AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  497 
The  Committee  on  Nominations  reported  the  following  list  of 
Officers  for  the  ensuing  years,  viz : 
For  President — Samuel  M.  Colcord,  of  Boston. 
1st  Vice  President — William  Procter,  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia. 
2d     "  "         Joseph  Roberts,  of  Baltimore. 
3d     "  "         Edwin  0.  Gale,  of  Chicago. 
Recording  Secretary — Charles  Bullock,  of  Philadelphia. 
Corresponding  Secretary — William  Hegeman,  of  New  York. 
Treasurer — Ashael  Boyden,  of  Boston. 
Executive  Committee — Charles  T.  Carney,  of  Boston  ;  Charles 
A.  Tufts,  of  Dover,  N.  H.  ;  S.  S.  Garrigues,  of  Philadelphia ; 
George  W.  Berrian,  Jr.,  New  York,  and  Charles  Bullock,  of 
Philadelphia. 
Committee  on  Progress  of  Pharmacy — Edward  Parrish,  of 
Philadelphia ;  Alphseus  P.  Sharp,  of  Baltimore ;  Eugene  L. 
Massot,  of  St.  Louis  ;  James  N.  Callan,  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
and  William  Hegeman,  of  New  York  city. 
The  Report  was  accepted  and  a  ballot  ordered,  Messrs.  Havi- 
land  and  Buck  acting  as  tellers,  and  Samuel  M.  Colcord  was 
declared  to  be  elected  unanimously. 
On  motion  of  Edward  Parrish,  the  remaining  officers  were 
elected,  viva  voce. 
On  motion,  a  Committee  of  three  having  been  appointed  to 
conduct  the  President  elect  to  the  Chair,  the  retiring  Chair- 
man, Dr.  Battey,  of  Rome,  Georgia,  addressed  the  Association 
briefly  and  ably  on  several  topics  of  interest.  He  could  not 
speak  authoritatively  of  the  progress  of  the  Association,  but  the 
large  number  of  members  who  answered  to  their  names,  yester- 
day, and  the  addition  of  new  members,  showed  an  increasing 
interest  in  its  success. 
He  spoke  of  the  necessity  of  securing  a  charter,  and  of  hav- 
ing the  Association  represented  in  the  next  revision  of  the 
Pharmacopoeia.  The  difficulty  of  deciding  who  shall  and  who 
shall  not  be  admitted  as  members  was  alluded  to,  and  the  care- 
ful consideration  of  the  subject  recommended.  He  suggested 
that  the  Constitution  might  be  altered  so  as  to  allow  of  the 
election  of  associate  members  from  among  chemists  and  similar 
professions. 
The  Committee,  of  whom  the  retiring  Chairman  was  a  mem- 
