MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
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At  the  next  stated  meeting  of  the  College  the  report  of  the  committee 
was  received,  and  the  subject  was  referred  to  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
"  with  instructions  to  take  the  necessary  measures  for  establishing  the 
said  Professorship." 
The  minutes  of  the  College  take  no  further  note  of  the  subject.  The 
minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  however,  inform  that  at  an  election  held 
by  the  Board  at  a  meeting  on  the  1st  of  June,  1846,  Wm,  Procter,  Jr., 
was  unanimously  elected  to  the  Chair  of  Pharmacy. 
From  the  above  statistical  information,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  Chair 
of  Pharmacy  was  established  twenty  years  ago.  The  wisdom  of  the  Col- 
lege in  creating  that  chair,  we  think  no  member  of  the  present  day  will 
doubt.  How  successfully  and  substantially  its  foundation  has  been  laid 
by  the  Professor,  whose  twenty  years  of  labor  have  now  drawn  to  a  close, 
the  graduates  of  the  College  assembled  here  this  evening  will  cheerfully 
attest. 
In  accepting  the  resignation  of  Prof.  Procter,  the  Board  of  Trustees 
yielded  to  a  knowledge  of  his  earnest  desire  to  lay  aside  the  duties  with 
which  he  had  been  so  long  invested.  We  trust  that  in  the  retrospect  of 
his  past  arduous  labors,  our  retiring  Professor  will  find  a  partial  repay- 
ment in  the  progress  of  the  generation  who  have  listened  to  his  instruc- 
tions, and  who  are  now  taking  an  active  part  in  bringing  to  the  test  of 
experience  the  lessons  received  from  him. 
We  also  trust  that  he  may  live  to  see  the  work  so  well  begun  and 
faithfully  continued  by  himself,  expand  in  usefulness,  and  show  by  its 
fruits  that  he  has  not  labored  in  vain. 
Charles  Bullock, 
Charles  Ellis, 
James  T.  Shinn. 
Theodore  A.  Royal  having  been  recommended  by  the  Board  for  resi- 
dent membership,  was  on  ballot  unanimously  elected. 
John  Gilbert  having  offered  his  resignation,  on  account  of  retiring  from 
business,  it  was  unanimously  resolved  to  continue  to  him  his  certificate  of 
membership  and  to  exonerate  him  from  further  annual  dues. 
The  resignation  of  Dr.  W.  W.  H.  Githens  was  read  and  accepted. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Sinking  Fund  was  read  and  ac- 
cepted, and  the  Treasurer  of  the  College  directed  to  pay  to  the  Committee 
such  sum  as  they  may  deem  expedient. 
The  Publishing  Committee  report,  that  the  "American  Journal  of 
Pharmacy"  has  been  issued  bi-monthly,  as  usual,  since  their  last  report 
to  the  College.  It  was  then  stated  that  the  size  of  the  numbers  had  been 
reduced  from  six  to  five  forms,  owing  to  the  increased  cost  of  materials 
and  printing,  and  the  falling  off  in  the  number  of  subscribers  during  the 
war.  The  Committee  now  inform  the  College  that  the  Journal  has  been 
restored  to  its  former  size,  and  that  a  considerable  increase  of  the  sub- 
scription list,  more  especially  from  southern  and  western  sources,  has  oc- 
curred. They  regret  to  say  that  the  volume  for  1865  is  already  out 
of  print  (from  the  latter  cause.)  They  have  had  to  print  several  hun- 
dred additional  copies  of  the  numbers  of  the  current  volume. 
The  condition  of  the  finances  of  the  Committee  will  be  found  in  the  ac- 
companying statement  of  the  Treasurer. 
Charles  Ellis, 
Alfred  B.  Taylor, 
John  M.  Maisch,     \  Committee. 
Edward  Parrish, 
Wm.  Procter,  Jr. 
