Minutes  of  the  College.  0^79 
tion  to  the  Journal  of  formulas  and  observations  on  new  pharmaceutical  preparations  and  improve- 
ments in  processes  and  manipulations,  as  well  as  also  for  the  contribution  of  new  observations  on  the 
action,  doses  and  therapeutical  application  of  drugs,  as  far  as  they  are  of  special  interest  to  the  phar- 
macist. While  it  is  hoped  that  the  usefulness  of  the  Journal  will  thereby  be  still  further  increased,  the 
Editor  ventures  to  urge  upon  the  members,  as  he  has  done  on  former  occasions,  to  communicate  to  him 
practical  notes  and  observations  made  in  the  laboratory  or  at  the  prescription  counter,  so  that  they  may 
be  published  for  the  benefit  of  the  profession. 
It  is  but  proper  that  the  Editor  should  again  speak  a  good  word  in  favor  of  the  Pharmaceutical 
Meetings,  at  which  practical  and  scientific  topics  are  very  properly  brought  forward.  While  these  meet- 
ings are  held  under  the  supervision  of  the  College,  its  members  are  expected  to  be  especially  interested 
in  them ;  but  »11  readers  of  the  Journal  may,  if  thej^  so  desire,  bring  their  investigations  in  this  manner 
to  general  notice  by  addressing,  in  due  time,  either  the  registrar  of  these  meetings  or  the  editor  of  the 
Journal.  During  the  past  year  21  papers  have  been  read  at  the  Pharmaceutical  Meetings,  and  of  this 
number  several  interesting  essays  have  been  furnished  by  non-members  and  by  students  of  the  College. 
The  Editor  embraces  this  occasion  to  thank  the  various  contributors  and  correspondents,  and  to 
express  the  hope  in  the  continuance  of  their  interest  in  the  Journal. 
Respectfully  submitted;  JOHIM  M.  MAISCH,  Editor. 
Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  the  Sinking  Fund,  reported 
that  he  had  paid  over  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  College  the  balance  remaining  in  his 
hands.    The  report  was,  on  motion,  accepted. 
The  death  of  Samuel  T.  Jones,  a  member  of  the  College,  at  the  age  of  58  years, 
from  disease  of  the  heart,  was  announced  by  Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  who  paid  a 
tribute  to  his  integrity  and  worth. 
Professor  Maisch  announced  the  death  of  the  following  honorary  members  of  the 
College : 
Professor  Carl  Frederick  Mohr,  Ph.D.,  M.D.,  of  the  University  of  Bonn,  which 
occurred  September  28,  1879  5 
Professor  J.  B.  Alphonse  Chevallier,  Honorary  Professor  of  the  Superior  School 
of  Pharmacy  of  Paris,  on  the  30th  of  November,  1879  5 
Professor  H.  A.  L.  Wiggers,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Pharmacy  at  the  University  of 
Gottingen,  on  the  23d  of  January,  1880,  obituary  notices  of  all  of  whom  have 
been  published  in  the  "Journal  of  Pharmacy." 
A  communication  from  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences  of  Boston, 
relative  to  the  celebration  of  its  one  hundredth  anniversary  on  the  26th  of  May, 
1880,  was  read,  conveying  an  invitation  to  this  College  to  send  one  or  more  dele- 
gates to  attend  the  celebration  and  reception,  with  a  request  that  an  answer  be  sent 
to  the  Secretary  of  the  Committee.  On  motion  of  Charles  Bullock,  Professor 
Robert  Bridges  and  Professor  Samuel  P.  Sadtler  were  appointed  delegates  to  attend 
the  celebration. 
The  Treasurer  reported  a  number  of  members  as  being  five  years  in  arrears  to 
the  College,  motion  was  made  and  adopted,  that  in  accordance  with  the  custom 
heretofore  pursued,  their  names  be  stricken  from  the  roll  of  members. 
This  being  the  time  for  the  annual  election,  the  Chair  appointed  Edward  C.  Jones 
and  William  B.  Thompson  tellers,  who,  after  counting  the  ballots,  announced  the 
election  of  the  following  officers,  trustees  and  standing  committees,  viz.  : 
President — Dillwyn  Parrish. 
First  Vice  President — Charles  Bullock. 
Second  Vice  President — Robert  Shoemaker. 
Treasurer — Samuel  S.  Bunting. 
Recording  Secretary — William  J.  Jenks. 
Corresponding  Secretary — Alfred  B.  Taylor. 
Board  of  Trustees — for  three  years — John  M.  Maisch,  Robert  England,  Samuel  P.  Sadtler. 
Am.  Jour.  Phari 
May,  1879. 
