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progress.  The  past  year  has  been  the  most  eventful  one  in  the 
Association's  history.  At  our  last  annual  meeting  the  pharmacy 
bill,  a  measure  for  which  we  are  responsible,  had  not  become  a  law. 
It  was  then  awaiting  the  action  of  the  Senate.  However,  so  confi- 
dent were  we  of  its  passage  that  measures  were  taken  which  re- 
sulted in  the  selection  of  a  list  of  representative  members.  By 
further  action  of  the  meeting  the  names  were  placed  in  my  hands 
to  present  at  the  proper  time  to  His  Excellency  for  his  approval. 
Your  instructions  were  faithfully  carried  out.  While  the  Governor 
failed  to  comply  with  our  recommendations  in  full,  he  is  to  be  con- 
gratulated on  his  wise  and  very  able  selections.  By  this  measure 
becoming  a  law  we  have  been  transformed  from  plain,  every-day 
druggists  into  registered  pharmacists,  and  with  the  restrictions  and 
limitations  it  imposes  it  also  confers  a  certain  amount  of  professional 
dignity  that  we  have  not  heretofore  enjoyed.  In  times  past  phar- 
macy was  a  profession  only ;  now  it  is  both  a  profession  and  a  trade, 
and  the  successful  pharmacist  must  be  one  who  can  combine  pro- 
fessional dignity  with  mercantile  ability.  Hence,  to  my  mind,  the 
importance  of  the  Association  developing  and  making  more  promi- 
nent the  commercial  interests  of  the  pharmacist." 
The  President  dwelt  on  the  action  of  the  Association  in  protest- 
ing against  the  proprietary  men  putting  up  prices  because  of  the 
stamp  act,  its  vigorous  action  being  alleged  to  be  one  of  the  princi- 
pal factors  in  bringing  about  the  organization  of  the  N.A.R.D.  He 
also  spoke  of  the  unsatisfactory  and  impracticable  features  of  the 
present  liquor  law,  as  far  as  it  related  to  pharmacy,  and  suggested 
an  amendment  that  would  place  the  sale  of  liquor  for  strictly  medi- 
cinal purposes  under  the  control  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
Among  the  papers  presented  were  the  following :  "  Some  Data 
on  How  the  Pharmacist  Can  Save  Money  by  Being  His  Own  Manu- 
facturer," by  Edmund  A.  Geyer,  South  Bend;  "  Business  Methods," 
by  Otto  Gross,  Fort  Wayne;  "Peppermint,"  by  Leo  Eliel,  South 
Bend;  an  interesting  talk  on  "The  Cultivation  of  Peppermint,"  by 
Philip  Holler;  "Surface  Tension,"  by  John  H.  Cloud;  a  humorous 
paper  on  "  How  Long  Will  Phosphorus  Pills  Keep  ?"  by  J.  N. 
Hurty. 
The  following  officers  were  elected :  President,  F.  W.  Meissner, 
La  Porte ;  First  Vice-President,  Otto  Bastian,  South  Bend  ;  Second 
Vice-President,  D.  H.  Lohman,  Lafayette;  Third  Vice-President, 
