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A WORD ABOUT THE A. PH. A. 



The remark that the American Phar- 

 maceutical Association does not appeal 

 to the average retail pharmacist is 

 heard much too often not to be taken 

 seriously. One of the several reasons 

 advanced is that "it is composed too 

 largely of 'high brows,' college profes- 

 sors, etc." 



Only recently we heard a member 

 make this selfsame statement. The 

 speaker was one who had only a short 

 time since retired from the presidency 

 of a state pharmaceutical association 

 upon the completion of an exception- 

 ally successful administrative year. The 

 association had hit, as many thought 

 and said, a slump, the finances were 

 in poor condition and interest was 

 lagging. 



Quite a few of the speaker's friends 

 criticized the organization, not at ran- 

 dom and iconoclastically, but usually 

 constructively, and, when the gentle- 

 man was chosen president, flocked to 

 his support and assisted him in per- 

 forming wonders in infusing new life 

 and interest into the association. 



No doubt there are others, real 

 workers not shirkers, active in divers 

 pharmaceutical bodies, who hold sim- 

 ilar views of the American Phar- 

 maceutical Association. If this be true 

 it bodes the American Pharmaceutical 

 Association no good and something 

 should be done to disillusion the 

 doubters and to induce them to be- 

 come active workers in the ranks of 

 the pioneer pharmaceutical association 

 of our country. 



OUR INFORMATION BUREAU. 



The attention of our readers is called 

 to the pages of the JOURNAL de- 

 voted to the COLLEGE INFORMA- 

 TION BUREAU. From now on, this 

 will become a regular feature, one that 

 ought to prove of great value and in- 

 terest to all pharmacists. 



Through the liberality of the Trus- 

 tees of the College the BUREAU was 

 inaugurated last July. Much work and 

 time has been spent on the prelimi- 

 naries needed to prepare for efhcient 

 sers'ice. 



Inquiries have been received con- 

 tinuously and have been answered 

 usually with dispatch. We hope that 

 our readers will remember that the 

 BUREAU places at their service at 

 very short notice the information to be 

 gained in our comprehensive and well 

 selected Library and hope that they 

 will consult it regularly as often as 

 needed. 



NEXT MEETING 



OF THE 



ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 



WILL BE HELD 



Wednesday Euening 



February Ninth 



1916. 



BE A COG 



MESH IN 



