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other  responsibility  that  has  lately  come  to  our  Dean,  but  as  he  is  full 
of  vigor  and  possesses  the  ability  required  we  predict  that  he  will  in 
this,  as  in  other  matters,  make  his  great  responsibilities  great  suc- 
cesses. 
A  National  Duty. — In  the  present  war  crisis,  the  pharmacists  of 
the  country  must  assume  their  full  share  of  the  responsibility.  Even 
though  we  have  been  selected  for  special  taxation,  this  burden  will 
not  relieve  us  from  other  duties  of  citizenship.  The  immediate 
necessity  is  to  aid  in  the  Third  Liberty  Bond  Issue. 
The  Pennsylvania  Board  of  Pharmacy. — Examinations  for  regis- 
tration as  pharmacist  or  as  qualified  assistant  pharmacist  will  be 
conducted  in  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and  in  the  Pitts- 
burgh College  of  Pharmacy  on  Friday  and  Saturday,  June  7  and  8, 
1918.  For  further  information  address  L.  L.  Walton,  Secretary, 
Williamsport,  Pa. 
The  Lily  Scientific  Bulletin. — Acknowledgment  is  made  of  the 
receipt  of  Number  9,  Series  1,  of  The  Lily  Scientific  Bulletin.  This 
number  of  this  house  bulletin  contains  papers  by  the  scientific  staff 
of  the  laboratory  on  the  pharmacologic  studies  of  the  ipecac  alkaloids. 
Cash  Prizes  for  the  Best  Article  on  the  Value  of  the  Wholesale 
Druggist. — The  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association  an- 
nounces a  prize  contest  open  to  salesmen  of  wholesale  drug  houses 
for  the  best  papers  on  "The  Economic  Value  of  the  Wholesale 
Druggist  and  Reasons  Why  He  is  Essential."  Ten  cash  prizes  in 
amounts  from  $20  to  $150  and  aggregating  $500  will  be  awarded  by 
the  committee  of  which  G.  B.  Moxley,  of  Indianapolis,  is  chairman. 
