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College  of  Pharmacy. 
{  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\    November,  1909. 
regime  in  medical  education  and  medical  practice ;  Walter  Wyman, 
Washington,  D.  C,  Surgeon-General,  Public  Health  and  Marine- 
Hospital  Service  of  the  United  States;  Professor  Liberty  Hyde 
Bailey,  Ithaca,  New  York,  head  of  the  Agricultural  School  of 
Cornell  University,  author  of  works  on  plant  breeding,  plant  evolu- 
tion>  etc.,  and  Editor-in-Chief  of  the  Encyclopedia  of  American 
Agriculture ;  Professor  Dr.  O.  A.  Oesterle,  Bern,  Switzerland,  a 
co-worker  with  Professor  Tschirch,  and  professor  in  the  University 
of  Bern,  author  of  many  books  and  papers,  the  most  recent  of  which 
is  a  valuable  work  on  "  Pharmakochemie  " ;  Madame  Sklodowska 
Curie,  Paris,  France,  noted  for  her  studies  on  radio-active  sub- 
stances, and  professor  at  the  Sorbonne,  Paris. 
The  President  announced  the  death  of  our  fellow  member 
Charles  W.  Hancock,  which  occurred  on  July  18.  He  joined  the 
College  in  1871.  Messrs.  Mclntyre  and  Boring  testified  to  the 
sterling  character  and  worth  of  the  member  and  of  his  faithful 
attendance  at  the  various  meetings  of  the  College. 
Professor  Kraemer  reported  the  recent  death  of  Dr.  Susan 
Hayhurst  who,  while  not  a  member  of  the  College,  had  been  a 
subscriber  to  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  for  thirty 
years,  and  was  worthy  of  record  in  the  minutes  of  the  College. 
She  was  the  first  woman  graduate  of  the  College.  She  graduated  at 
the  age  of  sixty-three  years,  and  since  then  had  been  instrumental 
in  sending  many  women  students  to  the  College  who  were  under  her 
tuition  at  the  Women's  Hospital  of  Philadelphia.  Professor  Rem- 
ington said  that  the  College  had  no  better  friend  than  Dr.  Hayhurst. 
She  took  a  great  interest  in  the  College  and  in  the  Alumni 
Association. 
Sinclair  S.  Jacobs,  of  Atlanta,  Georgia,  was  elected  to  active 
membership. 
The  President  announced  the  following  appointments : 
Special  Committee  on  Centenary  Celebration  of  the  College : 
George  M.  Beringer,  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Samuel  P.  Sadder, 
Henry  Kraemer,  Martin  I.  Wilbert. 
Committee  on  Membership:  Clement  B.  Lowe,  E.  M.  Boring, 
M.  Ik  Wilbert,  R.  M.  Shoemaker,  C.  A.  Weidemann. 
Professor  Kraemer  gave  some  information  about  the  special 
course  of  lectures  to  be  given  during  the  term.  These  lectures  were 
to  be  given  by  prominent  scientists,  on  a  variety  of  subjects,  and 
were  worthy  the  attention  of  the  members  and  others. 
