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professions  who,  together  would  wield  a  great  influence  for  right 
and  the  abatement  of  abuses  and  evil. 
Mr.  C.  E.  Vanderkleed  then  read  a  paper  on  "  The  American 
Chemical  Society  and  the  Work  of  its  Local  Sections."  Mr.  Vander- 
kleed said  that  the  American  Chemical  Society  was  thirty-one  years 
old  and  that  during  the  first  fourteen  years  it  maintained  but  a  pre- 
carious existence.  The  year  1 89 1  witnessed  the  introduction  of  the 
local  sections  and  this  innovation  brought  with  it  a  steady  and  rather 
rapid  increase  in  membership  and  usefulness.  At  the  present  time 
there  are  twenty-two  local  sections  and  the  society  has  a  total  mem  ■ 
bership  of  upwards  of  3,000  chemists  in  various  parts  of  the  United 
States.  Mr.  Vanderkleed  called  attention  to  copies  of  the  publica- 
tions of  the  American  Chemical  Society  and  described,  at  some 
length,  the  machinery  of  the  society,  the  relations  of  the  local  sec- 
fions  to  the  parent  society  and  the  semi-annual  meetings  of  the 
latter.  Mr.  Vanderkleed  pointed  out  a  number  of  points  of  advan- 
tage possessed  by  the  machinery  of  the  American  Chemical  Society 
over  that  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  in  con- 
clusion urged  that  membership  in  the  latter  Association  should  be 
looked  upon  in  the  nature  of  a  patriotic  duty.  The  development  of 
the  professional  spirit  he  held  to  be  of  even  greater  importance 
than  the  perfection  of  the  machinery  of  an  organization,  as  the 
latter  could  be  but  of  secondary  importance  to  the  spirit  that  was 
back  of  it. 
Dr.  Henry  P.  Hynson,  of  Baltimore,  outlined  what  he  was  pleased 
to  term  a  readjustment  of  the  present  machinery  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association.  He  believed  it  to  be  wise  to  "  hold 
fast  to  that  which  is  good  "  and  to  eliminate  only  the  superfluities 
and  the  objectionable  features.  The  preamble  and  Constitution  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  he  believed  to  be  broad 
and  strong,  though  many  of  the  subsequently  introduced  by-laws 
were  ludicrous  and  more  or  less  objectionable. 
The  secretary  read  communications  from  Prof.  Edward  Kremers, 
Prof.  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg  and  Dr.  H.  N.  Whelpley  and  also  presented 
an  outline  scheme  for  the  reorganization  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association. 
The  question  was  further  discussed  by  Dr.  Eaton  and  by  Messrs. 
Blair,  Kraemer,  Hynson,  Hunsberger,  Pollard,  Hoch,  Riegel,  Wil- 
bert,  Staudt,  Mclntyre  and  Vanderkleed. 
M.  I.  Wilbert,  Secretary. 
