454  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
not  availed  himself  more  largely  of  such  opportunities.  His  will  b: 
a  pleasant  memory,  for  his  character  was  such  that  every  student 
could  revere.  The  speaker  urged  the  completion  of  the  Wiegand 
scholarship  and  felt  that  his  death  would  give  it  an  impetus  as 
nothing  else  could. 
Jacob  S.  Beetem  said  it  would  be  a  lasting  pleasure  to  him  to 
have  known  Mr.  Wiegand.  When,  in  1876  he  came  to  the  city — ■ 
a  stranger — Mr.  Wiegand  took  a  personal  interest  in  him  and  later 
association  strengthened  this  interest,  because  it  was  the  nature  of 
the  man  to  do  kindly  and  helpful  things  to  all  with  whom  he  came 
in  contact. 
George  M.  Beringer  said  he  knew  Mr.  Wiegand  from  the  first 
day  that  he  entered  the  drug  business — the  acquaintance  then  made 
has  continued  since,  only  more  warmly  and  with  increased  strength. 
The  speaker  said  that  he  owed  a  great  deal  to  Mr.  Wiegand  for 
his  many  instructive  talks.  The  friendship  formed  in  early  life 
continued  because  he  proved  a  staunch  friend,  no  unkind  word  was 
ever  uttered  by  him  about  anyone.  He  was  always  ready  to  sacri- 
fice his  own  time  for  the  benefit  of  others.  As  a  further  mark  of 
the  respect  which  he  said  all  the  members  had  for  him  Mr.  Beringer 
made  a  motion  that  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  draft 
suitable  resolutions  to  his  memory.  The  President  appointed  George 
M.  Beringer,  C.  B.  Lowe,  and  Samuel  P.  Sadtler  as  the  committee. 
Henry  Kraemer  said  that  in  looking  over  the  Museum  and 
Library  previous  to  the  meeting  he  saw  some  of  the  work  of  Mr. 
Wiegand.  He  said  that  Mr.  Wiegand  had  connected  us  with  the 
beginning  of  the  College,  he  having  been  born  in  1825 ;  that  he  knew 
a  larger  number  of  the  alumni  of  the  College  than  any  other  man. 
Referring  to  his  earlier  work  he  said  that  before  Mr.  Wiegand 
was  twenty-one  years  old  he  wrote  a  thesis  on  Aristolochia  reticulata 
which  in  large  part  led  to  the  inclusion  of  this  species  in  the  defini- 
tion of  the  drug  Serpentaria  in  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia.  He  wrote 
many  papers  of  practical  interest  to  retail  pharmacists,  always  having 
their  work  in  mind.  In  his  relations  with  the  students  he  never 
seemed  to  see  the  ofttimes  uncouth  and  awkward  matriculate  but 
the  future  graduate,  and  he  treated  every  boy  as  one  of  promise  and 
one  in  whom  he  felt  a  personal  interest.  Professor  Kraemer  said 
that  Mr.  Wiegand  did  not  appear  to  find  his  true  niche  in  life  until 
he  became  actuary  of  the  College,  and  that  probably  no  other  insti- 
tution ever  had  his  equal  in  that  position.    His  was  a  wonderful 
