Amkarch"  i9^7rm ')     Minnesota  Pharmaceutical  Association.  i^g 
Mr.  Thomas  H.  Potts,  secretary  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  extended 
the  fraternal  greetings  from  that  association  and  complimented  the 
association  on  their  having  secured  so  able  and  capable  a  speaker 
as  Mr.  Eugene  Brockmeyer,  counsel  for  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  At  this 
time  Dean  Wulling  upon  the  request  of  the  president  introduced 
Professor  Henry  Kraemer,  of  Philadelphia,  who  responded  by  con- 
gratulating the  pharmacists  of  the  Northwest  upon  the  progressive 
stand  which  they  had  taken  in  matters  pertaining  to  pharmacy. 
Secretary  Newcomb  next  gave  his  annual  report  which,  while 
mainly  statistical,  dwelt  at  some  length  on  a  number  of  the  activities 
of  the  association.  Attention  was  called  to  the  fact  that  the  active 
membership  has  increased  during  recent  years  to  the  extent  that  over 
sixty  per  cent,  of  all  the  pharmacists  of  Minnesota  now  belong  to 
the  association.  Committee  letters  sent  out  from  the  secretary's 
office  during  the  last  year  approximated  twenty  thousand.  In  addi- 
tion to  this  large  amount  of  committee  work,  over  eleven  hundred 
personal  letters  were  written  by  the  secretary. 
A  considerable  portion  of  the  secretary's  report  dealt  with  the 
conservation  of  the  printed  proceedings  of  the  Minnesota  and  other 
state  associations.  The  conservation  of  pharmaceutical  journals 
was  also  discussed.  An  exhibit  was  arranged,  consisting  of  bound 
volumes  of  pharmaceutical  journals  and  printed  proceedings,  all  of 
which  are  the  property  of  the  association  and  which  had  been  bound 
at  the  direction  of  the  executive  committee.  A  total  of  some  four 
hundred  printed  annual  records  were  represented  by  the  exhibit. 
The  value  of  these  publications  was  emphasized,  and  the  report 
recommended  that  the  association  continue  to  preserve  such  mate- 
rial. The  secretary  stated  that  there  were  still  about  five  hundred 
active  registered  pharmacists  in  Minnesota  who  do  not  belong  to 
the  association.  A  continuation  of  the  membership  campaign  was 
urged  in  order  that  all  active  pharmacists  might  soon  be  brought  into 
the  work  of  the  organization. 
Chairman  J.  P.  Jelinek  next  presented  the  report  of  the  legis- 
lative committee  which  dealt  chiefly  with  prerequisite  and  anti-drug 
peddling  legislation.  The  general  subject  of  legislation  to  restrict 
the  indiscriminate  sale  of  drugs  and  medicines  was  then  discussed. 
The  Minnesota  prerequisite  bill  was  read  at  this  time  and  discussed 
in  order  that  those  who  were  not  clear  on  some  of  the  provisions 
might  be  well  informed.  Those  taking  part  in  the  discussion  were : 
Fred  Klenert,  Minneapolis;  Secretary  Newcomb,  A.  J.  Kline,  R.  J. 
