Junior Class Schoralships and Prize.-The Edward Mallinckrodt Scholarship was awarded to Julius Benjamin Boehm, (97%) St. Louis, Mo. The Meyer Brothers Scholarship was awarded to John William Mackelden, (93.5%) Jerseyville, Ill. The J. S. Merrell Scholarship was awarded to Lewis Hinkle Kilpatrick, (93.5%) Memphis, Tenn. The Alumni Prize, some Standard Works on the Subject of Pharmacy, or allied branches, was awarded for excellence in examination to Frederick Christian Buescher, (91%) St. Louis, Mo. On the rostrum were seated members of the board of trustees, officers of the college and members of the faculty. Also, Thomas S. McPheeters, president of the board of trustees of Westminster College, and John C. Thumser, president Alumni Association, St. Louis College of Pharmacy. College Officers-Lorenz A. Seitz, Ph. G., president; Robert F. Schlueter, Ph. G. M. D., vice-president; Solomon Boehm, Ph. G., treasurer; William Kellerman Ilhardt, Ph. G., recording secretary; John Charles Falk, Ph. G., M. D., corresponding secretary. Board of Trustees-Edmund P. Walsh, Ph. G., chairman; Edward Mallinckrodt, Ph. C., Henry Fisher, Ph. G., Otto F. Claus. Ph. G., M. D., Theodore Frederick Hagenow, Ph. G., Henry Theodore Rohlfing, Ph. G. Professor of Practical Pharmacy; Henry Milton Whelpley, Ph. G., M. D., Professor of Microscopy, and Dean of the Faculty; Charles Edward Caspari, A. B., Ph. D., Ph. G, Professor of Chemistry and Physics; Otto Augustus Wall, Jr., Ph. B., M. D., Instructor in Pharmacognosy and Lecturer on Accidents and Emergencies; Eugene Peyton Cockrell. Ph. B., M. D., Instructor in Microscopy; William Hamilton Lamont, Ph. G., Lecturer on Commercial Pharmacy; Leo Suppan, Assistant in Chemistry. The faculty banquet was held at the Jefferson hotel, Twelfth and Locust Streets, Tuesday, April 21. The dean, Dr. H. M. Whelpley, introduced the toastmaster of the evening, Dr. Otto A. Wall, Jr. The formal program was as follows: Class Valedictory.. Class Motto-"Virtute, non Astutia". A. T. GAERTNER, The Ph. G. Class.... The Alumni Association. The Ph. B. Class... The Ph. C. Class The St. Louis Drug Clerks' Society. Our College Days. Examinations Are Over...... Vincent Moore Harrington James Glen Mauzy ........Lorenz A. Seitz, Pres ......Olav Kaarboe, Pres V. M. HARRINGTON, ..John Adam Wirtz ..Sidney Henry William Wortmann ......Leo Suppan ..James Ernest Paris The College Prizes... The Pharmaceutical Press........ The Past and the Future..... President L. A. Seitz read a letter from Dr. Enno Sander, Emeritus Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, who was unable to be present, but sent hearty greetings. The doctor is in his eightyseventh year. Remarks were also made in an informal way by William H. Lamont. Contact with the great may not make us great, but it makes us greater than we are. Clark, Chas. L., Kansas City, Mo. Durham, D. H., Springfield, Kan. Doniphan, Phocion, Excelsior Springs, Mo.. The Next Meeting will be held in the Hall of Philosophy, at Pertle Springs (Warrensburg), Monday, June 8, beginning at 9 a. m. The questions will be selected largely from those prepared by the National Association Boards of Pharmacy. The Kansas City Examination Questions consisted of a number of different sets. The following is a sample: (1) Name one official gum; give source, description and official preparation. (2) Name two official drugs obtained from the animal kingdom giving description and medical or pharmaceutical uses. E. J. (1) By what method is camphorated Tincture of Opium prepared? (2) How much Opium is in one fluidounce of the tincture? (3) Give method of making suppositories of Glycerine. (4) How is Emulsion of Turpentine U. S. P. made? K. (1) Distinguish between the chemical and physical properties. (2) What is the difference between the elements and chemical compounds. (1) Name the important solvents used in pharmacy in the order of their value. (2) Describe the process for making infusions and give the general formulae for such as are not official. L. Define (1) atom. (2) Molecule. (3) atomic weight (4) Molecular weight. M. (1) Give Latin name and formulae of the most important medical salts. (2) Define (1) an acid salt (2) a normal salt (3) a double salt (4) give an example of each. N. (1) What are the chemical and physical properties of H CI, Give tests of identity for (2) K salts (3) Pb. salts and (4) Ag. salts. b Un Barber Shop. " "not a "Turk" в Spider Threads (Amer. Journ. Sci., clxxi., 1907, pp. 75-8).-J. R. Benton has made a series of experiments to test the strength and elasticity of spider thread. He finds that the material of the thread possesses quite a high tensile strength, about double that of most kinds of wood. The results of these experiments differ so greatly from those of Beaulard on the mechanical properties of silk, that the investigator concludes that the material of spider thread is not identical with silk, as is sometimes asserted. