ANNUAL  COMMENCEMENT  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
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that  these  extra  ceremonies  should  take  place  before  the  audience.  The 
portrait  was  that  of  the  late  Dr.  Gerard  Troost,  the  first  Professor  of 
Chemistry  in  the  College,  and  was  presented  on  behalf  of  the  graduates 
by  Mr.  R.  C.  Lippincott.  Prof.  Bridges,  on  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, received  it,  and,  in  a  short  extemporaneous  address,  recalled  many 
of  the  prominent  points  in  the  history  of  Prof.  Troost,  who  was  born  in 
Holland  in  1776,  and  died  in  Nashville,  Tenn.,  in  1850,  aged  75  years. 
The  ceremony  of  conferring  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  on  the 
following  gentlemen  was  then  performed  by  the  President  of  the  College  : 
Allen,  William  E., 
Barnitz,  Frank  M., 
Blair,  Henry  C, 
Braddock,  Isaac  A., 
Campbell,  Hugh, 
Dobbins,  Albert  N., 
Kneeshaw,  William  W., 
Laird,  William  R., 
Levering,  P.  Wharton, 
Lippincott,  Robert  C, 
McPike,  William  C, 
Milleman,  Philip, 
Miliac,  John  A., 
Newbold,  Thomas  M., 
Newton,  John  S., 
Painter,  Emlen, 
Pile,  Gdstavus, 
Rau,  Robert, 
Remington,  Joseph  P., 
Riley,  Charles  W., 
Robinson,  Joshua  K., 
Ross,  H.  H., 
Sayre,  L.  E., 
Segner,  William, 
Shoemaker,  Allen, 
Shoemaker,  Benjamin,  Jr., 
Shoemakeb,  Charles, 
Simson,  William  H., 
Souder,  Joseph  A., 
Strehl,  Louis, 
Walker,  Thomas  A., 
Philadelphia,  Pa., 
York,  " 
Philadelphia,  " 
Haddonfield,  N  J., 
Philadelphia,  Pa., 
Mount  Holly,  N.  J. 
Trenton,  " 
Reading,  Pa., 
Roxborough,  " 
Philadelphia,  " 
Alton,  Illinois, 
Chicago,  " 
Philadelphia,  Pa., 
Delaware  Co.,  " 
Philadelphia,  " 
Bethlehem,  " 
Philadelphia,  " 
«  u 
Newark,  Del., 
Chester,  " 
Bridgeton,  N.  J., 
Palmyra,  Pa., 
Philadelphia,  « 
Halifax,  NS,, 
Philadelphia,  Pa., 
Chicago,  111., 
Princeton,  N.  J., 
The  valedictory  charge  was  delivered 
course  of  which  he  alluded  to  his  resignation  of  the  Professorship  of 
Pharmacy,  which  was  to  take  effect  on  the  1st  of  April. 
At  the  close  of  the  address,  Mr.  John  S.  Newton,  on  behalf  of  the 
Gelsemium  Sempervirens. 
(  How  the  Drug  Business  is,  and 
\     should  be  conducted. 
Cypripedium  Pubescens. 
The  Dawn  of  Chemical  Science. 
The  Druggist's  Position. 
Cornus  Florida, 
Petroleum. 
Pyrethrum  Parlhenium. 
Phloridzin. 
Rheum  Rhaponticum. 
The  Epidermis  of  Carya  Alba. 
Gunila  Mariana. 
Veratrum  Viride. 
Sanguinaria  Canadensis. 
(  Glycerin,  Ferri  Pyro-Phosphas 
\     and  Tolu. 
Liriodendron  Tulipifera. 
Unguentum  Hydrargyri. 
Senna. 
(  Our  11  Alma  Mater,"  its  Rise 
\     and  Progress. 
Berberina. 
Hamamcelis  Virginica. 
Water. 
Cornus  Florida. 
The  Progress  of  Chemistry. 
Sanguinaria  Canadensis. 
TJrtica  Dioica. 
Physostigma  Venenosum. 
Epigea  Repens. 
Iodoform. 
Iodide  of  Lime. 
Cimicifuga. 
by  Professor  Procter, 
in  the 
