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Your  committee  desires  to  express  its  appreciation  of  and  thanks 
for  the  help  in  contributing  toward  the  success  of  this  meeting,  by 
the  Travelers'  Auxiliary,  the  Northwestern  Druggist,  the  faculty 
of  the  State  University,  the  officers  and  members  of  the  various 
committees  and  to  Mr.  Haueter  for  his  splendid  work  in  securing 
new  members. 
The  committee  also  desires  to  express  its  appreciation  to  Dr. 
Newcomb  for  his  services  during  the  past  year. 
We  wish  to  thank  the  press  and  the  managers  of  the  Saint  Paul 
Hotel  for  the  splendid  accommodations  and  service  rendered  the 
association  during  the  meeting. 
Respectfully  submitted, 
Committee:  J.  P.  Jelinek,  R.  J.  Messing,  W.  A.  Abbett,  Max 
Menzel,  Henry  Rauch. 
Owing  to  the  short  amount  of  time  available  to  your  committee, 
we  recommend  that  the  secretary '  prepare  suitable  memorials  ex- 
pressing the  sympathy  of  the  association  on  the  demise  of  the  fol- 
lowing: A.  D.  Thompson,  Wm.  Melendy,  H.  H.  Meyer,  Martin 
I.  Wilbert,  Dr.  E.  K.  Ogden,  Dr.  W.  G.  Brede  and  Edwin  F. 
Warren. 
The  report  of  the  Resolutions  Committee  was  adopted  in  its 
entirety. 
Chairman  Jelinek  of  the  Legislative  Committee  presented  at  this 
time  the  preliminary  draft  of  the  anti-drug-vending  bill.  The  bill 
provides  for  the  absolute  prohibition  of  the  sale  of  drugs  and  medi- 
cines by  the  itinerant  vendor.  After  some  discussion  the  measure 
was  tentatively  adopted  and  referred  to  the  Legislative  Committee 
for  re-drafting  and  introduction. 
Scientific  Section  {continued). 
President  Danek  requested  Dean  Wulling  to  preside  during  the 
completion  of  the  scientific  section  program.  Dean  Wulling  intro- 
duced Professor  Henry  Kraemer,  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy,  who  delivered  an  illustrated  lecture  on  "  Pharmacog- 
nosy in  its  Relation  to  the  Practice  of  Pharmacy."  Professor 
Kraemer  gave  his  personal  views  as  to  the  subject  matter  of  prac- 
tical pharmacognosy  in  its  relation  to  the  retail  druggist.  He  dwelt 
upon  its  relation  to  the  study  of  the  raw  materials  and  products 
manufactured  from  them.  He  pointed  out  clearly  the  difference 
between  pharmacognosy  and  materia  medica,  both  in  the  subjective 
