Philadelphia College of Pharmacy - Graduate Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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But as the activities of the College grew larger so did the needs of the College. The rooms at the German Society Hall would no longer do so in 1832 the College erected a building on Zane fnow F ilbertj between Seventh and Eighth Streets. F sf 1 , m w as w F .Sufi 1832-1868 Here, in 1852, was organized the American Pharmaceutical Association. As pharmacy grew more professional so did the stores and the men who practiced. Below is a portion of the fixtures of the drug store of George Clentworth at Race and Chester Streets in Philadelphia which are now located on the second floor of VVhitecar Hall.

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At the first commencement, sixteen men received diplomas, and, that same month, the College of Apothecaries, as it was then called, installed its first two professors. But the College was still meeting in Carpenter's Hall and a new place in Which the lectures could be given had to be found. The first home of the new college was rooms in the Hall of the German Society on Seventh Street between, Market and Chestnut Streets. 7'1- 1821-1832 In 1822, the College was incorporated as the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and lost no time in trying to change the practice of pharmacy. Initial publications from the College included Iournal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacyw fl825j, The Druggist's Manualv - a catalogue of drugs and medicines in 1826, and the Formulae of the Preparation of Patent Medicines begun in 1824. Charles Marshall fleftj, the College s first President, and frightj, Samuel Price Wether- ill, first Chairman of the Board.

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Again there was a need for larger quarters. By 1868 the membership of the College had grown from the original 68 to 125. Classes had also grown and no amotmt of alterations could bring the needed room. Thus, in 1868, the College moved from the Zane Street location to North Tenth Street. The first important meetings of the American Pharmaceutical Association now took place here. Additions were made to this building in the 1890's and it was referred to as the Tenth Street building. This was also the period when the standards of pharmacy were raised and the course of study Was extended to three years. gg 252555511 I. W 3 ' E ,,'a5g lW'L!'lll1'9 NH? . , .My VI'j!.'.'r The College in 1892 The College built an annex, facing on Cherry Street and adjoining the main build- ing on Tenth Street, to house laboratories for teaching food and drug chemistry and other special courses. This complex of buildings served as the home of the College until 1927. 9