556         Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {^'^'S^ 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association. —The  twenty-sixth  aunual  meeting  will 
i>e  held,  as  previously  announced,  in  the  city  of  Atlanta,  on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of 
November.  The  reports  from  the  various  districts  where  the  yellow  fever  has  been 
epidemic  during  the  past  summer,  show  that  this  scourge  is  rapidly  disappearing, 
and  the  cooler  weather  which  has  recently  been  prevailing  throughout  North 
America  deprives  a  visit  to  the  southern  section  thereof  of  all  danger  as  to  climatic 
disease.  We  repeat  the  statement  made  on  a  previous  occasion,  that  Atlanta  offers 
many  inducements  for  a  visit,  not  the  least  of  which  are  the  mountain  scenery  and 
the  salubrity  of  its  climate.  Members  from  the  Northern  and  Western  States  are 
particularly  urged  to  use  their  best  endeavors  for  being  present  on  this  occasion. 
The  local  secretary  has  informed  us  that  the  traveling  arrangements  will  remain 
substantially  the  same  as  heretofore  announced  (see  page  403),  and  that  orders  for 
tickets  will  be  required  from  the  permanent  secretary.  We  are  also  advised  that  it 
is  contemplated  to  get  up  a  pleasant  excursion  to  Florida.  Further  particulars  will 
be  given  by  the  permanent  secretary  in  the  circular  soon  to  be  issued.  Quite  a 
number  of  goods  intended  for  exhibition  during  the  week  of  the  meeting  have 
already  reached  Atlanta,  and  all  who  desire  to  exhibit  products  of  pharmaceutical 
interest  are  requested  to  communicate  without  further  delay  with  the  local  secretary. 
The  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  the  Centennial  Fund  has  informed  us  that 
contributions  have  been  coming  in  very  slowly,  and  he  requests  all  members  to 
actively  aid  in  securing  this  fund  for  the  Association. 
The  Colleges  of  Pharmacy.— We  are  pleased  to  learn  that  the  Colleges  of 
Pharmacy  in  the  United  States,  as  far  as  heard  from,  have  opened  their  annual 
courses  with  larger  numbers  of  students  than  they  had  heretofore.  It  speaks  well 
for  the  young  pharmacists  that  they  seek  instruction,  which  in  the  past  generation 
would  be  obtained  by  few  only,  and  that  many  seek  it  at  the  sacrifice  of  time  and 
money.  The  benefit  derived  from  these  instructions  cannot  be  otherwise  but  of 
lasting  value  to  the  students,  and  of  increasing  that  esprit  de  corps  which  has  become 
more  manifest  since  the  foundation  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Vermont  Pharmaceutical  Association. —The  ninth  annual  meeting  was  held  at 
Hubbard's  Hall,  in  Montpelier,  October  22d.  President  Higgins  called  the  meeting 
10  order  at  2.30  P.M.  Resolutions  of  condolence  were  passed  in  regard  to  the 
demise  of  Luther  L.  Dutcher,  an  aged  pharmacist  of  Vermont.  At  the  close  of  the 
first  session,  the  president  read  his  annual  address,  in  which  he  gave  a  historical 
sketch  of  the  Association  since  its  organization,  and  made  several  practical  sugges- 
tions tending  towards  increasing  the  interest  in  the  Association. 
At  the  second  session,  held  on  the  following  morning,  various  committees  were 
appointed.  The  following  papers  were  read  :  on  manufacturing  pharmacists  and 
their  products,  by  W.  J.  Van  Patten  ;  on  fashion  in  medicine,  by  A.  O.  Gates  j 
and  on  Vanilla  planifolia,  by  Geo.  A.  Crossman. 
The  committee  on  formulas  was  instructed  to  bring  the  results  of  their  labors 
officially  to  the  notice  of  the  different  medical  societies  of  the  State,  and  urge  the 
recognition  of  such  preparations  as  the  standard  for  the  State. 
