314  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {AmjuXis8?arm* 
one  of  our  late  students ;  they  were  so  complex  as  to  remind  one  of  the 
formulas  in  vogue  some  two  or  three  hundred  years  since,  about  twenty-five 
or  thirty  different  substances  being  thus  mixed  up. 
Prof.  Maisch  read  notes  on  a  few  drugs,  giving  the  results  of  a  number  of 
examinations  of  different  substances  made  by  Mr.  Geo.  M.  Beringer. 
Mr.  Boring  asked  what  the  status  of  the  apothecary  was  under  the  high 
license  law  lately  passed.  No  one  present  appeared  to  be  sufficiently  familiar 
with  the  new  law  to  reply  to  the  query ;  but  it  was  stated  that  the  law  was 
not  operative  till  January  1st,  1888. 
Inquiry  was  also  made  in  regard  to  the  State  pharmacy  law.  It  was  not 
known  whether  the  law  had  passed  both  houses,  and  it  was  stated  that  the 
clause  requiring  graduates  in  medicine  to  have  at  least  three  years  expe- 
rience as  apothecaries  to  entitle  them  to  registration,  which  was  recently 
struck  out  by  the  Senate,  left  the  bill  in  such  a  shape  as  to  permit  the  regis- 
tration as  pharmacists,  of  ph}Tsicians,  without  requiring  of  them  pharma- 
ceutical experience,  or  an  examination  testing  their  competency,  while  pre- 
vious to  registration,  an  examination  before  the  board  was  required  of  all 
graduates  of  colleges  of  pharmacy  without  regard  to  the  length  of  time  they 
had  spent  in  pharmaceutical  establishments,  the  lowest  limit  being  four 
years. 
There  being  no  further  business  the  meeting  adjourned. 
Thos.  S.  Wiegand,  Registrar. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
The  Albany  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  sixth  commencement  March  8th, 
the  graduating  class  numbering  18.    Valedictory  address  by  J.  J.  Barton. 
The  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  annual  meeting  March  8th,  at 
which  the  following  officers  were  elected  :  George  Buck,  president ;  W.  K. 
Forsythe,  vice-president;  D.  H.  Galloway,  secretary ;  W.  A.  Puckner,  au- 
ditor, and  J.  S.  Jacobus,  treasurer.  Ten  members  of  the  board  of  trustees 
were  likewise  elected. 
The  Alumni  Association,  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy,  at  its  annual  meet- 
ing, March  30th,  inaugurated  a  series  of  social  entertainments,  and  made 
arrangements  for  the  reading  of  papers  at  the  quarterly  meetings.  Mr.  A. 
W.  Bain  was  elected  president,  H.  Serodino,  secretary,  and  Emil  Heunr 
treasurer. 
The  Illinois  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  first  commencement  in  February 
with  a  graduating  class  of  ten. 
The  Louisville  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  commencement  March  10th,  the 
graduating  class  numbering  eleven.  Gold  medals  were  awarded  to  W.  M. 
Reed  for  best  examination,  and  to  E.  P.  Constantine  for  the  best  thesis. 
Alumni  Association,  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  officers  elected  at 
the  annual  meeting  March  24,  are  :  C.  F.  Heebner,  president ;  Wm.  Wright, 
Jr.,  A.  Stover  and  A.  L.  Metz,  vice-presidents ;  G.  A.  Palmer,  secretary, 
and  L.  M.  Royce,  registrar. 
