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The  Fairchild  Scholarship  Committee  will  thank  you  for  giving 
as  wide  publicity  as  possible  to  this  announcement. 
Respectfully, 
E.  G.  Eberle, 
Chairman,  The  Fairchild  Scholarship  Committee. 
NEWS  ITEMS  AND  PERSONAL  NOTES. 
F.  W.  Nitardy,  Associated  with  E.  R.  Squibb  &  Sons. — Mr.  F. 
W.  Nitardy,  Ph.C,  who  was  recently  elected  to  the  office  of  the  first 
vice-president  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  has  ac- 
cepted a  position  with  the  well-known  pharmaceutical  manufactur- 
ing firm  of  E  R.  Squibb  &  Sons  Co.  of  Brooklyn  and  is  in  charge  of 
a  branch  of  their  pharmaceutical  productions.  Mr.  Nitardy  was 
formerly  a  resident  of  Denver,  Col.,  and  in  the  employ  of  the  Scholz 
Drug  Co.  of  that  city.  He  is  one  of  the  active  members  of  the 
A.  Ph.  A.  and  is  giving  efficient  service  in  behalf  of  pharmacy. 
A  Pharmacy  Honor  Medal. — Mr.  Hugo  H.  Schaefer,  secretary 
of  the  New  York  Branch  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  proposes  a  plan  for  the 
establishment  of  a  Pharmacy  Medal,  corresponding  in  a  measure  to 
the  "  Perkins  Medal "  and  the  "  Nichols  Medal "  that  are  annually 
awarded  respectively  by  the  American  Chemical  Society  and  the 
Society  of  Chemical  Engineering  as  a  distinctive  honor  for  distin- 
guished services  rendered  by  any  individual  in  the  respective 
branches  of  the  science  which  these  national  societies  represent. 
The  plan  proposed  is  that  the  New  York  Branch  shall  create  a 
permanent  fund  to  be  invested  in  Liberty  Bonds  or  other  gilt-edged 
securities  and  the  interest  therefrom  is  to  be  used  to  defray  the 
expense  of  the  award.  The  gold  medal  or  bronze  medallion,  suit- 
ably named,  is  to  be  awarded  annually  to  the  man  or  woman  the 
results  of  whose  efforts  during  the  preceding  year,  or  whose  efforts 
during  a  number  of  years  have  culminated  during  the  preceding 
year,  would  be  considered  as  being  the  most  important  and  advan- 
tageous for  American  Pharmacy. 
The  selection  of  the  recipient  for  the  honor  is  to  be  made  by  a 
standing  committee  consisting  of  the  past  presidents  of  the  Amer- 
ican Pharmaceutical  Association  and  in  case  the  number  of  these 
living  past  presidents  is  less  than  five,  then  the  senior  past  vice- 
