484  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.    { A™ct3>er^9Sm* 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  fiftieth  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  was  held  in  Philadelphia,  September  8— 1 5th ,  the  Hotel 
Walton  being  the  headquarters  of  the  Association.  The  audience 
that  assembled  at  the  first  general  meeting  on  Monday  afternoon, 
September  8th,  was  notable  in  numbers  and  as  representing  the 
allied  interests  of  pharmacy  throughout  the  land,  and  testified  to 
the  universal  interest  in  this  the  jubilee  meeting  of  the  Association. 
The  President,  Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley,  introduced  the  Hon.  Samuel 
H.  Ashbridge,  Mayor  of  the  city,  who  welcomed  the  Association  in 
a  brief  address.  M.  N.  Kline  welcomed  the  Association  in  behalf 
of  the  local  committee  of  arrangements  and  said  that  he  was  glad 
to  see  so  many  present,  and  that  it  was  eminently  appropriate  for 
the  fiftieth  anniversary  to  be  celebrated  in  Philadelphia,  as  the  first 
president  of  the  Association  was  born  here,  and  here  was  established 
the  first  school  of  pharmacy.  Here  Wood  and  Basche  taught  and 
here  Procter  and  Parrish  lived  and  worked.  Warren  H.  Poley, 
president  of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  wel- 
comed the  members  on  behalf  of  that  organization,  stating  that  it 
has  a  membership  of  550  out  of  a  total  of  700  druggists. 
In  response  to  the  addresses  of  welcome,  Wm.  C.  Alpers,  of  New 
York,  spoke  on  behalf  of  the  members  of  the  East;  E.  G.  Eberle, 
of  Texas,  for  the  Southwest  and  Wm.  E.  Frost,  of  St.  Paul,  for  the 
Northwest. 
President  Whelpley  stated  that  he  recognized  his  responsibilities 
and  invited  all  the  living  ex-presidents  present  to  come  upon  the 
platform  with  him.  The  First  Vice-President,  Wm.  M.  Searby,  took 
the  chair  while  the  president  delivered  the  annual  address.  The 
latter  was  devoted  to  a  review  of  the  important  work  done  by  the 
Association  for  the  elevation  of  American  pharmacy,  and  also  to  the 
consideration  of  means  whereby  the  Association  might  be  bene- . 
fited.  The  address  contained  some  twenty-one  definite  suggestions, 
of  which  we  mention  the  following : 
"  Article  IV  of  Chapter  IX  of  the  by-laws  requires  every  person 
presenting  a  paper  which  will  require  more  than  ten  minutes  to 
read,  to  accompany  the  paper  with  a  synopsis  which  will  not  require 
more  than  ten  minutes  for  presentation.  Every  person  presenting 
a  paper  should  also  be  required  to  furnish  an  abstract  for  publica- 
