A  October ,1i9oa2"ai'}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  523 
The  President  of  the  Association  then  stated  that  there  were 
twenty-one  living  ex-presidents,  of  whom  eighteen  were  present,  and 
invited  these  to  rise  and  stand  while  their  names  were  called.  The 
following  are  those  who  were  present : 
W.  J.  M.  Gordon,  1864,  Cincinnati ;  E.  H.  Sargent,  1869,  Chi- 
cago; Enno  Sander,  1 871,  St.  Louis;  Albert  E.  Ebert,  1872,  Chi- 
cago;  William  Saunders,  1 871,  Ottawa;  John  F.  Hancock,  1873, 
Baltimore;  C.  Lewis  Diehl,  1874,  Louisville;  George  W.  Sloan, 
1879,  Indianapolis ;  James  T.  Shinn,  1880,  Philadelphia;  John  Uri 
Lloyd,  1887,  Cincinnati ;  Joseph  P.  Remington,  1892,  Philadelphia; 
Edgar  L.  Patch,  1893,  Boston;  William  Simpson,  1894,  Raleigh, 
N.  C;  James  M.  Good,  1895,  St.  Louis;  Henry  M.  Whitney,  1897, 
North  Adams,  Mass.;  Charles  E.  Dohme,  1898,  Baltimore;  A.  B. 
Prescott,  1899,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  and  John  F.  Patton,  1900, 
York,  Pa.  The  living  ex-presidents  not  present  were  Frederick 
Stearns,  1866,  Detroit;  A.  K.  Finlay,  1 89 1,  New  Orleans,  and 
Joseph  E.  Morrison,  1896,  Montreal. 
The  addresses  of  the  other  speakers  are  published  in  full  in 
this  Journal.  They  were :  "  The  Advances  in  Pharmaceutical 
Manufactures  During  the  Past  Fifty  Years,"  by  William  Jay 
Schieffelin;  "  Our  Centennial,"  by  John  Uri  Lloyd;  "  The  Father 
of  American  Pharmacy,  William  Procter,  Jr.,"  by  Albert  E.  Ebert ; 
"  The  Status  and  Landmarks  of  American  Pharmacy,  and  the 
Development  of  Pharmacy  During  Fifty  Years,"  by  Joseph  L.  Lem- 
berger ;  "An  Ode  to  the  Founders  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association,"  by  George  M.  Beringer. 
On  motion  of  W.  Jay  Schieffelin  the  following  resolution  was 
adopted : 
"  Resolved,  That  the  secretary  be  requested  to  express  to  Dr. 
Frederick  Hoffmann  the  sincere  regret  that  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  feels  at  his  absence  from  the  fiftieth  anniversary 
meeting,  and  express  to  him  its  earnest  hope  that  his  health  may  be 
speedily  restored,  and  its  hearty  thanks  for  the  valuable  paper  he 
contributed." 
At  the  conclusion  of  the  exercises  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard  moved  that 
the  thanks  of  the  Association  be  extended  to  the  trustees  and 
officers  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pnarmacy  for  the  courtesies 
extended  the  organization  in  inviting  it  to  meet  on  its  fiftieth  anni- 
versary, as  it  had  in  the  days  of  its  foundation,  within  the  walls  of 
this  College,  which  motion  was  unanimously  carried. 