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT. University of Illinois School of Pharmacy.-The forty-eighth commencement was held at the auditorium of the Central Y. M. C. A., Chicago, on Thursday afternoon, April 23. There was a large attendance of alumni of the school and friends of the graduating class. The principal address was made by Dr. Bernard Fantus, Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy in the University of Illinois Medical College. Dr. Fantus took for his subject "Medico-Pharmaceutic Relations" and gave a most interesting and timely address dealing with the various phases of the relationship between the pharmacist and physician. He discussed the prevalence of the nostrum evil and the prescribing of proprietary medicines by physicians, the ownership of the prescription and the dangers of counter-prescribing. Dr. Fantus was well received. The class speakers, Rexford De Tompkins, Salutatorian and Raleigh Earel, Valedictorian, acquitted themselves creditably. President James, of the University of Illinois, conferred the degree of Graduate in Pharmacy upon thirty-four candidates and gave certificates of proficiency to sixteen others. Following the conferring of degrees President James addressed the class congratulating them upon their accession to the ranks of the Alumni of the University of Illinois, a body including over 5,000 persons, represented in every state in the union and in very many foreign countries. President James referred to the great progress made by the University of Illinois in recent years, it now ranking among the five or six largest universities of this country as regards attendance, while its admission to the Conference of American Universities including twelve or fourteen of the principal universities of this country was adduced as an evidence of high standing of the institution. Several new buildings have recently been completed or are under construction and final arrangements have been made and plans prepared for the new veterinary department which will be located in Chicago. The prizes were awarded as follows: Alumni Medal for highest general average of ninetyfive percent or above to Mr. Raleigh Eare', of Quincy, Ill., and presented by Dr. A. W. Baer, President of the Alumni Association. The Biroth Prize Microscope awarded for the best work in Materia Medica, Pharmacognosy and Histology to Mr. Harold Dudley Baldwin, of Hampton, Iowa, presented by Prof. W. B. Day. The Becker Prize consisting of a chemical cabinet to Rexford De Tompkins, of Mount Sterling, Ill., presented by Prof. C. S. N. Hallberg. Memberships in the American Pharmaceutical Association were awarded to Wyley Porter Williamson, of Marietta, Ohio, and William Emanuel Ruesch, of Joliet, Ill., for excellence in Pharmacy and Pharmacognosy respectively. The list of the class follows: Receive The Degree of Graduate in Pharmacy. Fred Kramer Anderson.. ... Bruce Carr Frantz... Herbert Ernst Kraft.. Wyley Porter Williamson....... Frank James Zuck White Sul. Sp'gs, Mont. Benares City, India. .Quincy. .Hutchinson, Ind. Chicago. Ableman, Wis. Fredonia, Pa. Mount Sterling. Marietta, Ohio. Frank Alex. Crawford (Class of '06)....Oklahoma City, Okla. .Chicago. ...Chicago. Charlotte, Iowa. Chicago. ....Nachusa. ..Chicago. ...Chicago. Karl Elliott Anderson (Class of '07)....Roberts, Wis. Watseka. ..Chicago. ... .Chicago. Grand Junct'n, Mich. Coal City. Lake Mills, Wis. .Joliet. Yates City. *Class honors for excellence in scholarship. In the evening the Alumni Association gave a banquet in honor of the graduating class at the Palmer House. Many of the Alumni and their ladies were present, and the President and several members of the Board of Trustees of the University were guests of honor. Prof. C. S. N. Hallberg presided as Toastmaster and toasts were responded to as follows: "The University of Illinois", President Edmund J. James. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Francis G. Blair, ex-officio a member of the Board of Trustees of the University was called upon and responded in a most happy vein. Mr DeWitt, who is well known in drug circles, also responded most happily giving the young men some excellent practical business advice and suggestions. Taken in all the banquet was generally voted the most successful that has been held for many years. NECROLOGY. Harry L. Raymond, of Lawrence, Kan., died March 17, of blood poisoning. He was much interested in temperance work. C. A. Fellows died of heart disease at his home in Admire, Kan., March 12, at the age of forty-nine years. He leaves an aged mother and a sister. He was born at Maquoketa, Ia. Otto Fehringer, the millionaire druggist of Denver, who was shot by a highwayman last month, and died from the effects, was a graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, class of 1879. He was born at Lebanon, Ill. Cullen Andrew Battle, president of Battle & Co., manufacturers of proprietary medicines, died at his residence in St. Louis, March 30. He was a native of North Carolina and a graduate in law. He was a resident of St. Louis since 1875. Dr. Rufus S. Craft, of Blue Rapids, Kan., died of heart trouble, March 10. He was born in Winchester, Va., in 1831; served in the Mexican War under Gen. Taylor; came to Kansas while it was a territory, and was a leading physician and druggist at Blue Rapids for more than a quarter of a century. Nathan Showers, of Oil City, Pa., died April 5, at the age of seventy-two years. He was a native of Union County, Pa., and one of the first to become interested in the great oil district of the state. He had been in poor health for a number of years. He was an upright, Christian gentleman, a member of the free Methodist church and the second man of Sharpsville to vote the prohibition ticket. That was thirtyone years ago. He was the father of A. G. Showers, of Iowa City, Iowa, who for a number of years past has represented the Meyer Brother Drug Co. in that state and neighboring sections of the north. Mr. Showers reached his father's bed-side a few moments after his death. Daniel Rogers Noyes, the founder and head of the firm of Noyes Brothers & Cutler, wholesale druggists of St. Paul, Minn., died at his home in that city, April 12. He was seventy-two years old, having been born at Lyme, Conn., November 10, 1836. He came from an old and prominent family of that state. He was educated in the New England schools and began his business experience with the firm of Schieffelin Brothers & Co. He served in the federal army and was a veteran of the 22nd State Regiment. During latter years he traveled much, visiting the West Indies and other countries. He was active in many business organizations, was president of the N. W. D. A. in 1886, and his counsel was valued in that and other organizations. He devoted energy to charitable and educational work, and was an officer in the Presbyterian church. He was forcible as a writer and had great ability as a debater. He is survived by a widow and five children. KANSAS CITY DEPARTMENT. The Kansas City Retail Druggists' Association held their annual meeting at the Parke-Davis Hall, Tenth Street and Broadway, April 14, and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Prof. D. V. Whitney, president; Wm. Federman, first vicepresident; G. Q. Lake, second vice-president; Romanta Wells, secretary; R. S. Stevens, treasurer. Dr. Andrews was present as a visitor and gave a very interesting talk on the preparations of the U. S. P. and N. F., and the advantages of their use to the physician. This was followed by a short talk by Prof. D. V. Whitney in regard to their manufacture by the retail druggist, and explaining the reason of the failures sometimes made. He ended by urging the importance of U. S. P. and N. F. work by the retail profession among the physicians. Kansas City, Kan., News. Dr. Keifer, a recent Kansas City University medical graduate, has opened up a well appointed drug store at Third Street and Waverly Avenue. G. Q. Lake, of the G. Q. Lake Drug Co., Sixth Street partner's interest in the store. This is one of the and Minnesota Avenue, has recently purchased his largest and handsomest stores in either city, and controls a growing share of the retail drug business of Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Mo., News. R. H. Lee, of the Lee Drug Co., southeast corner of Ninth Street and Brooklyn Avenue, has been confined to his home on account of sickness. Dr. Ritchie, Thirty-first Street and Prospect Avenue, has sold his drug store to Fred Francke. C. E. Zinn has moved his store from the southwest corner of Ninth and Central Streets, to larger and more commodious quarters on the northwest corner of the same streets. R. C. Brightwell, of Twenty-ninth and Holmes Streets, sold his store recently. his store to a former clerk, Mr. Kidwell. G. H. Edwards, Fifteenth and Brooklyn Streets, sold J. J. Huntlington, Rochester and Montgall Avenues, has sold his store to W. C. Mathews. Every Time a Package is sent out without a neat little slip or circular in it there is an opportunity wasted. Packages are always opened for a careful inspection, and usually, in cases of drug store purchases, a leisurely one, consequently, if there is an attractive piece of advertising matter in it, the same is sure to be read. Only say just what you have to say in just enough words to clinch the story.—Spatula. Here lies a man who never let STRAY ITEMS AND COMMENTS. The Mississippi Ph. A. will convene in Meridian, June 11 and 12. A music and flower carnival occurs on the same date and a royal good time is promised. The N. A. R. D. Meeting for 1908 will be held at Atlantic City, during the week beginning September 14. Among the cities considered strong by the executive committee were Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Philadelphia, Louisville and Denver. New York State. The following were granted licenses by the Western Branch on the examination held April 15, 1908. Pharmacists.