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95  Milbourn  Asbury  Toulson,      Maryland.  Arnica  Montana. 
96  Robert  McNeil,  Jr.,  Pennsylvania.  Prescriptions. 
97  Otto  Fiirchtegott  Koehler,       Germany.  Jodinum. 
98  Charles  Lashell,  Pennsylvania.  Botany. 
99  Isaiah  Henry  Schuyler  Kindig,  "  Percolation. 
100  William  Wood  Stockton,       New  Jersey.  Trifolium  Pratense. 
101  Charles  Green  Harris,  Iowa.  Tinctura  Ferri  Chloridi. 
102  Wilbur  Winthrop  Fry,  Pennsylvania.        A  Thesis  Dedicated  to  the  Cen- 
tennial Class. 
103  Allen  Spengler,  "  Preservation  of  Syrups. 
104  John  Rufus  Barr,      ».  .  ■  "  Triticum  Repens. 
Mr.  Chipman  Botsford,  Canada  (Podophyllum  peltatum),  passed  the  examina- 
tion, entitling  him  to  the  Certificate  of  Proficiency  in  Chemistry  and  Materia  Med- 
ica,  which  was  granted  by  this  College  for  the  first  time. 
The  Academy  of  Music  was  well  filled  with  an  appreciative  audience  on  the 
evening  of  March  14th,  to  witness  the  Commencement  ceremonies,  which  were 
enlivened  by  excellent  music  from  the  Germania  Orchestra,  George  Bastert,  Con- 
ductor. Many  Commissioners  representing  foreign  countries  at  the  approaching 
Centennial  Exposition  were  present  upon  the  stage.  The  President  of  the  College, 
Dillwyn  Parrish,  conferred  the  degree  upon  the  above-named  gentlemen,  after  which 
Professor  Bridges  presented  the  Procter  prize,  which  had  been  awarded  to  Mr. 
Joseph  LeRoy  Webber,  of  Springfield,  Mass.  The  requirements  for  obtaining 
this  prize  have  been  fixed  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  as  follows :  The  candidate  must 
have  obtained  the  highest  average  in  the  class  5  the  examinations  in  each  one  of  the 
three  branches  and  by  the  Examining  Committee,  as  well  as  the  recognition  of  spe- 
cimens, must  have  been  attended  with  such  success  as  to  merit,  in  each  case,  the 
predicate  very  satisfactory  j  in  addition  thereto,  the  candidate  must  have  presented  a 
satisfactory  thesis.  The  prize  consists  of  a  gold  medal  and  a  certificate,  with  an 
appropriate  inscription  and  a  representation  of  the  medal. 
The  valedictory  address  was  delivered  by  Professor  Remington,  after  which  Mr. 
T.  S.  Armstrong,  on  behalf  of  the  graduating  class,  presented  to  the  College  a 
complete  polariscope  attachment  for  the  oxy-hydrogen  lantern  in  use  for  illustrating 
the  lectures.  Vice-President  Chas.  Bullock  received  the  gift  on  behalf  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees. 
A  large  number  of  bouquets,  books  and  other  presents,  which  had  been  sent  upon 
the  stage,  were  distributed  at  the  close  of  the  exercises. 
The  Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  Collfge  of  Pharmacy 
held  its  annual  meeting  on  Thursday,  March  9th,  when  the  following  officers  were 
elected  :  President,  G.  W.  Kennedy  ;  Vice  Presidents,  E.  M.  Boring  and  Samuel 
Campbell ;  Recording  Secretary,  Wallace  Procter ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Chas. 
L.  Mitchell  ;  Treasurer,  Edw.  C.  Jones  ;  to  fill  vacancies  in  the  Executive  Board, 
A.  W.  Miller,  M.D.,  and  Howard  G.  Jones  ;  Trustee  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  Thos. 
S.  Wiegand. 
On  the  evening  of  March  13th,  the  Association  tendered  a  reception  to  the  gradu- 
ating clrss  and  their  friends,  at  the  hall  of  the  College,  the  retiring  President,  Dr. 
A.  W.  Miller,  in  the  chair.    The  recent  graduates,  having  been  formally  admitted 
