404     Massachusetts  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {Kx\i^li^m' 
Ernest  Stahlhuth;  Secretary,  A.  Timberlake ;  Treasurer,  Frank  H. 
Carter;  Executive  Committee,  Frederick  H.  Burton,  Evansville;  W. 
O.  Gross,  Fort  Wayne,  and  F.  E.  Wolcott,  Indianapolis. — Ibid., 
1900,  p.  412. 
MASSACHUSETTS  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation was  held  at  Newburyport,  June  19-21,  1900.  The  address- 
of  the  President,  William  D.  Wheeler,  contained  a  number  of  recom- 
mendations, which  were  reported  upon  as  follows  by  the  committee 
having  the  address  under  consideration: 
That  the  Association  continue  its  membership  in  the  National 
Association  of  Retail  Druggists  ;  that  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment be  memorialized  urging  the  raising  of  hospital  stewards  in 
the  army  to  the  rank  of  commissioned  officer ;  that  a  committee 
codify  the  pharmaceutical  laws;  that  $100  be  appropriated  for  the 
Legislative  Committee ;  and  that  the  law  be  so  amended  that  the 
State  Board  can  no  longer  revoke  certificates  of  pharmacy,  but  may 
suspend  them 
The  following  officers  were  elected:  President,  F.  A.  Hubbard,  of 
Newton;  Vice-Presidents,  L.  E.  Heinritz,  of  Holyoke  ;  W.  J.  Bul- 
lock, of  New  Bedford,  and  Charles  L.  Davis,  of  Newburyport ;. 
Secretary,  J.  F.  Guerin,  of  Worcester ;  Treasurer,  Thomas  B. 
Nichols,  of  Salem  ;  Trustees  of  Permanent  Fund,  F.  E.  Mole,  of 
Adams  ;  Henry  Canning,  of  Boston,  and  J.  H.  Whitney,  of  Great 
Barrington. 
George  M.  Hoyt,  of  Weymouth;  Fred  A.  Hubbard,  of  Newton, 
and  Thomas  B.  Nichols,  of  Salem,  were  nominated  for  the  vacancy 
on  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  which  will  occur  October  1st.  These 
three  names  will  be  presented  to  the  Governor  by  a  committee  of 
twenty-five  members  of  the  Association. 
J.  J.  Curran  presented  a  resolution  memorializing  the  State  au- 
thorities regarding  the  commissioning  of  hospital  stewards  in  the 
State  militia  and  endorsing  the  stand  taken  by  the  American  Asso- 
ciation with  regard  to  the  same  being  done  in  the  United  States 
army.    It  was"  unanimously  adopted. 
T.  T.  Drake  read  a  paper  on  the  drugs  and  chemicals  that  varied 
from  the  standard  of  strength  and  purity  which  have  come  under 
his  notice  during  the  past  year. 
