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January,  1904.  J 
Notes  and  News. 
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NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
The  Historical  Committee  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
has  undertaken  the  collection  of  the  correspondence  of  such  men  as  Procter, 
Squibb,  Maisch,  Rice,  and  others.  Persons  who  are  in  possession  of  letters 
from  these  men  or  of  other  representative  men  of  American  pharmacy  and  who 
are  willing  to  have  them  deposited  in  the  archives  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  are  requested  to  send  them  to  the  committee  in  order  that 
they  may  be  properly  mounted,  classified,  and  bound. 
The  committee  has  secured  both  paper  and  covers  of  standard  size,  so  that 
the  volumes  of  correspondence  will  constitute  a  uniform  library  when  com- 
pleted. Persons  who  are  willing  to  aid  in  this  work  by  collecting  the  corre- 
spondence of  any  one  man  who  has  rendered  conspicuous  service  to  American 
pharmacy  in  his  day,  should  apply  to  the  chairman  for  standard  paper  and 
covers.  The  committee  hopes  to  make  a  creditable  showing  at  the  Kansas  City 
meeting  next  summer. 
Letters  may  be  sent  to  one  of  the  following  persons  or  to  the  chairman,  Ed. 
Kremers,  Madison,  Wis. ;  Procter  letters  to  A.  E.  Ebert,  Chicago;  Maisch  letters 
to  M.  I.  Wilbert,  Philadelphia;  Rice  letters  to  Miss  Adelaide  Rudolph,  Case 
Library,  Caxton  Building,  Cleveland,  O. 
Societies  of  Women  Pharmacists. — Daring  the  early  part  of  the  year  the 
Woman's  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  organized  in  Chicago  with  the  follow- 
ing officers:  President,  Miss  Nina  C.  Piper;  Vice-Presidents,  Miss  Julia  Runkel, 
Miss  Jean  Gordon;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Miss  Charlotte  Stimson;  Commit- 
tee on  Membership,  Misses  Mary  Walker,  Amanda  W.  Stahl,  Olive  Pierce. 
This  organization  aims  to  be  national  or  even  international  in  its  scope. 
A  month  or  so  ago  the  ' '  Society  of  Women  Pharmacists  and  Chemists  of  Penn- 
sylvania "  was  organized  here  in  Philadelphia  with  officers  as  follows:  Honorary 
President,  Susan  Hayhurst,  M.D.,  Ph.G.;  President,  Susannah  G.  Haydock, 
Ph.G.;  Vice-President,  Bertha  L.  DeGraffe-Peacock,  Ph.G.;  Secretary-Treas- 
urer, Mabelle  Haydock,  P.D.,  B.P.  While  not  the  first  woman  to  engage  in 
the  practice  of  pharmacy  in  the  United  States,  Dr.  Hayhurst  is  held  in  grateful 
esteem  by  a  large  number  of  women  pharmacists,  to  whom  she  has  given  an 
opportunity  of  obtaining  practical  experience  in  the  Dispensary  at  the  Woman's 
Hospital. 
The  Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board  of  Pennsylvania  have  arranged 
for  a  practical  laboratory  examination  to  be  given  in  addition  to  the  usual 
written  one  on  January  16,  1904. 
They  have  been  enabled  through  the  courtesy  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  to  secure  the  use  of  the  Pharmaceutical 
Laboratory  for  the  practical  work  in  the  morning  of  the  date  set,  as  well  as  the 
class-rooms  for  the  written  examination  to  be  held  in  the  afternoon  of  the  same 
date. 
The  laboratory  work  will  consist  of  prescriptions  to  be  prepared  by  each 
applicant  and  is  arranged  for  applicants  for  the  certificate  of  Registered  Phar- 
macist only,  the  applicants  for  Q.  A.  certificates  will  receive  the  usual  written 
examination  to  be  held  in  the  afternoon. 
