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College.  The  announcement  was  made  of  the  present  year  being  the  golden 
anniversary  of  graduation  of  Wm.  J.  Jenks,  Ph.M  ,  one  of  the  vice-presidents 
of  the  College,  who  was  a  member  of  the  graduating  class  of  1S42,  and  the 
congratulations  of  those  present  were  extended.  Many  pleasant  speeches 
were  made  during  the  evening  ;  the  College  Glee  Club  rendered  some  songs 
and  at  a  late  hour  this  final  class  reunion  came  to  a  close,  the  company  singing 
"  Auld  lang  syne." 
Notwithstanding  the  unpleasant  weather  the  Academy  of  Music  was  well 
filled  with  an  attentive  audience  on  the  evening  of  Thursday,  April  21,  on 
the  occasion  of  the  seventy-first  annual  commencement.  President  Charles 
Bullock  conferred  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  upon  the  candidates 
named  above  ;  and  certificates  of  Proficiency  in  Chemistry  were  awarded  by 
Professor  Sadtler,  on  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  to  Josiah  C.  Peacock,  of 
Maryland,  and  Chas.  S.  Vadner,  of  Massachusetts. 
As  a  result  of  the  final  examinations  honorable  mention  was  awarded,  with 
the  grade  "distinguished,"  to  H.  R.  Hess,  F.  C.  Shaw  and  C.  R.  Yohn  ;  and 
with  the  grade  "meritorious  "  to  H.  W.  Brick,  J.  H.  Martin,  R.  M.  McFarland, 
E.  C.  McGregor,  C.  W.  Rynard  and  M.  C.  Smucker.  The  Chemistry  prize,  a 
chemical  balance,  offered  by  Professor  Sadtler  for  original  quantitative  analysis 
was  presented  to  R.  M.  McFarland,  honorable  mention  being  accorded  to 
A.  W.  Dowd.  The  John  M.  Maisch  prize,  $20  in  gold,  offered  by  Mr.  J.  H. 
Redsecker,  of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  for  histological  knowledge  of  drugs,  was  earned 
by  A.  S.  Blackman,  and  the  Stein  Materia  Medica  prize,  $20  in  gold,  offered  by 
J.  H.  Stein,  Ph.G.,  of  Reading,  Pa.,  by  H.  R.  Hess,  honorable  mention  being 
due,  in  connection  with  these  two  prizes,  to  G.  L.  Angeny,  H.  W.  Brick,  W.  L. 
Cornell,  C.  F.  Craig,  G.  E.  Daniels,  A.  W.  Dowd,  J.  F.  Fox,  N.  B.  Fry,  J.  A. 
Guerin,  H.  L.  Keiper,  Fred.  Krauss,  L.  C.  Lipscomb,  J.  R.  Lorah,  R.  M. 
McFarland,  E.  C.  McGregor,  S.  0.  Netherton,  C.  W.  Rynard  and  C.  R.  Yohn. 
The  Operative  Pharmacy  prize,  $25  in  gold,  offered  by  Mr.  E.  L.Boggs,  of  Charles- 
ton, W.  Va.,  for  the  best  examination  in  operative  pharmacy  was  carried  off  by 
Henry  Mitchell,  honorable  mention  being  made  of  H.  L.  Boggs,  E.  W.  Elston, 
H.  R.  Hess,  S.  J.  Remington  and  C.  R.  Yohn.  The  Theoretical  Pharmacy 
prize,  for  the  best  examination  in  the  branch  named,  a  prescription  balance 
offered  by  Mr.  H.  J.  Maris,  was  awarded  to  F.  C.  Shaw  with  honorable  mention 
of  R.  C.  Donoghue,  J.  A.  Guerin,  H.  R.  Hess,  W.  P.  Oberhauser,  C.  W. 
Rynard  and  C.  R.  Yohn.  The  recipient  of  the  Robinson  Chemical  prize,  a 
gold  medal  and  certificate,  offered  by  J.  S.  Robinson,  Ph.G.,  of  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  for  the  best  examination  in  general  and  analytical  chemistry,  was  H.  F. 
Hahn. 
The  valedictory  address  to  the  graduating  class  was  delivered  by  Professor 
Maisch  ;  besides  the  parting  advice  to  the  graduates,  a  brief  sketch  of  the  history 
of  the  College  was  given,  which  appeared  to  be  appropriate  at  the  present 
time  when  the  institution  has  again  undertaken  many  improvements  for  increas- 
ing the  facilities  and  enlarging  the  scope  of  its  educational  work.  As  usual  the 
proceedings  of  the  evening  were  enlivened  with  music  and  closed  with  the 
distribution  of  the  presents  sent  upon  the  stage  for  the  individual  graduates 
by  their  friends.  This  latter  feature,  we  are  pleased  to  observe,  has  considerably 
decreased  in  the  number  of  floral  and  other  gifts,  notwithstanding-  the  increased 
