468  62nd  Annual  Meeting  of  the  A.  P.  A .  { ^kJg*  J**™- 
that  should  make  for  progress  in  pharmacy  as  such.  The  chairman, 
in  his  address,  properly  asserted  that  the  existing  "  scorn  of  com- 
mercialism in  the  drug  business  is  the  worst  kind  of  stupidity."  It  is 
equalled,  perhaps,  only  by  that  of  "  the  old-school  pharmacist  "  who 
persists  in  speaking  of  the  "  ethical  "  pharmacist  and  of  "  ethical  " 
pharmacy.  In  concluding  his  address  the  chairman  made  the  pre- 
diction that  the  college  or  school  of  pharmacy  which  now  essays  to 
teach  its  students  the  science  of  pharmacy  will  within  the  next  50 
years  to  come  really  teach  them  how  to  run  a  drug  store.  This  pre- 
diction involves  a  degree  of  progress  in  pharmacy  that  many  persons 
would  be  pleased  to  see  brought  about  in  much  less  time  than  the  limit 
set  by  Mr.  Mason.  The  officers  of  this  section  for  the  coming  year 
are :  Chairman,  E.  H.  Thiesing,  Cincinnati ;  secretary,  M.  Stolz, 
Syracuse. 
The  Historical  Section  held  a  well-attended  session,  at  which  a 
number  of  matters  of  pharmaceutic  interest  were  discussed.  W.  C. 
Alpers,  Cleveland,  presided,  and  F.  T.  Gordon,  Philadelphia,  served 
as  secretary.  Prof.  Edward  Kremers,  in  the  course  of  a  lecture  on 
"  The  Study  of  the  History  of  Pharmacy,"  demonstrated,  by  the  ex- 
hibition of  a  number  of  lantern  slides,  that  the  subject  could  be  made 
both  interesting  and  profitable  to  pharmaceutical  students  and  might 
well  be  made  an  integral  part  of  the  pharmaceutical  curriculum.  The 
officers  of  this  section  for  the  coming  year  are :  Chairman,  F.  T. 
Gordon,  Philadelphia ;  secretary,  A.  H.  Clark,  Chicago ;  historian, 
E.  G.  Eberle,  Dallas,  Texas. 
The  meetings  of  the  Women's  Section  were  presided  over  by 
Mrs.  J.  G.  Godding.  A  number  of  interesting  papers  were  read  and 
discussed,  and  the  section  is  to  be  continued  as  heretofore.  The 
officers  elected  for  the  coming  year  are :  President,  Mrs.  John  Culley, 
Ogden,  Utah ;  secretary,  Miss  Anna  J.  Bagley,  Columbus,  Ohio. 
The  House  of  Delegates  is  reported  to  have  had  credentials  from 
261  delegates,  representing  100  organizations.  Clyde  M.  Snow, 
Chicago,  presided,  and  at  the  concluding  session  a  number  of  resolu- 
tions were  adopted  and  referred  to  the  Council  of  the  Association. 
The  officers  for  the  coming  year  are:  Chairman,  W.  S.  Richardson, 
Washington ;  secretary,  J.  Weinstein,  New  York. 
In  addition  to  the  meetings  already  referred  to,  the  National 
Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy  and  the  American  Conference  of 
Pharmaceutical  Faculties  each  held  a  number  of  sessions,  and  a  joint 
meeting  of  these  two  bodies  with  the  Section  on  Education  and 
