40  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties.    { A™^uary,Pi9os.m' 
CONFERENCE  OF  PHARMACEUTICAL  FACULTIES. 
Synopsis  of  the  meetings  of  the  American  Conference  of  Phar- 
maceutical Faculties,  held  at  Hotel  Astor,  Wednesday  and  Thursday 
evenings,  at  8  p.m.  The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  President 
James  H.  Beal.  The  secretary  called  the  roll  of  the  Conference, 
showing  a  representation  of  twenty-one  of  the  twenty-nine  members 
of  the  Conference, 
Vice-President  McGill  took  the  chair  during  the  reading  of  the 
president's  address,  which  had  for  its  title,  "The  Purpose  of  the  Con- 
ference." The  recommendations  in  the  president's  address  were  as 
follows : 
1.  That  a  new  by-law  be  adopted  to  read  substantially  as  follows  : 
"  Conditional  members  shall  consist  of  such  institutions  as  shall 
be  recommended  tor  election  to  conditional  membership  by  the 
Executive  Committee,  and  shall  receive  the  affirmative  votes  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  members  of  the  Conference  represented  at  any  annual 
meeting." 
The  conditional  membership  of  an  institution  shall  terminate  in 
one  year,  unless  the  same  shall  be  renewed  by  re-election.  Institu- 
tions holding  conditional  membership  may  be  elected  to  complete 
membership  at  any  annual  meeting,  after  the  expiration  of  one  year 
or  more  from  the  date  of  their  election  to  conditional  membership, 
in  the  manner  and  upon  the  terms  prescribed  by  Article  IV  of  the 
constitution. 
2.  That  the  incoming  president  appoint  a  committee  of  three  to 
extend  to  the  N.A.R.D.,  at  its  next  convention,  the  greetings  and 
good  wishes  of  the  American  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Facul- 
ties, and  the  said  committee  be  especially  instructed  to  express  our 
cordial  approval  of  the  N.A.R.D.  propaganda  in  favor  of  the  more 
extended  use  of  U.S  P.  and  N.F.  preparations,  and  in  favor  of 
greater  co-operation  between  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  pro- 
fessions. 
3.  To  amend  Article  IV,  of  the  constitution  as  follows:  Change 
the  words  "  three-fourths  "  in  the  third  line  to  "  two-thirds."  Also 
to  add  to  said  article  the  following  :  "  If  a  majority  of  the  members 
represented  at  any  meeting  of  the  Conference  shall  vote  in  favor 
of  a  candidate's  admission,  but  the  affirmative  votes  shall  number 
less  than  the  majority  required  for  election,  the  votes  of  the  mem- 
bers not  represented  at  such  meeting  shall  be  taken  by  mail." 
