302  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.     { Amji0n"r"i9oh9arm' 
The  following  were  awarded  the  certificate  of  Proficiency  in 
Chemistry:  William  Henderson  Free  (P.D.),  Pennsylvania;  Horace 
James  Hallowell,  Pennsylvania ;  Martin  Luther  Hartwig,  Connecti- 
cut ;  David  James  Jones,  Pennsylvania ;  Charles  Daniel  Klingen- 
smith,  Pennsylvania ;  Louis  W.  Walz,  Pennsylvania. 
The  following  were  awarded  certificates  in  the  Pure  Food  and 
Drug  Course:  Maxwell  Montifiore  Becker  (P.D.),  Pennsylvania; 
Edward  Spangler  Rose  (Ph.G.),  Oregon. 
There  were  128  candidates  for  the  degrees  in  course,  coming  from 
the  various  States  and  countries  as  follows :  Connecticut,  3  ;  Florida, 
1 ;  Georgia,  1 ;  Iowa,  1 ;  Kentucky,  1 ;  Maryland,  4 ;  Massachusetts, 
2 ;  Mexico,  1 ;  New  Jersey,  1 1  ;  New  York,  7 ;  North  Carolina,  3  ; 
Ohio,  6;  Oregon,  1  ;  Pennsylvania,  77;  Russia,  5  ;  Utah,-i ;  West  Vir- 
ginia, 2 ;  Texas,  1. 
The  valedictory  address  was  delivered  by  Hon.  Washington 
Gardner,  of  Michigan.  The  subject  of  the  address  was  "  Does  Edu- 
cation Pay?  "  and  the  speaker  paid  an  eloquent  tribute  to  the  dignity 
and  value  of  educated  labor. 
AWARD  OF  PRIZES. 
The  following  students  received  the  grade  of  distinguished : 
Mitchell  Bernstein,  Charles  S.  Herron,  John  E.  F.  Hicks,  David  L. 
Houck,  George  J.  Coleman,  Allen  C.  Keim,  John  Moser,  Jr.  The 
grade  of  meritorious  was  attained  by  Frank  G.  Ebner,  Henry  S. 
Godshall,  Howard  M.  Greim,  Ralph  T.  Hunter,  Jr.,  George  M. 
Levan,  Russell  L.  Mundhenk,  Benjamin  Steiner. 
The  Proctor  Prize,  a  gold  medal  and  certificate,  for  the  highest 
general  average  of  the  class  with  a  meritorious  thesis,  was  awarded 
to  Mitchell  Bernstein,  the  presentation  being  made  by  President 
French. 
The  William  B.  Webb  Memorial  Prize,  a  gold  medal  and 
certificate  offered  for  the  highest  general  average  in  the  branches  of 
committee,  operative  pharmacy  and  specimens  was  awarded  to  Allen 
Christian  Keim,  the  presentation  being  made  by  W.  L.  Clifre.  The 
following  graduates  received  honorable  mention  in  connection  there- 
with :  Mitchell  Bernstein,  Percy  M.  Davis,  Frank  G.  Ebner,  Donald 
E.  Haller,  George  C.  Harvey,  Charles  S.  Herron,  John  E.  F. 
Hicks,  Ralph  T.  Hunter,  Jr.,  Albert  Hutson,  William  R.  Klopp, 
John  Moser,  Jr.,  Russell  L.  Mundhenk,  Ernest  A.  Noedel,  Addison 
A.  Piatt,  William  H.  Pond,  Benjamin  Steiner. 
