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Parrish  Memorial. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1909. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
The  last  of  the  series  of  pharmaceutical  meetings  for  1908-1909 
was  held  on  Tuesday  afternoon,  May  18.  at  3  o'clock,  with  Joseph 
W.  England,  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  in  the  chair. 
Mr.  Joseph  L.  Lemberger,  of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  read  a  memoir  on 
the  late  Mr.  J.  H.  Redsecker  (see  page  261).  Tributes  of  respect 
to  the  work  and  worth  of  Mr.  Redsecker  were  also  paid  by  William 
L.  Cliflfe,  Mr.  England,  Dr.  Lowe,  and  Professor  Kraemer. 
Prof.  Charles  H.  La  Wall  presented  his  herbarium  of  local  plants, 
which  was  accepted  with  a  vote  of  thanks. 
A  number  of  students  of  the  graduating  class  gave  brief  resumes 
of  their  work  with  an  exhibition  of  specimens  and  preparations  of 
their  studies,  as  embodied  in  their  graduating  theses.  Some  of  these 
will  be  published  in  later  issues  of  this  Journal.  H.  K. 
_  _  _ ,  PARRISH  MEMORIAL. 
M'Onday,  May  ic,  1-909,  was  the  forty-third  anniversary  of  the 
laying  of  the  corner-stone  of  Swarthmore  College  by  Professor 
'Ed\\rarlr  Parrish,  its  nr.=t  'President.  A  number  of  friends  and 
students  "of  \  Professor  Parrish  and  others  spent  the  morning  at 
Swarthmore,  and  as  far  as  possible  repeated  "  the  experiences  of 
May  10,  1866,  when  the  Friends  held  a  picnic  to  enjoy  the  natural 
beauties  of  the  splendid  site  upon  which  Swarthmore  College 
stands."  Of  the  relatives  of  Professor  Parrish  there  were  present 
his  son,  Edward  Parrish,  a  grandson  and  a  great-grandson.  After 
meeting  Dr.  Joseph  Swayne,  the  President  of  Swarthmore  College, 
the  party  went  through  a  number  of  the  buildings,  a  few  plants  were 
collected  which  were  brought  to  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy in  the  afternoon,  and  a  picnic  luncheon  owing  to  the  inclem- 
ency of  the  weather  was  had  in  the  gymnasium. 
In  the  afternoon  a  memorial  celebration  in  honor  of  Professor 
Parrish,  who  was  formerly  also  a  professor  in  the  Philadelphia  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy,  was  held  in  the  museum  of  this  institution. 
There  were  present  the  President  of  the  College,  members  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  and  Faculty,  and  a  number  of  former  students 
and  friends  of  Professor  Parrish  as  well  as  members  of  the  College 
and  pharmacists. 
In  addition  to  the  members  of  the  Parrish  family  who  were 
present  at  Swarthmore  in  the  morning  was  a  sister  of  Professor 
