q6  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  t^^T 
The  Committee  will  also  endeavor  to  collect  a  number  of  pictures 
of  pharmaceutical  Institutes  and  laboratories  of  Universities.  Those 
who  are  willing  to  contribute  to  this  exhibition  are  kindly  requested 
to  send  their  photographs,  etc.,  to  the  general  secretary  of  the 
Congress  at  The  Hague. 
Excursions,  Receptions,  and  Festivities. 
A  programme  of  the  excursions,  receptions,  and  festivities  in 
connection  with  this  Congress,  will  be  published  in  due  time. 
THE  PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
■  Minutes  of  Quarterly  Meeting. 
The  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
was  held  December  30th,  1912,  at  4  p.m.,  in  the  Library,  with  the 
president,  Howard  B.  French,  in  the  chair.  Eleven  members  were 
present.  The  minutes  of  the  semi-annual  meeting  held  September 
30th  were  read,  and  approved.  The  minutes  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  for  September,  October,  and  November,  were  read  and 
approved. 
The  President  announced  the  deaths  of  Miss  Florence  Yaple  and 
Alexander  H.  Jones,  both  life  members  of  the  College:  Miss  Yaple 
was  long  associated  in  the  work  of  the  American  Journal  of 
Pharmacy  and  a  biographical  sketch  of  her  is  given  in  this  Journal 
for  November,  1912.  Mr.  Jones  had  been  in  the  service  of  Powers 
and  Weightman  since  boyhood. 
Mr.  George  M.  Beringer  reported  the  death  of  Charles  S.  Brad- 
dock,  of  Haddonfield,  N.  J.,  which  occurred  on  December  1st,  1912. 
Mr.  Braddock  was  a  graduate  of  the  College,  though  not  a  member, 
and  because  of  his  long  and  useful  career  a  record  of  his  death  is 
recorded  in  the  transactions  of  the  College. 
The  name  of  Professor  Thomas  Franz  Hanausek,  Ph.D.,  of 
Austria,  proposed  for  Honorary  Membership  at  a  previous  meeting, 
was  balloted  for,  and  unanimously  elected. 
The  names  of  Sister  Bertha  Mueller,  William  Wilson  Rose,  and 
Elmer  H.  Hessler,  previously  reported  for  Associate  Membership 
and  approved  by  the  Committee  on  Membership,  were  balloted  for 
and  unanimously  elected. 
The  following  communication  was  read: 
