212  Fharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.   { ^""ApSJ^'igg J'""^ 
lege  took  place  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  on  the  evening  of  Friday,  March 
16th,  when  the  degree  of  Pli.G.  was  conferred  upon  the  candidates  by  the- 
President  of  the  College,  Dillwyn  Parrish,  and  the  Procter  prize  gold  medal 
was  awarded,  on  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  by  Vice-President  Charles 
Bullock,  to  W.  F.  Jungkunz,  of  Freeport,  111.,  and  to  Wm.  E.  Saunders,  of 
London,  Ont.  The  chemical  prize  (a  Troemner  analytical  balance)  for  the 
best  analytical  work  was  awarded  by  Prof.  Sadtler  to  J.  P.  Frey,  of  Union 
City,  Ind.,  with  honorable  mention  of  J.  H.  M.  Clinch,  M.  Wm.  Coleman,. 
C.  F.  G.  Helm,  Jr.,  and  W.  F.  Jungkunz.  The  chairman  of  the  Examining 
Committee,  Wm.  J.  Jenks,  presented  the  H.  C.  Lea  prize,  one  hundred 
dollars,  for  the  best  thesis  to  J.  W.  England,  with  honorable  mention  of 
M.  V.  Cheatham,  H.  D.  Dietrich,  W.  C  Franciscus,  W.  B.  Gleim,  W.  W. 
Light,  W.  E.  Saunders  and  R.  J.  Weber.  The  prize  offered  as  the  Prof. 
Maisch  prize  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Redsecker,  of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  twenty  dollars  in 
gold,  for  the  best  examination  of  drugs  by  means  of  the  microscope,  was- 
presented  by  the  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Instruction,  Chas.  Bullock, 
to  W.  F.  Jungkunz,  with  lionorable  mention  of  W.  E.  Saunders,  J.  P.. 
Frey,  W.  W.  Light,  G.  C.  F.  Helm,  J.  W.  England,  F.  R.  Eilinger,  H.  H. 
Deakyne  and  H.  D.  Dietrich. 
The  valedictory  address  was  delivered  by  Professor  Maisch,  and  the  exer- 
cises closed  with  the  distribution  of  flowers  and  other  presents  sent  by  the 
friends  of  the  graduates.   
The  Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy held  its  nineteenth  annual  meeting  on  Wednesday,  March  14th, 
when  the  following  officers  were  elected  :  President,  Lucius  E.  Sayre ;  Vice 
Presidents,  Chas.  A.  Weidemann  and  Jacob  S.  Beetem ;  Recording  Secre- 
tary, Wm.  E.  Krewson  (corner  of  Eighth  street  and  Montgomery  avenue) ; 
Corresponding  Secretary,  John  A.  Witmer  (corner  of  Eleventh  and  Master 
streets) ;  Treasurer,  Edward  C.  Jones  ;  Executive  Board  (for  three  years) — 
C.  Carroll  Meyer,  Thomas  H.  Potts;  Trustee  of  Sinking  Fund,  Thomas  S. 
Wiegand  ;  Orator  for  1884,  Robert  Hays  Vansant,  class  1879. 
During  the  past  year  107  graduates  had  become  active  members  of  the 
association,  which  has  now  a  membership  of  750.  Six  members  had  died 
during  the  year,  viz.:  Simon  Wolf,  class  1882  ;  B.  Franklin  Shugard,  class 
1868;  Dr.  Hiram  Gold,  class  1864;  James  A.  Maston,  chiss  1875;  Pratt  R. 
Hoagland,  class  1868. 
The  Alumni  reception  to  the  graduating  class  was  held  in  the  Pharmacy 
lecture-room  of  the  College  on  the  evening  of  March  14th,  the  President, 
Thos.  H.  Potts,  in  the  chair.  The  newly-elected  members  of  the  association 
received  their  certificates  of  membership,  the  President  awarded  the 
Alumni  gold  medal  to  Wm.  F.  Jungkunz,  and  certificates  were  presented 
to  the  following  graduates,  who  had  passed  the  best  "  very  satisfactory 
examinations  in  the  branches  named :  Materia  niedica,  C.  F.  G.  Helm,  Jr.; 
pharmacy,  W.  E.  Saunders  ;  chemistry,  W.  W.  Light;  general  pharmacy, 
I.  E.  Leonhard ;  practical  pharmacy,  C.  F.  Randolph  ;  also,  certificate  for 
the  best  junior  examination  to  Wm.  F.  Dohmen,  of  Milwaukee. 
The  annual  Alumni  address  was  delivered  by  Louis  Genois,  Ph.G.,  and 
the  valedictory  address  on  behalf  of  the  graduates  by  W.  W.  Light,  of 
Oregon,  111. 
