632  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {^"bec"'^i883*'^'"" 
extracts,  had  also  stated  to  Dr.  Miller  that  he  had  successfully  used  the 
fluid  extract  of  pink  root  (phlox)  in  his  family  before  he  made  extract  from 
it  for  the  trade.  Some  of  the  venders  and  large  herb  dealers  quote  both  true 
and  false  pink  root,  as  they  are  called,  on  their  lists.  Prof.  Maisch  said 
that  different  species  of  Phlox  as  well  as  the  Spigelia  marilandica  were 
known  in  the  Southern  States,  as  "  Carolina  pink,"  and  it  was  not  improb- 
able that  the  root  of  Phlox  might  have  been  first  employed,  and  that  after 
its  virtues  had  been  ascertained  the  root  of  the  officinal  pink,  Spigelia,  was 
used. 
Dr.  Miller  said  that  physiological  experiments  were  extremely  desirable, 
in  order  to  decide  the  question  of  efficacy  of  both  drugs. 
There  being  no  further  business,  on  motion,  adjourned. 
J.  S.  WiEGAND,  Register. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
California  College  of  Pharmacy.— The  eleventh  annual  Com- 
mencement took  place  at  Metropolitan  Hall,  San  Francisco,  on  the  even- 
ing of  November  19,  when  W.  T.  Reid,  A.  M.,  President  of  the  UniA^ersity 
of  California,  conferred  the  degree  of  Ph.  G.  upon  the  following  candi- 
dates :  F.  Arthur  Beckett,  Hydrobromic  Acid ;  Michael  H.  Dignan,  Analy- 
sis of  a  Sulphuretted  Mineral  Water ;  Charles  R.  Fitzell,  Humulus  Lupu- 
lus;  John  A.  Green,  Melaleuca  Hypericifolia ;  Morgan  L.  Jones,  Agave 
Americana;  Harry  W.  Korper,  Boldoa  Fragrans;  Frederick  G.  Lindsay, 
Schinus  Molle ;  Berkley  W.  Moore,  Pyrethrum  Cineraricefoliunrt;  Frank  T. 
Rimpau,  An  Assay  of  Ore;  Paul  H.  Reilly,  Tannic  Acid;  Emile  Roturier, 
Piperidine ;  Robert  W.  Skinner,  Semen  Bardanoe;  Henry  A.  Wall,  Ery- 
throxylon  Coca.  Addresses  were  made  by  S.  P.  Sprecher,  D.  D.,  Prof.  W. 
M.  Searby  and  F.  A.  Beckett,  Ph.  G.  The  faculty  prize,  a  gold  medal,  was 
awarded  to  M.  L.  Jones ;  tlie  chemistry  prize,  a  copy  of  Cyclopaedia  of 
Chemistry,  to  H.  W.  Korper,  and  the  junior  prize,  lecture  tickets  to  senior 
course,  to  George  Oberdeener. 
Alumni  Association,  California  College  of  Pharmacy. — The 
annual  meeting  was  held  at  the  College  hall,  on  the  evening  of  November  8- 
Mr.  F.  Lengfeld,  senior  member  of  the  Executive  Committee,  presiding. 
The  reports  of  the  various  officers  and  committees  were  read  and  accepted, 
officers  for  the  next  year  were  elected,  and  subjects  concerning  the  welfare 
of  the  College  were  discussed  ;  among  others  that  of  the  separation  of  the 
College  from  the  California  Pharmaceutical  Society,  and  joining  it  to  the 
University  of  California  on  the  same  basis  as  the  Medical  and  Dental 
Departments  received  the  approval  of  most  of  the  members  present,  as  did 
also  that  of  raising  the  percentage  necessary  for  graduation  to  the  old  stand- 
ard of  66|  per  cent,  instead  of  60  per  cent.  The  officers  for  the  ensuing  year 
are :  President,  D.  M.  Gove ;  Vice-President,  S.  L.  Leszynsky  ;  Secretary, 
D.  M.  Fletcher  ;  Treasurer,  Chas.  M.  Troppman  ;  Executive  Committee,  F. 
Lengfeld  and  J.  H.  Barbat  to  serve  one  year,  W.  B.  Beckett  and  A  L. 
Scholl,  to  serve  two  years. 
