246  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.     Mm.  Jour,  pharm. 
*^        ^      ivLiiv,  iyiu. 
to  make  selections  therefrom  for  publication  in  the  Journal."  While  I 
am  willing  to  act  as  recorder  or  secretary  up  until  the  meeting  in  May, 
I  desire  to  be  relieved  of  this  work,  and  that  another  recorder  be  selected 
at  that  time.  I  am  not  clear  from  the  By-Law  whether  it  is  necessary  for 
the  recorder  to  be  a  member  of  the  Committee  or  not. 
I  am  willing  to  serve  on  the  Committee,  but  desire  to  be  relieved  of 
the  details  and  responsibilities  of  the  work,  particularly  as  the  meetings 
come  at  a  time  when  I  have  class- work,  and  make  this  statement  at  this 
time  in  order  that  it  may  be  properly  considered. 
I  may  say  that  while  the  meetings  are  not  as  well  attended  by  the 
members  of  the  College  as  they  might  be,  they  are  a  source  of  great  strength 
to  the  College,  and  must  serve  to  stimulate  all  our  members  who  read  the 
printed  reports  of  them,  and  besides  serve  to  attract  and  interest  others 
who  are  not  members  of  the  College. 
In  conclusion,  I  may  say  that  it  would  indeed  be  unfortunate  if  these 
meetings  should  ever  be  discontinued  or  fail  to  be  conducted  on  the  high 
plane  which  has  characterized  them  from  the  time  of  their  inception. 
Respectfully  yours, 
Henry  Kraemek. 
Publication  Committee. — The  American  Journal  of 
Pharmacy  has  been  issued  regularly  during  the  year.  There  is  an 
increase  in  the  amount  received  from  advertisers  and  quite  an 
increase  in  the  amount  received  from  subscribers.  This  is  a  gratify- 
ing feature,  showing  that  with  the  advances  in  pharmacy  and  allied 
lines,  the  Journal  is  coming  to  be  more  appreciated,  particularly 
by  analytical  workers. 
Editor's  Reporiv — As  a  result  of  the  activity  of  the  members  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  particularly  in  the 
various  branches  of  the  association,  and  also  in  the  various  State 
pharmaceutical  associations,  some  of  the  best  papers  that  have  been 
contributed  to  American  pharmacy  have  appeared  in  the  American 
Journal  of  Pharmacy  during  the  past  year.  Some  61  papers 
have  been  published,  including  seventeen  on  analytical-chemical  sub- 
jects, five  on  strictly  pharmaceutical  subjects,  twenty-seven  on 
Pharmacopceial  matters  and  related  subjects,  others  on  pharmacog- 
nosy, pharmacology,  biological  subjects,  besides  biographical  and 
memorial  articles.  In  addition  33  book  reviews  were  published,  as 
also  reports  of  the  annual  meetings  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  National 
Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Con- 
ference, the  Twelfth  International  Congress  on  Alcoholism,  the 
Sixteenth  International  Medical  Congress,  and  other  associations. 
