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The  following  received  the  degree  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemist: 
Name.  Subject  of  Thesis.  State. 
Bender,  Arthur  Clarence,      The  Saponin  of  the  Root  of  Phyto- 
lacca Decandra  L.,  Iowa. 
Brookes,  Virginia  Cade,        The  Mesquite,  Texas. 
Graham,  Willard  Rice,         Pumpkin  Seed  Oil,  Pennsylvania. 
Headings,  Prestie  Milroy,     Glycerin,  Pennsylvania. 
Penrose,  Thomas  William,  Distilled  Water,  Pennsylvania. 
Pollins,  Harry  G.  Lomison,  The  Preparation  of  Ointments,  Pennsylvania. 
Ryan,  Thomas  Andrew,        Adeps  Bezoinatus,  Pennsylvania. 
Scott,  Henry  William,  Assay  of  Zinc  Ore,  Pennsylvania. 
The  Certificate  of  Proficiency  in  Chemistry  was  awarded  to  the  following: 
Andrews,  Willard  CrandalJ,  P.D.;  Cavanaugh,  Frank  Arthur;  Ehrnan,  Joseph 
William,  Ph.G.;  French,  Rolland  Hall;  Smith,  Frank  G.  D.,  Ph.G.;  Staley, 
Frederick  Walton;  Winters,  Olas  Earl. 
Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Dean  of  the  Faculty  made  the  announcement 
that  among  the  prizes  offered  this  year  was  one  to  the  class  as  a  whole.  This  was 
the  President's  cup  offered  by  the  President  of  the  College,  Howard  B.  French, 
in  commemoration  of  the  eightieth  anniversary,  and  is  intended  also  as  an  incen- 
tive to  study  to  each  of  the  individual  members  of  the  class.  It  is  to  be  held  in 
trust  by  this  class  nntil  a  succeeding  class  attains  a  higher  grade  of  scholarship. 
The  Valedictory  was  delivered  by  Hon.  Charles  F.  Warwick,  who  gave  a 
short  resume  of  the  history  of  the  College  and  referred  to  some  of  the  condi- 
tions existing  in  pharmacy  and  medicine  in  the  early  part  of  this  century  and 
compa-ed  them  with  thos2  of  to-day.  This  was  followed  with  some  ver}-  whole- 
some and  pertinent  advice  to  the  members  of  the  graduating  class. 
The  Procter  Prize  of  a  gold  medal  and  certificate  for  highest  grade  of 
scholarship  and  meritorious  thesis  was  awarded  to  Irvin  E.  Saul  and  presented 
by  the  President,  Howard  B.  French. 
The  Wieeiam  B.  Webb  Memorial  Prize  of  a  gold  medal  and  certificate, 
offered  by  Mrs.  Rebecca  T.  Webb  for  the  highest  general  average  in  the 
examination  of  the  committee,  operative  pharmacy  and  specimens,  was 
awarded  to  Edwin  M.  Murphey  and  presented  by  William  J.  Jenks. 
Chemistry  Prize,  a  prize  of  $25  in  gold  offered  by  Prof.  Samuel  P.  Sadtler, 
for  knowledge  of  quantitative  chemical  analysis,  was  awarded  to  Earl  H.  Cone. 
Materia  Medica  Prize,  a  prize  of  $25  by  Prof.  Clement  B.  Lowe,  for  the 
recognition  of  rare  drugs,  was  awarded  to  Lionel  G.  Skillman. 
Pharmacognosy  Prize,  a  prize  of  $25  by  Prof.  Henry  Kraemer  for  the 
best  thesis  on  the  Pharmacognosy  of  vegetable  drugs,  was  awarded  to  Herbert 
J.  Watson. 
The  Maisch  Prize,  a  prize  of  $20,  offered  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Redsecker,  of 
Lebanon,  Pa  ,  for  histological  knowledge  of  drugs,  was  awarded  to  Lionel  G, 
Skillman  and  presented  by  Joseph  L.  Lemberger. 
Operative  Pharmacy  Prize,  a  prize  of  $20  in  gold,  offered  by  Prof. 
Joseph  P.  Remington  for  the  best  examination  in  operative  pharmacy ,  was 
awarded  to  Edward  J.  Klopp,  the  presentation  being  made  by  James  T.  Shinn, 
Theoreticae  Pharmacy  Prize,  a  prize  of  a  fine  Troemner  agate  prescrip- 
tion balance,  offered  by  Mahlon  N.  Kline,  for  the  best  examination  in  theory 
and  practice  of  pharmacy,  was  awarded  to  Irvin  E.  Saul. 
