506  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {^"^ocT^issi*""* 
THE  TWENTY-NINTH   ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
First  Session — Tuesday,  August  23. 
The  Association  met  at  Masonic  Hall,  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  in  the 
absence  of  President  Shinn,  who  had  been  detained  at  home  in  conse- 
quence of  a  fire  rendering  the  rebuilding  and  arranging  of  his  store  neces- 
sary, Vice  President  Schafer  called  the  meeting  to  order.  Mr.  D.  S- 
Twitchell,  on  behalf  of  the  city  and  of  the  local  2)harmaceutical  associa- 
tion, welcomed  the  members  to  the  hospitalities  of  Kansas  City.  Words 
of  welcome  were  also  spoken  by  the  President  of  the  Kansas  State  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  Mr.  Robert  J.  Brown,  and  briefly  resjionded  to  by 
the  chair. 
Messrs.  J.  F.  Judge,  of  Cincinnati;  H.  E.  Griffith,  of  Niagara  Falls^ 
and  J.  Ingalls,  of  Macon,  Ga.,  w^ere  appointed  a  committee  on  credentials, 
after  which  the  presiding  officer  delivered  his  annual  address,  which  was 
referred  to  a  committee,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Markoe,  Remington  and 
Crawford,  for  consideration  of  the  suggestions  and  report  thereon.  On 
motion  of  Mr.  Markoe,  a  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  to  Vice  President 
Schafer  for  his  address. 
A  telegram  from  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Western  iSTational  Fair 
Association  was  read,  inviting  the  members  to  visit  the  exhibition  at  Bis- 
marck ;  also  a  telegram  from  the  President  of  tiie  California  College  of 
Pharmacy,  sending  fraternal  greetings  and  a  cordial  invitation  to  hold  the 
next  annual  meeting  in  San  Francisco. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Credentials  was  then  read,  amended 
and  approved.  Delegates  from  34  societies  had  been  accredited,  namely : 
from  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations  of  Alabama,  Connecticut^ 
Georgia,  Illinois,  Iowa,  Kentucky,  Kansas,  Missouri,  New  Hamx^shire, 
New  Jersey,  New  York,  Ohio,  Pennsylvania,  West  Virginia  and  Wiscon- 
srn ;  from  the  local  associations  of  Kings  county.  New  York  (German 
Apothecaries),  Richmond  and  Toledo  ;  from  the  following  Colleges  of 
Pharmacy :  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  Louisville,  Maryland,  Massachusetts, 
National  (Washington),  New  York,  Ontario,  Philadelphia  and  St.  Louis ; 
and  from  the  Alumni  Associations  of  the  Cincinnati,  Massachusetts,  New 
York,  Philadelphia  and  St.  Louis  Colleges.  On  roll-call,  88  members  were 
found  to  be  j)resent. 
The  Council  reported  the  names  of  G2  candidates  for  membership,  whose 
election  by  the  Council  was  pending.  The  reports  of  committes  were 
handed  in  and  a  committee  on  nomination  was  aj^pointed,  consisting  of 
one  delegate  from  each  society  represented  and  of  the  following  five  mem- 
bers :  G.  W.  Sloan,  of  Indianapolis;  A.  E.  Ebert,  of  Peoria;  C.  F.  Good- 
man, of  Omaha;  Thomas  B.  Nichols,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  and  William  H. 
Rogers,  of  Middletown,  N.  Y. 
The  minutes  of  the  Council  meetings  held  since  last  year  were  read^ 
giving  information  of  the  organization  of  the  Council  and  the  transaction 
of  routine  business,  and  proposing  an  amendment  to  Chapter  VIII,  Art.  3 
of  the  By-Laws,  requiring  applications  for  membership  to  be  accompanied 
by  the  admission  fee  and  one  year's  dues.  The  minutes  were  approved 
and  at  the  fifth  session  the  amendment  was  adopted. 
