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preparatory  education  cannot  take  advanced  studies  with  advantage.  And 
graduates  who  have  shown  inaptitude  for  scientific  service  may  well  be  advised 
against  undertaking  to  prepare  for  it. 
"While  colleges  and  universities,  in  possession  of  libraries  and  laboratories 
and  museums  and  teaching  specialists,  are  the  natural  centres  of  specialization 
and  research,  these  are  also  highly  developed  in  the  larger  business  establish- 
ments, equipped  as  they  may  be  in  the  means  of  investigation.  And  solitary 
workers,  as  well,  contribute  a  great  deal  to  the  enlargement  of  science  and  the 
enriching  of  its  literature,  personal  power  overcoming  hindrances  and  making 
an  environment  for  itself." 
Among  other  subjects  considered  in  the  address  were  :  literature  for  re- 
search, the  means  for  advancement,  the  work  of  the  several  societies  and, 
finally,  the  increasing  of  the  membership  of  the  Association. 
The  committee  to  consider  the  President's  address,  which  was  appointed 
later  on,  was  as  follows :  L.  C.  Hopp,  W.  S.  Thompson  and  H.  P.  Hynson. 
After  the  presentation  of  several  reports  a  recess  was  taken  for  the  selection 
of  the  Committee  on  Nominations. 
The  following  were  appointed  by  the  President  as  the  Committee  on  Time 
and  Place  of  the  Next  Meeting  :  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  Wm.  C.  Alpers,  William 
S.  Thompson,  Oscar  Oldberg  and  H.  M.  Whelpley. 
SECOND  GENERAL  SESSION. 
The  session  on  Tuesday  morning  was  occupied  largely  with  the  reception  of 
reports.  The  first  one  presented  was  that  of  the  Nominating  Committee, 
which  was  adopted,  and  the  Secretary  being  instructed  to  cast  a  ballot,  the  fol- 
lowing were  elected  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  :  President,  John  F.  Patton, 
York,  Pa."  ;  First  Vice-President,  J.  H.  Beal,  Scio,  O.  ;  Second  Vice-President, 
J.  W.  Gayle,  Frankfort,  Ky.  ;  Third  Vice-President,  E.  A.  Ruddiman,  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.  ;  Treasurer,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  Boston  ;  Secretary,  Chas.  Caspari, 
Jr.,  Baltimore  ;  Reporter  on  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  C.  Lewis  Diehl,  Louisville, 
Ky.;  Members  of  the  Council :  T.  Roberts  Baker,  Richmond  ;  Lewis  C.  Hopp, 
Cleveland  ;  and  H.  P.  Hynson,  Baltimore. 
By  a  special  order  in  the  proceedings  Prof.  Jos.  P.  Remington  presented  an 
eloquent  memorial  address  on  the  life  and  work  of  Prof.  Wm.  Procter,  Jr.,  who, 
it  was  stated,  attended  the  Association  for  the  last  time  when  it  met  in  Richmond 
twenty-seven  years  ago.  (See  page  255.)  High  tribute  was  paid  to  the  memory  of 
this  distinguished  teacher  and  pharmacist,  and  among  others  pronouncing  eulo- 
gies upon  him  were  :  John  F.  Hancock,  of  Baltimore,  who  was  President  of  the 
Richmond  meeting  (in  1873),  Dr.  Alpers,  Professor  Prescott,  and  A.  Fy.  Ebert, 
the  latter  of  whom  moved  a  vote  of  thanks  to  Professor  Remington  for  his  prep- 
aration of  the  memorial,  which  was  carried. 
Colonel  J.  B.  Purcell,  of  Richmond,  delegate  from  the  National  Wholesale 
Druggists'  Association,  and  F.  B.  Holliday,  of  Topeka,  Kan.,  delegate  from 
the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  were  each  introduced  and  given 
an  opportunity  to  address  the  Association. 
The  following  committees  also  reported :  National  Formulary,  Metric 
Weights  and  Measures,  Auxiliary  Committee  on  Membership  and  the  regular 
Committee  on  Membership.  In  the  latter  report,  the  Chairman,  Geo.  W. 
Kennedy,  of  Pennsylvania,  stated  that  the  number  of  active  members  was 
