528  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.     { ANVembef,hi907m' 
Fire  Insurance  from  a  Pharmacist's  Standpoint.  Frank  H.  Free- 
ricks. 
Symposium  on  Some  National  Formulary  Preparations. 
Elixir  Terpini  Hydratis  cum  Heroina.    Jacob  Diner. 
Liquor  Antisepticus  and  Antiseptic  Powder.    Joseph  L.  Le ru- 
ber ^er. 
Mistura  Chlorali  and  Potass.  Bromidi  Comp.  and  Syrupus  Hypo- 
phosphitum  Comp.    Henry  P.  Hynson. 
One  Preparation  and  How  I  Made  It  a  Success.  William  C. 
Alpers. 
To  Prevent  Store  Loafing.    J.  B.  Moore. 
The  Rural  Free  Mail  Service  of  1912.  James  L.  Cowles,  Sec- 
retary Progress  Postal  League. 
More  to  Think  About.    William  F.  Kaemmerer. 
The  author  presented  forcible  arguments  to  show  that  the  ques- 
tion of  shorter  hours  and  better  pay  for  drug  clerks  is  one  of  the 
most  vital  questions  in  pharmacy,  and  pointed  out  its  relation  to 
the  labor  question.  With  equal  propriety  he  might  have  placed  it 
in  the  class  of  humanitarian  questions. 
The  Cocoa  Bean  Situation  in  the  Summer  of  1907  from  the  Com- 
mercial Standpoint.    By  A.  M.  Hance. 
The  new  officers  chosen  were  as  follows:  Chairman,  Jacob  Diner  ; 
secretary,  G.  O.  Young ;  associate  chairmen  :  A.  V.  Pease,  C.  W. 
Benfield  and  Frank  H.  Carter. 
HISTORICAL  SECTION. 
Ewen  Mclntyre,  chairman  ;  E.  G.  Eberle,  secretary  ;  Edward  Kremers, 
historian. 
This  Section  held  an  interesting  session  on  Friday  morning,  when 
the  following  programme  was  presented  : 
Report  of  the  chairman.  Report  of  the  secretary.  Report  of  the 
historian.  A  Short  Sketch  of  Albert  E.  Ebert,  by  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg. 
Professor  Hallberg  stated  that  by  action  of  Council  copies  of  the 
Ebert  Memorial  Volume  would  be  furnished  each  member  of  the 
association,  and  that  copies  would  also  be  furnished  pharmaceutical 
institutions.  Henry  Canning,  by  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard  ;  William  W. 
Goodwin,  by  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard  ;  Missouri  and  the  A.  Ph.  A.  in 
1867,  by  H.  M.  Whelpley ;  Some  Prominent  American  Pharmacists 
(illustrated  with  lantern  slides),  by  H.  M.  Whelpley  ;  John  Milhau, 
