Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  1 
April,  1919.  i 
Obituary. 
255 
thesis  was  "  The  Chemical  Laboratory,"  and  throughout  his  many 
years  of  pharmaceutical  experience  his  preference  was  well  known 
to  be  for  chemical  and  laboratory  work. 
He  engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  and  later 
in  Nashville,  being  interested  in  a  number  of  drugstores  in  these 
localities.  In  recent  years  he  was  associated  with  several  whole- 
sale drug  and  chemical  companies,  his  most  recent  venture  being 
the  Gattis  Chemical  Co.  which  he  organized  in  connection  with  his 
son,  J.  O.  Burge,  Jr. 
He  joined  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1878  and 
was  elected  honorary  president  in  191 6-1 91 7.  He  always  took  an 
active  part  in  matters  pharmaceutical  and  usually  attended  the  meet- 
ings of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  He  was  one  of  the  best  known  pharmacists  in 
the  country  as  well  as  a  leading  exponent  of  pharmacy  in  Tennessee. 
He  was  the  president  of  the  Nashville  Branch  of  the  A.  Ph.  A. 
He  took  an  active  interest  in  the  civic  matters  of  the  city  and 
also  in  the  religious  circles  and  was  a  member  of  the  Edgefield  Bap- 
tist Church. 
DR.  NATHAN  C.  SCHAEFFER. 
Dr.  Nathan  C.  Schaeffer,  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 
in  Pennsylvania,  died  at  his  home  in  Lancaster,  Pa.,  on  Saturday 
evening,  March  15,  after  a  lingering  illness,  at  the  age  of  70  years. 
He  was  born  in  Maxatawny  Township,  Berks  County,  Pa.,  on  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1849.  He  was  educated  at  the  Franklin  and  Marshall  Col- 
lege, graduating  therefrom  in  1867  and  later  received  the  degree  of 
doctor  of  philosophy  from  his  alma  mater. 
He  likewise  attended  several  of  the  German  universities  and  also 
studied  at  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Reformed  Church. 
Dickinson  College  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  doctor  of 
divinity  and  doctor  of  laws  in  1904. 
His  literary  work  was  mainly  on  educational  and  Biblical  sub- 
jects. He  was  a  professor  at  Franklin  and  Marshall  College  from 
1875  to  1877,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  the  position  of  principal 
of  the  Keystone  State  Normal  School.  In  1893  he  was  appointed 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  and  retained  this  posi- 
tion throughout  the  several  administrations  until  the  time  of  his 
decease.  He  was  the  chairman  of  the  commission  that  drafted  the 
present  Pennsylvania  State  School  Code. 
