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sibility  of  growing  cranberries,  which  he  put  to  practice  in  1849, 
by  bringing  the  vines  from  Cape  Cod,  thus  being  the  first  to  plant 
cranberries  in  New  Jersey.  He  graduated  from  the  College  of 
Pharmacy,  in  Philadelphia,  in  185 1,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
December  1st,  19 12,  was  the  oldest  member  of  his  class. 
He  spent  a  year  as  prescription  clerk  to  the  Apothecary  of 
Jefferson  College,  forming  life  long  friendship  with  such  men  as 
Dr.  Da  Costa  and  others  of  that  period.  He  was  employed  in  a 
New  York  Pharmacy  (corner  Broadway  and  Park  Row,  where  the 
St.  Paul  Building  now  stands)  for  over  a  year,  and  started  the 
first  drug  store  in  Haddonfield,  New  Jersey,  in  1853.  In  1857  he 
married  Ann  Zane  Codings,  of  Collingswood,  New  Jersey,  and 
five  children  survive  him. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
NINETY-SECOND  ANNUAL  COMMENCEMENT. 
The  exercises  connected  with  the  ninety-second  annual  com- 
mencement of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  were  held  in 
the  American  Academy  of  Music  on  Thursday  evening,  May  22nd. 
The  prayer  was  made  by  the  Rev.  Edwin  S.  Carson,  after  which 
the  degrees  were  conferred  by  President  Howard  B.  French. 
The  title  of  Master  in  Pharmacy  (Ph.  M.) — honoris  causa — 
was  conferred  upon  each  of  the  following :  Samuel  Philip  Sadtler, 
Ph.  D.,  LL.D. ;  Henry  Kraemer,  Ph.G.,  Ph.B.,  Ph.D. ;  James  Hartley 
Beal,  Sc.D.,  Pharm.  D. ;  Frederick  Belding  Power,  Ph.G.,  Ph.D., 
LL.D. ;  and  Joseph  Winters  England,  Ph.G. 
The  following  are  the  names  of  those  receiving  the  degree  of 
Doctor  in  Pharmacy  (P.D.)  together  with  the  subjects  of  their 
graduating  theses: 
Name  Thesis 
Albeck,   Ray   Augustus  Kieselguhr   Pennsylvania 
Arnold,   Guy  Raymond  Pigments   Pennsylvania 
Austin,  Jacob  Hydrargyrum  and  the  Halo- 
gens Pennsylvania 
Bailey,   Albert  Henry 
Anthony   Extract  of  Cascara  Sagrada. .  New  Jersey 
Beach,   Malcolm  Extemporaneous   Ointments.  .  New  York 
Beaver,    Joseph    Andrew  Combretom    Sundiacum  Pennsylvania 
Blasingame,   Walter   Alvin. ..  Calcium  Hypophosphite   Georgia 
