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members  for  support.  I  would  recommend  the  suggestion  of  our  former 
President,  Prof.  Procter,  that  the  Annual  Subscription  be  reduced  to 
one  dollar  after  ten  years'  Membership. 
I  would  call  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  names  of  many  Members 
are  omitted  from  the  list  published  in  the  last  Proceedings,  and  would 
suggest  a  careful  revision  in  the  forthcoming  volume. 
In  closing,  permit  me  to  call  your  attention  to  a  subject  which,  al- 
though not  within  the  direct  sphere  of  our  duties  as  an  Association,  is,  I 
conceive,  of  vital  importance  to  us  as  a  profession. 
This  Association,  in  connection  with  the  various  Colleges,  has  already 
done  much  to  raise  the  standard  of  our  profession  from  mere  dispensing 
apothecaries  to  their  true  position  among  kindred  professions,  and  we 
already  see  a  great  advance  in  the  character  and  attainments  of  the 
pharmaceutists.  But  the  subject  to  which  I  would  call  the  earnest  at- 
tention of  this  Association,  and  through  it  the  profession  generally,  is 
with  regard  to  the  requisite  preliminary  acquirements  of  those  entering 
upon  the  study  of  Pharmacy. 
We  often  find  young  men  who,  though  apt  at  their  manipulations,  and 
possessing,  perhaps,  more  than  ordinary  talents  in  other  respects,  most 
wofully  deficient  in  their  general  education ;  and  this  is  in  many  cases  a 
drawback  of  no  small  importance  to  themselves,  the  profession  and  the 
community  at  large. 
1  should  think  means  could  be  easily  derived  by  which  the  standard  of 
necessary  education  might  be  raised  to  such  a  height,  as  would  be  both 
beneficial  and  acceptable  to  all,  and  especially  contributory  to  the  dignity 
of  the  profession. 
Pharmacy  is,  in  the  highest  and  most  exalted  acceptation  of  the  word, 
a  science.  In  that  one  word,  whose  real  import  and  significance  but  few 
comprehend,  are  embraced  a  host  of  collateral  branches  of  knowledge, 
the  attainment  of  which  are  indispensable  to  him  whose  ambition  aspires 
to  the  title  of  Pharmaceutist  in  its  proper  sense. 
With  the  high  appreciation  of  the  honor  conferred  upon  me,  grateful 
for  the  kindness  and  indulgence  extended  toward  me  as  President  of  this 
Association,  and  with  the  hope  that  in  the  providence  of  God  we  may  all 
be  enabled  to  meet  again  at  our  next  annual  meeting,  I  transfer  to  my 
successor  a  position  which  I  sincerely  bope  he  may  be  more  capable  of 
filling  than  myself. 
J.  Faris  Moore,  President. 
It  being  impossible  to  proceed  in  business,  on  account  of  the 
absent  delegations,  it  was  moved  and  seconded  that  we  adjourn, 
to  meet  to-morrow  morning  at  9  o'clock. 
The  meeting  then  adjourned. 
