154 THE ALUMNI JOURNAL 



In relation to the above, your Committe on Standards and Tests 

 of the United States PharmacopcEia and National Formulary 

 begs to remind you that at the last meeting of the National Whole- 

 sale Druggists' Association a resolution was passed recommend- 

 ing its members to interest themselves in the election of delegates 

 to the next pharmacopoeial convention in order to secure men pos- 

 sessing the required technical knowledge and representing the 

 entire drug trade. 



The leading teachers of medicine and pharmacy will undoubtedly 

 be sent to represent the various medical and pharmaceutical schools, 

 so that delegates from medical and 'pharmaceutical associations 

 should be men actively engaged in the practice of their professions, 

 believing in and having a thorough knowledge of drugs, their 

 therapy and preparation for use. 



It is of the utmost importance that your influence be used to 



secure the election of such men in order that the revision of 1910 



may result in the publication of a Pharmacopceia that shall be a 



standard that will meet the requirements alike of medicine and 



pharmacy. 



Respectfully, 



Thos F. Main, chairman. 



Wm. Jay Schieffelin, 



Otto P. Amend, 



Donald McKesson, 



Clarence M. Kline, 



Committee. 



As a possible result of this circular your committee has been 

 notified of the election of a number of members of this association 

 as delegates to the coming convention which will at least permit the 

 presentation of the opinions of the association to that body and 

 possibly result in the election of one or more druggists to the final 

 Committee on Revision. It is to be noted that the American 

 Chemical Society has appointed as its delegates men familiar with 

 the manufacture of medicinal chemicals and it is hoped that one 

 or more of them may also be elected to the same committee. 



The great question for the association to consider at this time is 

 what message shall it send to the Pharmacopoeial Convention? 

 What principles does it consider necessary to govern the com- 

 pilation of the next Pharmacopoeia? . 



