Am\uT°uUst"  Fi9ilm' )  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  543 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
Minutes  of  the  Quarterly  Meeting. 
The  quarterly  meeting  of  the  college  was  held  June  30  at  4  p.m., 
in  the  library,  president,  Howard  B.  French,  presiding. 
President  French  reported  the  progress  made  toward  securing 
an  amendment  to  the  charter  of  the  college.  Public  notice  had  been 
given  in  the  daily  papers  and  the  matter  was  entered  in  Common 
Pleas  Court,  Number  1192,  June  term,  1878. 
Professor  Charles  H.  La  Wall  for  the  delegates  to  the  meeting 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  Buena  Vista 
reported.  The  meeting  was  particularly  noticeable  for  the  large 
number  of  the  faculty  of  the  college  and  members  of  the  board  of 
trustees  in  attendance,  nine  members  of  the  faculty  and  seven  mem- 
bers of  the  board  were  present,  Philadelphia  was  also  well  repre- 
sented. Thirty-seven  papers  were  read,  twelve  of  these  being 
contributed  by  members  of  the  college.  The  papers  by  Professor 
H.  W.  Youngken,  Professor  Joseph  W.  Ehman  and  Professor  P. 
S.  Pittenger  were  especially  noteworthy.  Real  progressive  wTork 
was  accomplished,  harmony  prevailed,  and  the  college  has  reason 
to  be  proud  for  its  share  in  the  proceedings.  Professor  Robert  P. 
Fischelis,  of  the  college,  was  elected  president. 
Mr.  George  M.  Beringer  for  the  delegates  to  the  Newr  Jersey 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  reported  that  the  meeting  was  held  at 
Atlantic  City,  June  10-13.  Despite  the  many  attractions  that 
i\tlantic  City  offers  to  lessen  the  attendance,  the  meetings  were  full 
of  interest.  Papers  were  read  on  popular  subjects — Legislation, 
national  and  state,  the  Conditions  of  Pharmacy  and  other  matters 
of  interest  were  discussed.  The  New  Jersey  Association  is  the 
oldest  of  all  the  state  associations  and  prides  itself,  justly,  on  this 
account.  It  will  be  fifty  years  old  next  year  and  the  golden  anni- 
versary will  be  held  in  Newark,  in  which  city  the  initial  meeting 
was  held.  Mr.  Edward  A.  Sayre,  a  former  president,  was  again 
chosen  president. 
Dr.  A.  W.  Miller,  for  the  delegates  to  the  Delaware  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  reported  that  the  meeting  was  held  at  Wil- 
mington on  June  5.  The  association  was  a  small  one,  and  the  at- 
tendance was  lessened  because  of  the  scarcity  of  drug  clerks.  No 
scientific  papers  were  presented,  the  meeting  being  mainly  one  for 
