Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1901. 
Annual  Meeting. 
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The  thirty-seventh  annual  reception  of  the  Association  was  given  to  the 
graduating  class,  on  the  evening  of  the  same  day,  in  the  College  Museum. 
Introductory  remarks  having  been  made  by  the  President,  the  Secretary 
called  the  roll  of  members  elected  during  1900-01.  An  address  to  the  new 
members  was  then  delivered  by  Jos.  L.  Lemberger,  of  Lebanon,  Pa. 
The  several  prizes  offered  by  the  Association  were  presented  as  follows  : 
The  Alumni  gold  medal  to  the  member  of  the  graduating  class  receiving 
the  highest  general  average,  was  awarded  to  Irvin  Ellsworth  Saul,  the  presen- 
tation being  made  by  the  President,  Theodore  Campbell. 
The  Alumni  prize  certificates  to  the  members  of  the  class  receiving  the 
highest  averages  in  each  of  the  branches,  were  awarded  as  follows,  Mr.  Mah- 
lon  N.  Kline  making  the  presentation:  In  Pharmacy,  to  Irvin  Ellsworth 
Saul  ;  in  Chemistry,  to  Edwin  Mason  Murphey  ;  in  Materia  Medica,  to  Lionel 
Gilliland  Skillman  ;  in  General  Pharmacy,  to  Rolland  Hall  French  ;  in  Oper- 
ative Pharmacy,  to  Edward  Jonathan  Klopp  ;  in  Analytical  Chemistry,  to 
Frederick  George  Luebert ;  in  Pharmacognosy,  to  Howard  Romaino  Converse. 
The  Alumni  silver  medal  was  awarded  to  David  Wilfong  Ramsaur,  of 
Palatka,  Fla.,  for  the  best  general  average  in  the  second  }^ear  examination. 
The  Alumni  bronze  medal  was  awarded  to  Chester  Augustus  Billetdoux,  of 
North  Adams,  Mass.,  for  the  best  general  average  in  the  first  year  examination. 
The  class  oration  was  given  by  Theodore  K.  Boesch  ;  the  poem  by  Fielding 
O.  Lewis  ;  the  history,  by  James  S.  Jetton,  and  the  prophecy,  by  Alexander  J. 
Strathie. 
ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy was  held  on  March  25,  J 901,  at  the  College,  145  North  Tenth  Street. 
Forty-one  members  were  present,  the  President,  Howard  B.  French,  presiding. 
The  minutes  of  the  quarterly  meeting  held  December  31,  1900,  were  read  and 
approved.  The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  meetings  in  January, 
February  and  March  were  read  by  the  Registrar,  W.  Nelson  Stem,  and 
approved  as  read. 
The  annual  meeting  being  the  occasion  for  reports  of  the  officers  and  Stand- 
ing Committees,  these  were  given  in  the  following  order  : 
Committee  on  Publication  by  H.  N.  Rittenhouse,  who  among  other  things 
called  attention  to  the  fact  that  all  bills  for  the  past  year  have  been  paid,  and 
there  is  a  cash  balance  to  the  credit  of  the  committee.  There  has  been  an 
observance  of  economy  in  several  respects. 
During  the  year  a  number  of  problems  have  been  considered  by  the  com- 
mittee, and  while  no  radical  measures  have  been  attempted  everything  in  the 
direction  of  a  wise  economy  has  been  realized.  The  number  of  unsold 
volumes  on  hand  is  about  1,600,  covering  the  period  from  1829  to  date. 
Editor's  Report,  by  Henry  Kraemer.  Alluding  to  the  beginning  of  the  new 
century,  the  editor  gave  a  retrospective  view  of  the  Journal  and  followed 
with  a  consideration  of  the  problems  of  the  present  and  giving  some  sugges- 
tions in  regard  to  the  future. 
Librarian's  Report,  by  Thomas  S.  Wiegand.  This  report  states  that  210 
volumes  have  been  added  during  the  year,  besides  a  large  number  of  pamphlets. 
