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and  visitors  to  South  Atlantic  City,  where  the  curious  structure  of  the 
Elephant  Hotel  formed  the  chief  attraction,  a  building  having  the  shape 
of  a  huge  elephant,  86  feet  long  and  65  feet  high,  which  has  been  erected 
there,  on  the  beach,  facing  the  Atlantic  Ocean. 
The  Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  fourth 
annual  meeting  in  Gold  Hall,  Zanesville,  May  17th,  President  I.  N.  Reed 
in  the  chair;  L.  C.  Hopp,  Secretary.  Dr.  D.  C.  Peters  addressed  words  of 
welcome  to  the  visitors,  and  various  invitations  from  manufacturers  were 
received  to  visit  their  establishments.  A  delegation  from  the  Pennsylva- 
Pharmaceutical  Association  was  present  and  presented  the  action  had  in 
regard  to  the  liquor  dealers' license  (see  page  261).  After  a  lengthy  dis- 
cussion, a  resolution  was  adopted  favoring  the  proposed  plan  and  ordering 
its  being  communicated  to  the  representatives  of  Ohio  in  Congress. 
In  his  annual  address,  the  President  alluded  to  many  subjects  of  local 
and  general  interest,  taking  a  decided  stand  against  patent  medicines  and 
trade  mark  compounds,  concluding  his  remarks  on  this  subject  with  the 
statement  that  the  removal  of  the  stamp  tax  was  not  of  interest  to  phar- 
macists financially,  and  with  picturing  the  evil  effects  upon  pharmacy 
and  science  in  general,  not  the  least  of  which  is  the  endorsement  by  some 
chemists  and  physicians  of  no  mean  fame  or  intelligence  of  compounds 
which  a  trade  mark  or  patent  prohibit  any  but  the  owner  from  manufac- 
turing. The  pharmacist,  he  argued,  may  with  propriety  recommend,  in 
fair  terms,  his  own  compounds,  and,  like  Scheffer  with  his  pepsin,  freely 
give  it  to  the  scientific  world,  thus  inlaying  his  action  with  the  jewels  of 
of  love  for  his  profession. 
The  reports  of  the  Secretary,  Treasurer  and  Executive  Committee  were 
read,  all  showing  gratifying  results.  The  salary  of  the  Secretary  was 
fixed  at  1100  per  annum. 
The  election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  resulted  as  follows  :  Presi- 
dent, Dr.  D.  C.  Peters,  Zanesville;  Vice  Presidents— E.  A.  Schellentraeyer, 
Cleveland,  and  F.  Harrington,  Logan ;  Permanent  Secretary,  L.  C-  Hopp, 
Cleveland;  Permanent  Treasurer,  Chas.  Huston,  Columbus. 
The  various  standing  and  several  special  committees  were  appointed, 
and  delegates  were  elected  to  attend  the  meetings  of  the  Pennsylvania  and 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  The  membership  was 
Increased  by  156  new  members,  and  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb,  Profs.  E.  S.  Wayne 
and  J.  M.  Maisch  were  elected  honorary  members.  Akron  was  selected 
as  the  place  for  holding  the  next  annual  meeting,  but  the  vote  was  subse- 
quently reconsidered,  on  the  ground  that  the  hotel  facilities  were  insuffi- 
cient for  accommodating  the  members,  and  Cleveland  was  selected. 
Greetings  were  interchanged,  by  telegraph, with  several  State  associations 
in  session,  and  several  papers  were  read,  of  which,  however,  the  titles 
have  not  been  received. 
The  fourth  session,  held  on  Thursday  morning.  May  18th,  was  mainly 
devoted  to  the  consideration  of  a  pharmacy  bill,  prepared  by  a  committee, 
of  which  J.  A.  Nipgen,  of  Chillicothe,  was  chairman.  The  bill,  which  is 
xilmost  identical  with  the  (Jinciruiati  pharmacy  law,  was  amended  so  as  to 
