102  Centenary  of  Pharmaceutical  Education,  {^{^ny^m™' 
mence  in  the  first  week  in  November,  and  will  be  delivered  three 
times  a  week,  in  the  evening,  during  the  winter,  in  the  Hall  of  the 
German  Society,  south  Seventh  Street. 
Lectures  on  Materia  Medica  and  Pharmacy,  by  Dr.  Samuel 
Jackson. 
Lectures  on  Pharmaceutic  Chemistry,  by  Dr.  Gerard  Troost. 
By  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 
Peter  Williamson,  Secretary. 
And  in  Poulson's  American  Daily  Advertiser,  Tuesday,  Novem- 
ber 6,  1821,  the  following: 
Philadelphia 
College  of  Apothecaries 
The  Introductory  Lecture  to  the  course  on  Materia  Medica 
and  Pharmacy,  will  be  delivered  by  Samuel  Jackson,  M.D.,  on 
Friday  evening,  November  9th,  in  the  German  Society's  Hall,  in 
South  Seventh  Street,  between  Market  and  Chestnut;  and 
The  Introductory  Lecture,  to  the  course  of  Pharmaceutic 
Chemistry,  will  be  delivered  by  Gerard  Troost,  M.D.,  on  Saturday 
evening,  November  10th,  at  the  same  time  and  place. 
On  March  21,  1822,  at  the  suggestion  of  William  Lehman,  a 
resolution  was  adopted,  changing  the  name  of  the  College  to  a  more 
appropriate  title,  The  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  under 
this  name  it  was  incorporated  on  March  30,  1822. 
During  the  early  part  of  1829,  the  German  Society,  desiring 
the  rooms  occupied  by  the  College,  and  the  members  feeling  that 
the  time  had  now  arrived  when  the  College  should  carry  out  one 
of  its  original  purposes  to  own  a  permanent  home,  a  committee  was 
appointed,  July  20,  1829,  to  report  on  a  permanent  situation  for  the 
College.  The  attempt  to  secure  a  .site  from  the  Trustees  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  on  ground  rent,  of  a  lot  on  Seventh 
Street,  above  Market,  having  failed,  the  committee  reported,  on 
November  21,  1831,  that  "two  sites  for  the  purpose  can  be  obtained, 
one  site  at  the  S.  W.  corner  of  Marble  and  Tenth  Streets,  running 
East  and  West  between  Market  Street,  containing  a  frontage  of  38 
feet  on  Tenth  Street,  and  running  to  a  depth  of  60  feet,  to  a  6  fool! 
wide  alley,  thus  presenting  a  frontage  on  three  sides.  The  price 
asked  is  $8,000.    The  whole  extent  of  the  lot  is  96  feet  on  Tenth 
