A^ctoberPi9o^m"}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  487 
The  query — What  are  the  best  methods  of  teaching  students  ot 
pharmacy  in  each  of  the  principal  branches  included  in  the  curricula 
of  the  pharmaceutical  schools? — was  considered  by  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg, 
who  said  that,  owing  to  certain  inconveniences  in  presenting  lectures, 
he  had  devised  a  note-book  with  a  syllabus  on  one  page  and  a  blank 
page  opposite.  The  student  is  asked  to  review  the  subject  in  the 
text-book  and  then  to  write  a  thesis  on  it  on  the  blank  page. 
The  following  members  were  elected  officers  for  the  ensuing 
year:  Chairman,  Joseph  W.  England,  Philadelphia;  secretary, 
Charles  H.  La  Wall,  Philadelphia;  associates,  L.  E.  Sayre,  Lawrence, 
Kan.;  Wilbur  L.  Scoville,  Boston;  F.  A.  Hubbard,  Boston;  F.  A. 
Sala,  Winchester,  Ind. 
SCIENTIFIC  SECTION. 
Reid  Hunt,  chairman  ;  Virgil  Coblentz,  secretary  ;  Charles  E.  Vanderkleed, 
associate. 
This  Section  held  two  sessions  beginning  Thursday  morning.  Mr. 
Vanderkleed  explained,  in  calling  the  first  session  to  order,  that 
owing  to  the  absence  of  both  Dr.  Hunt  and  Professor  Coblentz  the 
past  summer,  much  of  the  work  of  the  Section  had  fallen  to  him. 
He  also  stated  that  owing  to  the  fact  that  Dr.  Hunt  had  to  prepare 
several  papers  for  the  International  Congresses,  which  he  was  attend, 
ing  in  Europe,  he  had  been  unable  to  finish  his  address  as  chairman 
of  the  Section. 
The  Committee  on  Ebert  Prize,  through  Charles  E.  Caspari,  of 
St.  Louis,  chairman,  recommended  that  the  prize  be  awarded  to 
Frederick  B.  Power  and  Frank  Tutin  for  their  paper  on  "  Chemical 
Examination  of  Eriodictyon." 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Drug  Adulterations  was  read 
by  Eustace  H.  Gane,  of  New  York,  who  stated  that  the  past  year 
had  seen  marked  improvements  in  the  drug  market.  Several  quo- 
tations were  read  relating  to  cases  where  some  variations  in  quality 
were  found,  and  the  opinion  expressed  that  the  persons  involved 
should  not  be  held  as  adulterators  for  such  deficiencies.  Mr.  Gane 
said  that  inasmuch  as  the  assay  processes  do  not  always  yield  con- 
cordant  results,  and  also  in  view  of  the  fact  that  some  of  the  official 
methods  have  been  adversely  criticised,  Boards  of  Health  should 
be  very  lenient  in  considering  cases  of  this  kind. 
Considerable  variation  in  vegetable  drugs,  due  to  variation  in 
