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This  Report  was  accepted,  and  the  Committee  encouraged  to  expend  the 
pr>fits  of  the  Journal  in  editing,  improving,  and  illustrating  it. 
The  Committee  on  notices  of  deceased  members  produced  an  essay  upon 
the  life  and  character  of  the  late  Charles  SchafFer,  which  was  directed  to  be 
recorded  and  published  in  connection  with  the  Minutes.    (See  below.) 
The  annual  election  for  officers,  resulted  in  the  choice  of  the  following: 
President. — Charles  Ellis. 
1st  Vice  President. —  Samuel  F.  Troth. 
2d  Vice  President. — Dillwyn  Parrish. 
Recording  Secretary. — Edward  Parrish. 
Corresponding  Secretary. — William  Procter,  Jr. 
Treasurer. — Ambrose  Smith. 
Trustees.— John  XL  Ecky,  Dr.  R.  Bridges,  D.  S.  Jones,  J.  C.  Savery,  T. 
3.  Weigand,  Saml.  N.  James,  H.  M.  Troth,  and  S.  S.  Bunting. 
Committee  on  Sinking  Fund. — .Saml.  F.  Troth,  E.  Parrish,  Ambrose 
Smith. 
Publication  Committee. — Charles  Ellis,  Br.  R.  Bridges,  E.  Parrish,  A.  B. 
Taylor,  and  W.  Procter,  Jr. 
Delegates  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.- -Charles  Ellis, 
Henry  C.  Blair,  W.  Procter,  Jr.,  A.  B.  Taylor,  and  S.  S.  Garrigues. 
On  motion  the  College  adjourned.  Edward  Parrish,  Secretary. 
OBITUARY  NOTICE  OF  CHARLES  SCHAFFER. 
Charles  Schaffer  was  born  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia  in  1803,  and 
was  regularly  educated  to  the  drug  business  by  the  late  Thomas  Cave,  a 
well  known  and  respectable  druggist  with  whom,  in  the  year  1829,  he  be- 
came a  partner  under  the  name  of  Cave  &  SchafFer.  This  connection 
lasted  till  the  death  of  Thomas  Cave,  in  1845,  when  he  continued  the  busi- 
ness alone;  until,  in  1850,  he  associated  with  him  his  brother,  Jos.  L.  Schaffer, 
in  the  firm  of  C.  &  J.  L.  Schaffer.  Few  drug  houses  in  this  city  have  en- 
joyed a  larger  share  of  the  confidence  of  southern  and  western  merchants 
than  these. 
The  business  career  of  Mr.  Schaffer  was  marked  by  enterprise  and  public 
spirit,  which  led  him  to  aid  the  various  public  improvements  projected  by 
our  merchants  for  the  developement  of  the  business  facilities  of  our  city. 
He  was  connected  with  this  College  from  an  early  period  in  its  history  till 
the  close  of  his  life,  contributing  his  means  to  the  advancement  and  eleva- 
tion of  the  profession,  to  which  he  owed  his  success  in  life. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  and  a  trustee  of  the  Fire  Association  of  Phila- 
del  phi  a. 
He  gave  a  large  share  of  his  time  to  the  interest  of  the  St-  John's  Luthe- 
ran Church ,^of  which  he  was  a  member,  and  for  years- was  honored  with  some 
of  its  most  important  trusts. 
In  illustration  of  his  character  we  quote  the  language  of  one  whose  pur- 
suits made  him  intimately  acquainted  with  the  subject  of  our  notice: 
iC  Mr.  Schaffer  was  truly  an  excellent  man,  intelligent,  industrious,  per- 
severing, and  honorable.    During  a  quarter  of  a  century  of  constant  busi- 
