522         Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {  A  Vo0v^87h6arm" 
Guy's  Hotel,  where  a  sumptuous  feast  had  been  prepared,  which  was  highly  enjoyed 
by  those  present. 
The  building,  though  the  oldest  public  school  edifice  of  Baltimore,  is  still  in 
excellent  condition,  having  been  erected  in  the  most  substantial  manner.  It  is  com- 
modious, well  ventilated  and  pleasantly  located,  and  in  every  way  well  suited  for 
the  uses  of  the  College,  The  lot  is  74  ft.  x  100  ft.,  the  building  45  ft.  x  75  ft.  It 
was  erected  in  1830  for  Male  Grammar  School  No.  3,  and  was  latterly  occupied  by 
Female  Grammar  School,  No.  3.  It  was  purchased  at  the  very  reasonable  sum  of 
$2,000,  with  an  annual  ground  rent  of  $109,  in  consideration  of  the  uses  to  which 
it  was  to  be  applied,  and  in  order  to  secure  this  advantage  Messrs.  Sharp  &  Dohme 
volunteered  to  advance  the  necessary  sum  as  a  loan  to  the  College  ;  but  before  the 
time  to  make  the  payment  the  entire  amount  had  been  secured  by  subscription,  and 
enough  more  to  put  the  building  in  good  repair.  Thus  the  College  has  entered  on 
a  new  era,  out  of  debt,  and  in  a  building  well  adapted  for  lecture  and  other  neces- 
sary purposes. 
We  congratulate  our  Maryland  friends  at  their  success,  and  hope  that  the  other 
pharmaceutical  colleges  which  are  still  without  a  habitation  of  their  own  may  soon 
be  equally  successful  in  securing  a  permanent  home. 
The  Netherland  Pharmaceutical  Society  held  its  twenty-eighth  annual 
meeting  at  Amsterdam,  June  22d.  It  consists  at  present  of  190  members,  with  Mr. 
A.  J.  Rijk,  of  Amsterdam,  President.  A  resolution  was  passed  declaring  that  the 
advertising  of  remedies  for  diseases  was  in  conflict  with  the  true  and  dignified  prac- 
tice of  pharmacy.  A  plan  submitted  by  Mr.  Opcoijrda,  endeavoring  a  greater  uni- 
formity in  the  charges  for  prescriptions,  was  adopted. 
The  German  Apothecaries'  Society  held  its  fifth  annual  meeting  at  Stuttgart^ 
Sept.  6th  and  7th,  Director  Wolfrum,  of  Augsburg,  presiding.  The  report  of  the 
Directory  gives  an  account  of  its  activity  during  the  past  year ;  it  advocates  a  repre- 
sentation of  the  Society  in  the  administrative  departments  of  the  State  and  each  dis- 
trict, and  gives  a  copy  of  the  draft  of  a. law  concerning  the  establishment  and  mov- 
ing of  pharmacies,  which  had  been  submitted  to  the  various  governments  5  also,  a 
memorial  to  the  governments  in  relation  to  the  proposed  trade  law.  The  Society 
has  now  2,750  members.  The  vacancies  in  the  Directory  occasioned  by  the  resig- 
nation of  Messrs.  Schacht  and  Hartmann  were  filled  by  the  election  of  Messrs.  Brau- 
weiler  and  Wimmel.  A  resolution  was  passed  recommending  a  permanent  commis- 
sion on  the  "  Pharmacopoeia." 
In  accordance  with  the  proposition  of  Dr.  Leube,  the  Society  voted  for  each  dis- 
trict (19  in  number)  a  contribution  of  10  marks  to  the  Hanbury  memorial  in  Lon- 
don. Resolutions  were  passed  admitting  the  pharmacists  of  Alsace  and  Lorraine 
on  favorable  terms;  appropriating  money,  if  necessary,  to  promote  the  exhibitions 
in  connection  with  the  annual  meetings  ;  charging  the  Directory  with  the  prepara- 
tion of  a  memorial  concerning  the  traffic  with  secret  medicines,  and  with  its  presen- 
tation to  the  proper  authority  ;  recommending  the  separation,  at  the  various  univer- 
sities, of  the  professorship  of  pharmacy  from  that  of  general  chemistry,  and  the  ere- 