-Robert I. Budlong, Buffalo; John Calhoun, Sherman; George H. Grimes, Horseheads; George H. Kopf, N. Tonawanda; Richard W. Wright, Buffalo. Druggists.-Fred H. Barber, Buffalo; Charles A. Bement, Buffalo; John P. Boyle, Buffalo; Jessie Cottrill, Arcade; Robert J. Coulson, Buffalo; Allan J. Dash, Jamestown; Archie J. Dodge, Lockport, N. Y.; John D. France, Buffalo; Leo E. Frey, Buffalo; Raymond Greeley, Buffalo; Royal T. Gulley, Gowanda; Harry W. Hubbard, Silver Springs; Edwin K. Maurice, Buffalo; John F. O'Brien, Buffalo; Arthur W. Peters, N. Tonawanda; Fred C. Purcell. Ellington; Michael Strozzi, Buffalo; Ford Lysander White, Buffalo. Salesmen Visiting St. Louis. G. T. Bauer, Bauer & Black, 283 25th St, Chicago, Ill. F. F. Knapp, Lee Broom & Duster Co., Marquette Bldg., Chicago, Ill. A. B. Maurer, Taylor Inst. Cos., Rochester, N. Y. F. von Hermann, Cleveland Rubber Works, Cleveland, O. W. T. Frazer, The Celluloid Co., 30 Washington Place, New York, N. Y. E. M. Westfall, Porter Bros. & Co., 114 Worth St., New York, N. Y. F. W. Steinhaus, Aluminum Brush Co.. 285 E. Madison St., Chicago, Ill. A. B. Gatch, Bromwell Brush & Wire Goods Co., Cincinnati, O. Leo Lichtenstein, The Vulcanized Rubber Co., 488 Broadway, New York, N. Y. E. Bock, Surgical Supply Implement Co., 19 Murray St., New York, N. Y. R. J. Matches, The Rubberset Brush Co., Newark, N. J. An Old Story With New Feathers.—It is told that Dr. Wiley, the Government's pure food expert, recently entered a Washington restaurant and gave a bowing waiter this order: "Bring me a chicken pie-one of those little individual pies." A few minutes later it was set before him, brown and hot, and with a smile of anticipation, he broke the crust to find, just beneath, a three-inch feather. "Take this away!" he demanded. "What does it mean, anyway; tell me that?" The waiter was evidently a man of resource, for he immediately leaned over and said, in a confidential voice: "Why, Ah'll tell yo', sah. It's dis way. Yo' know dat Dr. Wiley been raisin' such er howl 'bout food not bein' what hit was claimed ter be, de cook des puts one chicken fedder in each one of them pies to show ter folks dat day's recebin' de genwine article, sah!" The Salesman's Itch.-If Sheldon had a salve that would give every business candidate the Salesman's Itch, I'd take his whole output on suspicion. The salesman who makes the record is not the one who knows the most or the one who is the best looking; he's the smiling cuss who never hears the word "No." The Salesman's Itch! Buyers in loose wrappers do not wait for you around the corner. You have to go after the buyers very much as the Romans went after the Sabines. It is persistency that wins. The buyer is a shy and sly proposition. He likes to be chased. The man who gets the order is the one with the Salesman's Itch. There are two departments to every business. One is Out-Go, and the other is In-Come. When times are "scarce" the Out-Go men are cut down or laid off; and the lads who lay them off are the In-Come boys. Get the Salesman's Itch-a nose for orders, a scent for fromage. Nail the business. Promises do not meet the pay-roll. Cultivate the Salesman's Itch. Salesmen who expect buyers to chloroform them and stuff the orders in their pockets, are doomed to disappointment. It is certainly true that you can not afford to sell a man goods that are going to burden him, but it is also true that it is for you to decide as to what a customer needs, and then see that he gets it. Buyers, through habit, fight on the defensive. There are various ways of evercoming their scruples, but unless you have the Salesman's Itch, you'll wander forever a lone, lorn hollus-chickie, and Clio will carve on your tomb a single word: Skunked.[THE PHILISTINE. The Blackmailing Souvenir Programme. When will the local committee of state pharmaceutical associations acquire sufficient business sense to know when they are being "worked" by slick publication agencies? It is a shame and a disgrace that responsible pharmacists in this state can be found willing to farm out the publication of "souvenir programs” for the few paltry dollars there is in it. When will they come to realize that the shrewd publishers use the good name of the state association and the pharmacists of the state for the purpose of forcing wholesale druggists and manufacturers of chemicals into taking advertising space in these silly souvenirs and giving money for the same, of which only a small percentage ever reaches the treasury of the local committee? If the state associations must raise funds for the entertainment of visitors in this way why not appoint a committee of their own members and reap the entire proceeds of their blackmail, and not one-tenth or onefifth, as at present.-[American Druggist. |