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ment  of  Abstracts  of  Proposed  Changes,  with  New  Standards  and 
Descriptions  to  be  included  in  the  U.  S.  P.  IX,  legislation  and  the 
prospective  meetings  of  national  and  state  associations  are  also 
being  actively  discussed  in  all  sections  of  the  country. 
Looking  Ahead. — The  editor  of  the  Bulletin  of  Pharmacy  sug- 
gests some  reform  measures  for  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  which  deserve  the 
careful  attention  and  the  hearty  co-operation  of  every  member  of 
that  association.  The  proposed  reforms  of  immediate  interest  con- 
cern the  coming  meeting  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  more  particularly  the 
program  of  section  meetings.  Not  the  least  important  of  the  sug- 
gestions made  is  the  proposition  to  have  the  Council  meeting  held 
in  the  evenings  so  as  to  eliminate  the  constantly  increasing  interfer- 
ence of  the  Council  meetings  with  the  meetings  of  the  sections. 
Another  proposition  of  considerable  interest  is  the  suggestion  to 
restrict  the  scientific  meetings  of  the  Association  sections  to  two 
sessions  a  day.  The  third  proposition  is  to  eliminate  from  the  now 
existing  sections  such  as  do  not  warrant  continuance  and  thus  restrict 
the  scientific  business  of  the  Association  to  simultaneous  sessions 
of  a  limited  number  of  sections  for  a  sufficient  number  of  days  to 
transact  all  of  the  business  in  hand.  If  in  addition  to  these  several 
reforms  the  unnecessary  interference  by  entertainment  features  could 
be  eliminated,  there  is  no  reason  why  the  meetings  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  should  not  be  held  as  are  the  meetings 
of  the  American  Medical  Association,  in  from  3  to  4  days,  allowing 
the  additional  days  of  the  week  for  entertainments  or  for  the  meet- 
ings of  correlated  societies  and  associations  that  choose  to  convene  at 
or  about  the  same  time  that  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion does.  Mr.  Mason  truthfully  says  that  the  existing  trouble  with 
the  A.  Ph.  A.  "  arises  from  too  much  energy  instead  of  too  little, 
and  what  is  needed  is  that  this  energy  in  its  manifold  manifestations 
be  harnessed  up  and  co-ordinated  in  a  more  intelligent  manner. 
.  .  .  The  situation  at  Nashville  last  August  was  one  of  confusion 
worse  confounded.  There  were  the  seven  regular  sections  of  the 
Association,  each  holding  two  or  three  sessions.  There  was  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy 
with  four  or  five  sessions.  There  was  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties,  and  the  joint  conference 
of  the  section  on  Education  and  Legislation  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  . 
With  it  all  there  was  no  let-up  in  the  work  from  nine  o'clock  in  the 
morning  until  one  or  two  o'clock  the  next  morning.    Everybody  was 
