376         Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {Am'jSiy;§87.rm' 
prepared  by  Mr.  A.  P.  Brown,  assisted  by  his  pupils  of  the  alumni  micro- 
scopical class,  and  in  one  of  the  lecture  rooms  the  members  of  the  faculty 
gave  a  varied  exhibition  by  means  of  the  oxy-hydrogen  lantern,  while  in 
the  museum  refreshments  and  music  had  been  provided  for  the  party. 
After  the  adjournment,  on  Friday,  the  druggists  and  allied  trades  of  Phila- 
delphia tendered  a  steamboat  excursion  to  the  visitors,  about  500  persons 
participating.  The  steamer  Columbia  left  Chestnut  street  wharf  and  pro- 
ceeded down  the  Delaware  to  the  mouth  of  the  Schuylkill  and  up  the  river 
to  Bristol.    Music  was  furnished  for  the  occasion  by  Beck's  Band. 
The  Texas  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  convened  at  its  eighth  annual 
meeting  in  Fort  Worth  May  10th-12th.  In  the  absence  of  the  presiding 
officers,  Mr.  E.  D.  Oesch  was  elected  president  pro  tern.  The  president's 
address  and  reports  of  officers  and  committees  were  read  and  discussed,  and 
several  papers  on  various  pharmaceutical  subjects  were  contributed.  The 
pharmacy  bill  and  the  causes  of  its  repeated  failure  in  the  legislature  were 
fully  discussed,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  bring  the  measure  again 
before  the  legislature  and  urge  its  passage.  The  officers  elected  for  the  en- 
suing year  are  E.  M.  Wells,  Fort  Worth,  president ;  F.  J.  G.  Zethrseus,  Paris, 
H.  L.  Carlton,  Brenham,  and  N.  M.  McConnell,  Jacksboro,  vice-presidents ; 
E.  W.  Lancaster,  Marshall,  treasurer;  E.  D.  Oesch,  Fort  Worth,  secretary; 
and  O.  Samostz,  Austin,  local  secretary.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in 
the  city  of  Austin,  May  8,1888. 
The  Virginia  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  convened  at  its  sixth  annual 
meeting  in  Richmond,  May  10th  to  12th.  The  president's  address  and  the 
reports  of  officers  and  committees  were  received  and  discussed.  A  commit- 
tee was  appointed  for  the  purpose  of  conferring  with  a  similar  committee 
of  the  Virginia  Medical  Association  in  regard  to  the  mutual  relations  be- 
tween pharmacists  and  physicians.  After  a  lengthy  discussion  on  the 
pharmacy  law  it  was  decided  to  petition  the  legislature  to  so  modify  the  law 
as  to  separate  the  creation  of  the  pharmacy  board  from  the  act  of  incor- 
poration of  the  Association.  The  newly-elected  officers  are  Rob.  Bry- 
don,  Danville,  president ;  E.  R.  Beckwith,  J.  H.  Jeffries,  W.  Budwell,  and  J. 
H.  Waite,  vice-presidents  ;  F.  H.  Masi,  treasurer  ;  C.  B.  Fleet,  Lynchburg, 
secretary,  and  T.  Roberts  Baker,  corresponding  secretary.  The  next  meet- 
ing will  be  held  at  Danville,  May  1st,  1888. 
The  West  Virginia  Pharmaceutical  Association  convened  at  its  seventh  an- 
nual meeting  in  the  court  house  at  Grafton  June  8,  President  J.  A.  Grant  in 
the  chair.  Words  of  welcome  were  spoken  by  Hon.  B.  F.Martin.  The 
president  delivered  his  address,  and  the  secretary,  treasurer  and  the  differ- 
ent committees  made  their  reports.  Resolutions  were  passed  favoring  the 
enactment  of  a  more  stringent  pharmacy  law ;  requesting  the  present  va- 
cancies in  the  pharmacy  board  to  be  filled,  and  urging  the  assessment  of  a 
tax  of  $10  on  all  persons  dealing  in  medicines  and  not  registered  as  phar- 
macists. The  officers  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  are  W.  C.  McWhorter. 
Buckhannon,  president;  J.  Morrow,  Weston,  vice-president,  andC.  Menke- 
