312  PharmaceMical  Colleges  and  Associations,  {^"ji'lj^e'^igsr™" 
a  number  of  suggestions  tending,  in  his  judgment,  to  strengthen  the  Asso- 
ciation and  increase  its  usefuhiess  were  made.  The  Treasurer's  report  was 
read,  and  referred  to  a  committee  of  audit,  who  reported  it  correct. 
Tlie  following  gentlemen  were  elected  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  :  C. 
H.  Needles,  President;  Dr.  L.  Wolff,  Vice  President ;  T.  S.  Wiegand,  Sec- 
retary ;  Chas.  W.  Hancock,  Treasurer. 
The  subject  of  life  membership)  was  discussed,  it  being  thought  that  it 
might  improve  the  finances  of  the  Association. 
Prof.  Remington  alluded  to  the  circular  of  the  Medico-Legal  Society  and 
the  connection  of  Messrs.  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  with  it,  as  well  as  the  letter 
from  this  firm,  repudiating  Dr.  Stewart's  action  in  the  matter  so  far  as 
they  were  concerued. 
The  obnoxious  action  of  the  County  Medical  Society  was  commented  on 
with  some  severity,  after  they  had  expressed  themselves  satisfied  with  a 
firm  adherence  to  the  codes  of  ethics  which  their  own  Society  and  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  have  long  since  adopted.  It  was  in  view 
of  this  action  that  the  following  resolution  was  passed :  "That  it  is  the  sense 
of  this  Association  that  both  the  physician  and  apothecary  are  the  servants 
of  the  public,  and  that  in  their  relations  to  the  public  they  are  uj^on  a  basis 
of  equality." 
Mr.  Fox  advocated  the  adoption  of  a  uniform  scale  of  prices. 
Mr.  England  offered  a  resolution  adjourning  three  months  at  the  call  of 
the  chairman,  with  the  view  of  considering  a  change  in  the  l)y-laws,  so  as 
to  have  quarterly  meetings,  and  also  to  discuss  the  proposal  for  regulating 
the  prices  of  prescriptions. 
Mr.  Turner  asked  attention  to  the  patent  medicine  tax,  and,  on  motion 
of  Prof.  Remington,  it  was  determined  to  refer  the  subject  to  the  Execu- 
tive Committee,  who  might  have  the  advice  of  counsel  in  the  matter. 
After  passing  the  necessar3^  bills,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
National  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  retirement  of  Prof.  O.  Old- 
berg  froi»i  the  office  of  Medical  Purveyor  of  the  Marine  Hospital  Service, 
and  his  removal  from  Washington,  necessitated  a  recasting  of  the  Faculty 
of  the  College,  which  resulted  in  the  following  choice:  Prof.  E.  T.  Fristoe 
for  the  chair  of  General  Chemistry,  Prof.  H.  B.  Parsons  for  the  chair  of  Mate- 
ria Medica  and  Botany,  Prof.  H.  E.  Kalusowski  for  the  chair  of  Pharmacy, 
Prof.  A.  M.  Read  for  the  chair  of  Analytical  Chemistry. 
The  officers  of  the  College  are:  President,  W.  G.  Duckett;  Vice  Presi- 
dents, J.  R.  Major  and  R.  A.  Bacon;  Secretary,  Chas.  Becker;  Treasurer, 
John  A.  Milburn.  Additional  Trustees —Messrs.  Ferguson,  Thompson, 
Kullberg,  Dowling,  Simms,  O'Donnell  and  Read. 
The  annual  commencement  had  to  be  deferred  until  June,  as  the  course 
in  analytical  chemistry  does  not  close  until  the  last  of  May. 
St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  held  May  17th,  the  various  standing  committees  were  appointed, 
and  the  Committee  on  Prospectus  was  instructed  to  consider  the  necessity 
of  advancing  the  fees  for  the  coming  scholastic  year;  also,  to  ascertain 
