A.m  Jour.  Pharm.  "I 
Oct.,  1883.  J 
Minutes  of  the  College. 
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Wm.  C.  Bakes,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  read  the  minutes  of  the 
Board  since  the  last  stated  meeting  of  the  College,  which  were,  on  motion, 
approved. 
These  minutes  call  attention  to  a  resolution,  which  after  some  discussion 
in  the  Board,  was  referred  to  the  College  for  consideration.  The  resolution 
was  as  follows : 
Besolved,  That  the  members  of  the  College,  at  their  semi-annual  meet- 
ing, consider  the  propriety  of  adopting  some  form  of  preliminary  examina- 
tion of  matriculants  as  a  test  of  competency." 
The  matter  was  taken  up  at  once,  and  a  discussion  ensued.  Mr.  Blair 
thought  the  matter  an  important  one,  and  advocated  a  good  English  educa- 
tion as  being  necessary  to  admission  as  an  apprentice  to  the  drug  business. 
Mr.  Procter  also  thought  it  advisable  to  exact  a  strict  examination  from 
all  apprentices  before  entering  upon  their  duties,  which  would  raise  the 
standard  of  competency. 
Professors  Maisch,  Remington  and  Sadtler,  Messrs.  Bullock,  Thompson, 
Murray,  and  others  participated  in  the  discussion,  giving  their  views  at 
length,  and  all  agreeing  thata  preliminary  examination  as  to  the  education 
of  a  student  by  his  preceptor  before  commencing  iiis  profession  as  a  phar- 
macist was  highly  desirable,  but  as  no  way  seemed  to  present  itselt  in  the 
form  of  a  resolution  or  recommendation,  the  subject  was  referred  back  to 
the  Board  of  Trustees  for  their  consideration  and  decision. 
The  resignation  of  Professor  Frederick  B.  Power  as  a  member  of  the  Col- 
lege, in  a  communication  to  the  Board  of  Trustees,  was  read  by  William  C. 
Bakes,  and,  on  motion,  accepted. 
A  letter  to  Samuel  S.  Bunting,  Treasurer,  from  Charles  L.  Mitchell, 
resigning  his  membership  in  the  College,  was  also  read,  and,  on  motion, 
accepted. 
Professor  Maisch,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Honorary  and  Corres- 
ponding Members,  stated  that  the  Committee  had  the  matter  before  them 
and  had  made  some  progress,  but  were  not  yet  ready  to  make  a  report.  He 
moved  that  the  subject  be  referred  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  final  action, 
and  that  the  Committee  report  to  that  body  hereafter.  The  motion  was 
adopted. 
Alonzo  Bobbins,  Chairman  of  the  Delegation  to  attend  the  Annual  Meet- 
ing of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  in  Washington,  D. 
C,  commencing  September  11th,  made  the  following  report : 
To  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  : 
The  undersigned,  in  behalf  of  the  delegates  elected  to  attend  the  meeting 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  respect- 
fully reports  as  follows  : 
Owing  to  the  central  location  and  many  attractions  of  the  place  of  meet- 
ing, the  attendance  was  very  large,  but  only  a  few  more  than  eighty  new 
members  were  obtained,  a  number  little  in  excess  of  the  number  lost  from 
the  roll  by  various  causes. 
The  sessions  were  held  in  the  lecture  hall  of  the  National  Museum,  and 
an  unusually  large  number  of  valuable  and  interesting  papers  were  read  and 
discussed. 
Mr.  William  S.  Thompson,  of  Washington,  was  elected  President  for  the 
ensuing  year. 
