.  Schroeter  and  W.  F.  Rawlins  ; 
and  the  Analytical  Chemistry  prize,  $25,  for  laboratory  work  during  the  pre- 
ceding year,  to  H.  J.  M.  Schroeter.  Four  other  prizes  were  awarded  :  the  John 
M.  Maisch  prize,  $20  gold,  offered  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Redsecker,  of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  for 
histological  knowledge  of  drugs,  to  Wm.  H.  Clark ;  the  Operative  Pharmacy 
prize,  $25,  gold,  offered  by  Mr.  E.  L.  Boggs,  of  Charleston,  W.  Ya.,  for  best 
examination  in  that  branch,  to  F.  E.  Murphy  ;  the  Theoretical  Pharmacy  prize, 
a  prescription  balance,  offered  by  Mr.  H.  J.  Maris,  of  Philadelphia,  for  best  ex- 
amination in  the  branch  named  to  Wm.  Crutcher ;  and  the  Robinson  gold 
medal,  offered  by  Mr,  Jas.  S.  Robinson,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  for  best  chemical 
examination,  to  Claude  G.  Johnson.  Honorable  mention  was  accorded  for 
theory  of  pharmacy  to  Ella  Amerman,  J.  L.  D.  Morison  and  C.  G.  Johnson  ;  for 
operative  pharmacy  to  AV.  C.  Kalteyer,  Ella  Amerman  and  J.  L.  D.  Morison  ; 
and  for  the  Maisch  prize  (grade  very  satisfactory  in  specimens  and  questions  of 
Materia  Medica)  to  Ella  Amerman,  J.  E.  S.  Bell,  W.  Crutcher,  G.  A.  Curriden, 
T.  H.  Hazel,  A.  Hoch,  E.  J.  Jacobs,  C.  G.  Johnson,  W.  A.  S.  Johnson,  W.  C 
Kalteyer,  0.  F.  Lenhardt,  J.  L.  D.  Morison,  H.  T.  Painter  and  L.  L.  Walton. 
The  valedictory  address  was  delivered  by  Prof.  Sadtler,  who  discussed  the 
kind  of  education  which  truly  educates,  or  develops,  the  thorough  pharmacist. 
It  was  shown  that,  as  chemistry  and  materia  medica,  the  sciences  upon  which 
pharmacy  is  based,  have  expanded  and  become  distinct  subjects  of  study  and 
research,  the  pharmacist's  education  dare  not  be  simply  shop  practice,  but  must 
include  these  scientific  foundations  for  correct  practice.  Nor  ought  his  educa- 
tion be  purely  or  mainly  theoretical,  it  must  include  with  theory  a  great  deal 
