496  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {AocfobUerr,?894rm" 
He  briefly  reviewed  the  work  of  the  association  since  its  meeting  in  Chicago 
last  year.  The  special  Membership  Committee,  which  he  was  directed  to 
appoint  had  done  good  work. 
Brief  mention  of  the  important  events  bearing  on  pharmacy,  which  have 
transpired  since  the  last  meeting  was  then  made  by  the  speaker.  He  touched 
on  the  rapid  increase  in  new  synthetic  remedies,  but  left  them  to  the  careful 
sifting  by  the  Reporter  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy.  The  United  States  Phar- 
macopoeia and  the  last  volume  of  the  Proceedings  were  then  commented  on. 
In  reviewing  the  last  meeting  at  Chicago,  the  president  turned  aside  to  briefly 
consider  the  criticisms  made  on  American  pharmacy  by  one  of  the  English 
visitors,  Mr.  N.  H.  Martin.  "We  are  quite  aware,"  said  Professor  Patch, 
"that  there  is  unlimited  field  for  improvement  in  pharmacy  here  as  in  Great 
Britain,  and  are  not  surprised  that  our  defects  should  be  manifest  to  an  inter- 
ested and  critical  observer  from  abroad.  Nevertheless  it  affords  any  of  us,  who 
have  an  active  interest  in  pharmaceutical  education,  the  deepest  satisfaction  to 
observe  the  great  improvement  in  the  quantity  and  quality  of  education  offered 
to  the  American  pharmacist,  and  to  predict  that  our  vantage  ground  is  so  well 
fortified  and  maintained  that  future  progress  must  be  more  rapid."  Following 
this  are  facts  and  figures  which  show  that  practical  laboratory  education  is,  in 
America,  the  rule  and  not  the  exception. 
The  difficulties  which  beset  the  pharmacist  of  to-day,  and  interfere  with  his 
making  a  bare  living  were  then  dwelt  upon  to  considerable  length. 
The  President  recommended  the  publication  and  distribution  by  the  Associa- 
tion of  "An  Observation  Sheet."  This  consisted  of  heading  concerning 
incompatibilities,  processes  of  manufacture,  etc.,  with  blank  spaces  to  be  filled 
by  the  pharmacist  giving  the  results  of  his  observations. 
He  further  recommended  establishing  an  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion Scholarship  Fund  of  $1,500  annually,  for  the  purpose  of  securing  to  suit- 
able candidates  the  advantages  of  higher  education  in  pharmacy. 
Finally,  brief  allusion  was  made  to  recent  publications  of  pharmaceutical 
works,  and  to  some  to  be  issued. 
It  is  sufficient  to  say  of  the  suggestion  in  regard  to  a  scholarship,  that  the 
Association  did  not  see  its  way  clear  to  adopt  it. 
Various  reports  from  the  committees  were  next  read  by  title  and  laid  upon 
the  table.  The  reports  of  delegates  were  received.  The  Secretary  of  the 
council,  Geo.  W.  Kennedy,  reported  that  suitable  resolutions,  regarding  our  late 
Permanent  Secretary,  Prof.  John  M.  Maisch,  had  been  engrossed  and  contained 
the  signatures  of  the  members  of  the  council,  and  were- sent  to  the  family  of 
Professor  Maisch.  The  Committee  on  Prize  Essays  (Professor  Good,  Chair- 
man), reported  that  the  first  prize  had  been  awarded  to  Chas.  Caspari,  Jr.,  and 
A.  R.  L.  Dohme,  for  their  paper  on  "The  Value  of  Titration  with  Volumetric 
Acid  Solution  as  a  Means  of  Assaying  Alkaloidal  Drugs  and  Galenical  Prepara- 
tions." The  second  prize  was  awarded  to  Henry  Trimble  and  J.  C.  Peacock, 
for  their  joint  paper  "  On  the  Preparation  of  Oak  Tannins,  with  Special  Refer- 
ence to  the  Use  of  Acetone  as  a  Solvent."  Both  of  these  papers  were  printed 
in  the  Proceedings  for  1893. 
The  finances  of  the  Association  are  sound,  but  the  Chairman  of  the  Finance 
Committee,  in  conjunction  with  the  Treasurer,  cautioned  the  members  of  the 
different  committees  to  be  more  considerate  of  their  expenses.    The  use  of  the 
