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ABSTRACTS  FROM  THE  MINUTES  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 
March  2.  Thirteen  members  were  present.  The  Committee  on 
Property  reported  the  completion  of  the  bronze  sign  on  the  front 
of  the  College  Building,  and  that  plans  for  a  hot-house,  to  be  built 
on  the  roof  of  the  Annex  Laboratory  building,  were  progressing. 
The  Committee  on  Supplies  reported  that  the  expense  for  equip- 
ping the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Laboratory  amounted  to  four 
thousand  eight  hundred  dollars  ($4800.00). 
The  Committee  on  By-Laws  reported  adversely  to  changing  the 
time  for  ending  the  fiscal  year  of  the  College.  The  recommen- 
dation of  the  committee  was  sustained. 
April  6.  Twelve  members  were  present.  Mr.  Mahlon  N.  Kline 
was  elected  Chaintian,  Mr.  George  M.  Beringer,  Vice-Chairman,  and 
Mr.  Jacob  S.  Beetem,  Registrar.  The  Chairman  announced  the 
various  standing  committees  for  the  year. 
The  Committee  on  Scholarships  reported  the  award  of  the  Ed- 
ward T.  Dobbins  Scholarship  for  the  first  time. 
The  Committee  on  Appropriations  reported  the  estimated 
amounts  for  the  ensuing  year  that  would  be  needed  by  the  various 
committees  and  departments  authorized  to  make  expenditures. 
The  Committee  on  Announcement  reported  that  copy  for  Bulle- 
tin No.  4  was  being  prepared  and  that  the  pocket  edition  relating 
to  the  Course  in  Pharmacy  would  be  merged  in  this  number. 
The  Special  Finance  Committee  reported  that  some  additional 
contributions  had  been  received  for  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs 
Laboratory.  The  special  committee,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Reming- 
ton, Sadtler,  and  Poley,  were  reappointed. 
Mr.  Christopher  Koch  requested  that  permission  be  granted  the 
Pennsylvania  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  hold  their  examinations 
at  the  College.  In  granting  the  request,  Mr.  Beetem,  Secretary  to 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  was  instructed  to  convey  to  Mr.  Koch  the 
appreciation  of  the  Board  that  another  one  of  the  graduates  of  the 
College  had  been  honored  by  an  appointment  to  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy. 
May  4.  Fourteen  members  were  present.  The  Committee  on 
Instruction  reported  having  received  from  the  Faculty  reports  of 
the  details  of  the  work  in  the  various  departments,  with  suggestions 
for  the  future.  The  several  recommendations  of  the  committee  were 
approved ;  these  included  the  recommendation  of  lengthening  the 
