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March,  1921.  ) 
ORIGINAL  PAPERS 
FOUNDERS'  DAY  CELEBRATION. 
The  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  founding  of  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy  and  Science  was  celebrated  on  Febru- 
ary 23d,  by  appropriate  exercises.  The  lecture  rooms,  the  various 
laboratories,  the  museum  and  the  library  were  open  to  public 
inspection  and  numerous  visitors  viewed  the  extensive  exhibits, 
and  were  surprised  to  note  the  extent  of  the  collections  and  equip- 
ment. 
In  the  afternoon  a  number  of  the  descendants  of  the  founders 
of  the  College, -the  present  officers,  faculty  members  and  many  of 
its  friends  gathered  in  the  library.  Shortly  after  two  o'clock  they 
proceeded  by  automobile  to  Carpenters'  Hall,  where  a  special  meet- 
ing of  the  College  was  held.  The  commemorating  services-  here 
were  opened  by  President  Howard  B.  French  calling  the  meeting 
to  order,  and  reading  from  a  copy  printed  in  1821,  the  preamble  and 
constitution  adopted  by  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Apothecaries. 
Then  the  Secretary  of  the  College,  Dr.  Charles  A.  Weideman, 
read  from  the  original  minutes  the  transactions  of  the  meeting  held 
in  this  historic  building  by  the  druggists  and  apothecaries  of  the 
City  and  Liberties  of  Philadelphia  on  February  23,  1821,  and  the 
subsequent  meetings  held  on  March  13,  1821,  and  two  weeks  later, 
at  which  the  first  officers  and  trustees  of  the  College  were  elected. 
This  was  followed  by  a  brief  address  by  George  M.  Beringer, 
Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  in  which  the  work  of  the 
founders  of  the  College  was  referred  to ;  the  history  of  the  organ- 
ization ;  its  endeavors  and  progress  for  the  past  century ;  and  its 
aims  and  hopes  for  future  developments  were  outlined. 
Charles  Marshall,  a  direct  descendant  of  Charles  Marshall, 
the  first  president  of  the  College,  was  present  at  these  exercises. 
Likewise  Henry  Troth,  a  grandson  of  Henry  Troth,  one  of  the 
founders,  and  Wm.  S.  Ellis,  a  grandson  of  Charles  Ellis,  one  of 
the  original  members. 
Those  in  attendance  at  Carpenters'  Hall  signed  a  roll  book  as 
a  permanent  record  of  the  attendance.    At  the  close  of  the  meeting, 
