482  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {A^Vtober,H>M.m" 
Friday,  September  9th. 
10.00  a.m.   Second  session  of  the  Section  on  Scientific  Papers. 
3.00  p.m.    Second  session  of  the  Section  on  Practical  Pharmacy 
and  Dispensing. 
8.00  p.m.    Last  general  session. 
In  addition  to  the  above  program  the  local  pharmacists  had  ar- 
ranged an  elaborate  program  of  social  events  for  the  ladies  and 
such  of  the  visitors  as  did  not  care  to  take  part  in  the  scientific 
meetings. 
On  September  6,  1904,  the  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  Presi- 
dent Hopp,  in  the  Casino,  at  10.45  A-M-  After  the  reading  of  the 
minutes  by  the  Secretary,  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  Mr.  Faxon  welcomed 
the  members  of  the  Association  on  behalf  of  the  N.  W.  D.  A.,  and 
Wm.  Mclntyre,  of  Philadelphia,  presented  greetings  from  the  N.  A. 
R.  D. 
Several  amendments  to  the  by-laws  were  proposed. 
The  Treasurer,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  who  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  U.S. P.,  read  a  communication  regarding  the 
probable  appearance  of  that  book.    This  was  received  with  thanks. 
The  election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  resulted  as  follows : 
President,  Jas.  H.  Beal,  Scio,  O. ;  First  Vice-President,  P.  C. 
Candidus,  Alabama ;  Second  Vice-President,  Wm.  Mittelbach,  Mis- 
souri ;  Third  Vice-President,  Julius  Koch,  Pennsylvania ;  Treasurer, 
S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  Massachusetts ;  General  Secretary,  Chas.  Caspari, 
Jr.,  Maryland ;  Reporter  on  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  C.  Lewis  Diehl, 
Kentucky.  Members  of  Council,  Joseph  L.  Lemberger,  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  F.  W.  Meissner,  Indiana ;  L.  C.  Hopp,  Ohio. 
The  third  and  last  general  session  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  was  called  to  order  by  the  president,  Mr.  Hopp,  on 
the  evening  of  Friday,  September  9th.  After  the  presentation  of 
greetings  from  the  several  delegates  from  various  departments  of 
the  Government,  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Time  and  Place 
of  Next  Meeting  was  called  for.  This  committee  presented  a  ma- 
jority report  for  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  and  a  minority  report  for 
Cambridge  Springs,  Pa.  After  some  discussion  the  majority  report 
was  adopted. 
The  Committee  on  the  President's  Address,  in  its  report,  con- 
curred in  several  of  the  recommendations  made  by  the  president. 
These  were  taken  up  seriatim  and  discussed. 
