538  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {Amoctu,ri889arm' 
of  certificates  of  registration  by  state  boards  of  pharmacy ;  the  latter  measure 
is  favored  by  the  Association.  An  attempt  will  be  made  to  have  future  exhi- 
bitions less  burdened  with  fancy  and  similar  articles,  and  to  make  them  more 
practical  and  instructive.  L.  M.  Snow,  Fairhaven  was  elected  president;  J. 
W.  Colcord,  Lynn,  secretary,  and  J.  B.  Nichols,  Salem,  treasurer.  The  date  of 
the  next  meeting,  to  be  held  at  Haverhill,  will  be  announced  hereafter. 
The  Minnesota  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  fifth  annual  meeting  was 
held  in  St.  Paul,  June  11.  Perhaps  the  most  important  business  transacted 
was  the  consideration  of  the  establishment  of  a  School  of  Pharmacy  in  the 
State  University.  The  project  was  endorsed  by  the  Association  with  the 
understanding  that  the  school  should  be  entirely  independent  of  the  medical 
department,  and  that  the  different  branches  should  be  taught  by  men  fully 
competent  for  the  respective  positions.  The  Committee  having  the  matter  in 
charge  consists  of  S.  R.  McMasters,  St.  Paul ;  J.  P.  Allen,  St.  Paul ;  G.  A.  Gott- 
wald,  St.  Paul ;  S.  W.  Melendi,  Minneapolis  and  C-  L.  Roos,  New  Ulm.  E.  F. 
Allen,  Ph.  G.,  Minneapolis,  was  elected  president;  Karl  Simmon,  St.  Paul, 
secretary ;  and  C.  L.  Roos,  New  Ulm,  treasurer.  Minneapolis  is  the  place  for 
the  next  meeting,  to  be  held  June  11,  1890. 
The  Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Association  began  its  eleventh  annual  meeting 
at  Pertle  Springs,  June  18,  Prof.  J.  M.  Good,  presiding.  t  Among  the  papers 
read  were  several  on  general  topics  and  miscellaneous  notes ;  on  ammonium 
iodide  (see  p.  464);  fluid  extracts;  fermentation  of  syrups;  ointments;  adul- 
teration of  mustard,  etc  The  president  for  the  current  year  is  C.  E.  Corcoran, 
Kansas  City ;  secretary,  G.  H.  Klie,  St.  Louis;  treasurer,  G.  L.  Meyer,  St.  Louis. 
The  council  will  name  the  day  when  the  next  meeting  at  Excelsior  Springs  is 
to  be  held. 
The  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  in  Binghamton,  June  4r 
at  its  tenth  annual  meeting,  Dr.  R.  G.  Eccles,  president.  The  association  rec- 
ommended for  the  pharmacopoeia  the  adoption  of  solids  by  weight  and  liquids 
by  measure.  The  interchange  of  certificates  by  state  boards  of  pharmacy  was 
deemed  impractible;  but  a  national  pharmacy  law  was  favored  in  case  a  suit- 
able one  could  be  framed.  Among  the  papers  read  was  one  by  Prof.  Bedford 
on  pharmacopoeial  standards,  and  one  by  Dr.  Eccles  on  the  order  of  leguminosse. 
Willis  G.  Gregory,  Buffalo,  was  elected  president;  C.  W.  Holmes,  Elmira,  sec 
retary;  and  C  H.  Butler,  Oswego,  treasurer.  The  executive  committee  will 
fix  the  date  of  the  next  meeting  which  will  be  held  in  Auburn. 
The  North  Dakota  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  fourth  annual  meeting 
in  Fargo,  August  7th,  President  Valentine  occupying  the  chair.  The  business 
transacted  was  merely  of  a  routine  nature.  The  Association  has  a  membersh  ip 
of  160.  The  new  executive  officers  are  L.  C.  Christian,  Fargo,  president ;  H.  L. 
Haussamen,  Grafton,  secretary,  and  E.  C.  Maxey,  Fargo,  treasurer.  The  next 
meeting  will  take  place  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  August,  1890,  at  a  place  to  be 
designated  by  the  officers. 
The  North  Carolina  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  at  Durham,  May  21st; 
T.  D.  Crawford,  president.  Besides  the  transaction  of  routine  business,  reso- 
lutions were  passed  against  the  continuation  in  pharmacopoeial  formulas  of 
parts  by  weight ;  in  favor  of  the  reduction  or  complete  repeal  of  the  internal 
revenue  tax  on  alcohol,  etc.   Dr.  J.  W.  Croon,  Maxton,  was  elected  president  • 
