218         Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations,  {^^'l^mjm^' 
city ;  F.  A.  Kautz,  President  of  the  College,  and  by  Professor  Chas.  T.  P.  Fen- 
nel. The  recipients  of  the  prizes,  consisting  of  gold  medals,  were  G.  Ridenour 
(generaJ  average),  Cora  Dow  (materia  medica),  G.  L.  Goeltz  (pharmacy),  H.  L. 
Grimes  (practical  pharmacy),  and  C.  A.  Apmeyer  (chemistry.)  V.  Muehlberg, 
of  the  junior  class,  received  two  gold  medals,  for  general  average  and  for  pro- 
ficiency in  botany.  Professor  Fennel  now  holds  the  Chair  of  Pharmacy,  made 
vacant  by  the  resignation  of  Professor  J.  U.  Lloyd. 
The  Louisville  College  of  Pharmacy,  at  its  annual  meeting,  elected  the  following 
officers  to  serve  during  the  ensuing  year :  President,  J.  "W.  Fowler ;  Vice- 
Presidents,  Otto  E.  Mueller  and  Oscar  Dilly;  Treasurer,  Edward  Scheflfer;  Re- 
cording Secretary,  Fred  C.  Miller ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Edward  Speidel,. 
and  A.  J.  Schoettlin,  Curator. 
The  Alumni  Association  of  the  same  College  held  its  annual  meeting  March 
14th,  and  elected  Oscar  Dilly  president.  The  other  officers  are  Peter  Schlosser 
and  George  Stauber,  vice-presidents ;  Phil.  Heuser,  treasurer ;  E.  Constantin, 
recording  secretary,  and  R.  J.  Frick,  corresponding  secretary.  Later  in  the 
evening  the  members  and  invited  guests  sat  down  to  a  banquet  in  the  main 
hall  of  the  Musical  Club. 
The  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  twenty-fourth  commencement  at  the 
Grand  Opera  House,  March  1st,  when  President  Buck  conferred  the  degree  of 
Ph.G.  upon  forty -six  graduates.  The  Biroth  prize,  a  microscope,  was  awarded 
to  J.  E.  Grubb,  and  the  operative  pharmacy  prize  to  W.  C.  Hovey.  Louis 
Schmidt  received  the  junior  microscopical  prize. 
The  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  twenty-second  commencement  at 
Memorial  Hall,  March  14th,  the  graduating  class  numbering  fifty-one.  R.  E. 
Maupin  received  the  Alumni  medal ;  the  same  gentleman  and  A.  J.  Fischer  the 
analytical  prize;  L.  C.  A.  Last,  a  microscope  for  proficiency  in  histological  bo- 
tany, and  T.  Wortham  a  copy  of  the  National  Dispensatory,  Valedictory  ad- 
dresses were  delivered  on  behalf  of  the  faculty  by  Dr.  AUegue,  and  on  be- 
half of  the  class  by  A.  J.  Fischer. 
The  Alumni  Association,  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  held  its  annual  meet- 
ing Feb.  21st,  and  after  transacting  the  usual  routine  business,  elected  Thos.  A. 
Buchland,  president;  H.  Gallenkamp  and  B.  J.  Otto,  vice-presidents ;  H.  M. 
Whelpley,  recording  secretary  ;  G.  H.  J.  Andreas,  corresponding  secretary;  C» 
Gietner,  treasurer,  and  F.  Hemm,  registrar. 
The  California  College  of  Pharmacy  opens  its  sixteenth  annual  lecture  session 
on  Monday,  April  2d,  Professor  Wm.  M.  Searby  delivering  the  introductory 
lecture.  Professor  Grazer  having  resigned  the  chair  of  materia  medica,  the 
vacancy  was  filled  by  the  election  of  Professor  Searby,  who  formerly  held  the 
same  position. 
7%e  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Australasia  has  issued  its  thirty -first  annual  re- 
port in  advance  of  the  annual  meeting,  held  March  14th,  at  the  College  of 
Pharmacy,  Swanston  street,  Melbourne.  In  order  to  provide  the  requisite  ac- 
commodations for  the  increased  number  of  students,  the  Minister  of  Lands  has 
