A^Xb£%Pi902™''}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  485 
tion  in  a  program  to  be  issued  under  the  direction  of  the  officers 
of  the  section  to  which  the  paper  is  referred.  Authors  of  papers 
should  be  furnished  a  specified  number  of  reprints,  free  of  charge." 
It  was  suggested  that  a  standing  committee  on  "  A  Model  Phar- 
macy Law  "  be  established,  this  committee  to  co-operate  each  year 
with  the  presidents  and  committees  on  legislation  of  the  various 
State  associations  in  furthering  the  general  adoption  of  the  model 
law.  Annual  reports  should  be  made  to  the  A. Ph. A.,  giving  the 
progress  of  the  work  and  submitting  such  changes  in  the  original 
draft  as  may  be  deemed  advisable. 
"  This  Association  should  encourage,  in  every  possible  way,  an 
improvement  of  the  quality  of  apprentices  and  the  conditions  cf 
apprenticeship.  In  providing  the  pharmacists  of  the  future,  we 
must  select  proper  seed,  plant  it  in  fertile  soil,  and  not  harvest  the 
crop  until  the  fruit  is  ripe." 
The  president  also  recommended  the  publication  in  a  separate  vol- 
ume of  a  general  index  to  Volumes  I  to  L  of  the  annual  Proceedings. 
The  address  was  referred  to  a  committee  of  three,  consisting  of 
S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  A.  E.  Ebert  and  J.  N.  Hurty,  who  later  favor- 
ably reported  on  the  suggestions  contained  therein. 
At  the  second  general  session  on  Tuesday  morning,  the  Nomi- 
nating Committee  presented  its  report,  the  nominees  recommended 
being  elected  to  the  respective  offices  as  follows :  President,  George 
F.  Payne,  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  First  Vice-President,  William  L.  ClifTe, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  Second  Vice-President,  E.  G.  Eberle,  Dallas, 
Tex.;  Third  Vice-President,  H.  P.  Willis,  Quebec ;  Secretary, 
Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  Treasurer,  Samuel  A.  D. 
Sheppard,  Boston,  Mass. ;  reporter  on  the  progress  of  pharmacy, 
C.  Lewis  Diehl,  Louisville,  Ky. ;  members  of  the  council :  John  F. 
Patton,  York,  Pa. ;  H.  M.  Whelpley,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  C.  S.  N.  Hall- 
berg,  Chicago,  111. 
Geo.  W.  Kennedy,  the  secretary,  read  the  minutes  of  the  council 
since  the  last  meeting,  and  on  moving  their  adoption,  C.  A.  Mayo 
recommended  that  the  resolutions  passed  by  the  council  in  memory 
of  Wm.  S.  Thompson,  who  had  been  chairman  of  the  council  for 
some  years  and  who  had  served  the  Association  faithfully  for  years, 
be  adopted  by  the  Association  at  large,  which  was  carried  by  a  ris- 
ing vote.  The  recommendation  of  the  council  to  the  effect  that  a 
historical  section  be  inaugurated  was  discussed,  and  finally  it  was 
