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6jth  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
/  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
*-      October.  1017. 
consisting  of  W.  C.  Anderson,  of  New  York:  C.  E.  Caspari.  of 
Missouri,  and  C.  A.  Dye,  of  Ohio.  Among  the  recommendations 
was  one  regarding  preliminary  training  of  pharmacists,  which  was 
settled  after  much  discussion  by  the  adoption  of  September  i,  1923. 
as  the  date  for  the  inauguration  of  a  four-year  high  school  entrance 
requirement  by  the  colleges  who  are  members  of  the  conference. 
There  were  fifteen  ,rcommendations  altogether,  most  of  which 
were  concerned  directly  with  the  work  of  the  Conference  itself. 
The  newly  elected  officers  of  the  Conference  for  191S  were: 
President,  Henry  Kraemer,  of  Philadelphia ;  Vice  President,  Charles 
E.  Caspari,  St.  Louis ;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Thos.  J.  Bradley, 
Boston;  Chairman  of  Executive  Committee,  R.  A.  Lyman,  Lincoln, 
and  F.  J.  Wulling,  Minneapolis ;  Syllabus  Committee,  A.  Bolen- 
baugh,  Richmond. 
The  general  sessions  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion were  three  in  number.  They  were  held  on  Tuesday.  August  28. 
at  8.00  p.m.,  on  Thursday,  August  30.  at  2.30  p.m.,  and  on  Saturday. 
September  1,  at  10.00  a.m.  At  the  first  of  these  sessions  President 
Wulling  read  his  address,  which  was  a  scholarly  production,  filled 
with  food  for  thought  and  discussion.  The  keynote  of  the  address, 
and  the  principal  one  of  the  few  recommendations  which  were  con- 
tained in  it,  was  a  series  of  convincing  arguments  showing  the  need 
for  a  federation  of  all  pharmaceutical  organizations  with  permanent 
headquarters,  resident  officers,  a  substantial  endowment  fund  and 
the  support  of  what  President  Wulling  aptly  termed  the  entire 
"  body  pharmaceutic." 
Another  recommendation  was  for  winter  meetings  to  replace  the 
present  summer  gatherings.  This  address  was  referred  to  a  com- 
mittee consisting  of  H.  V.  Arny.  chairman.  Charles  E.  Caspari.  R. 
A.  Lyman,  Julius  A.  Koch  and  Charles  H.  LaWall. 
The  committee  reported  favorably  on  the  recommendation  for 
the  establishment  of  a  committee  looking  toward  the  proposed  federa- 
tion, and  urged  the  reference  of  the  matter  of  winter  meetings  to 
the  members  at  large.  The  reports  of  the  officers  and  committees 
of  the  general  association  were  comprehensive  and  satisfactory  and 
show  the  association  to  be  in  an  active  and  flourishing  condition. 
At  the  second  general  session  was  presented  the  report  of  the 
committee  on  President's  address  for  1916.  J.  H.  Beal,  chairman, 
read  the  report,  which  completely  vindicated  the  officers  of  the 
association  from  the  charges  and  innuendoes  contained  in  the  ad- 
dress, accompanying  the  report  with  much  documentary  evidence 
