472  News  Items  and  Personal  Notices.  {Am.  jour.  Pharm. 
if  <•       June,  1918. 
Australian  army,  paid  a  visit  to  the  United  States  and  to  Canada. 
He  contracted  both  in  the  provinces  and  in  the  United  States  for 
needed  medical  supplies  and  arranged  for  their  transportation. 
At  the  outbreak  of  the  war,  Major  Cossar  was  president  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Australasia  and  conducted  a  pharmacy 
near  Melbourne.  Since  his  appointment  as  a  pharmaceutical  adviser, 
with  the  rank  of  captain,  he  has  done  much  for  the  organization  of 
a  proper  pharmaceutical  service  in  the  Australian  army.  His  note- 
worthy services,  exemplary  for  efficiency  both  in  the  saving  of  ma- 
terials and  men  and  for  the  economic  management  of  medical  sup- 
plies, have  attracted  the  attention  of  the  English-speaking  nations. 
These  are  said  to  have  had  a  telling  effect  in  England  and  it  is  ex- 
pected that  in  the  very,  near  future  England  will  realize  the  neces- 
sity for  reforms  in  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  service  of  her 
armies. 
Major  Cossar  has  left  Canada  and  via  Vancouver  is  on  his 
homeward  journey. 
Pharmacy  Students  Sell  Liberty  Bonds. — Liberty  day  being 
a  general  holiday,  even  for  pharmacy  students,  the  undergraduates 
of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  inaugurated  a  Liberty 
Loan  drive.  Professor  Louis  Gershenfeld  marshalled  the  forces 
and  stimulated  the  efforts  by  offering  to  the  student  bringing  in  the 
largest  total  subscriptions  a  year's  membership  in  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association.  This  prize  was  won  by  William  L. 
Friedman,  a  junior  student  who  reported  subscriptions  amounting 
to  $3,500.  The  total  subscriptions  from  this  half-day  effort 
amounted  to  over  $12,000  with  206  subscribers.  Thus  these 
younger  pharmacists  are  giving  support  and  encouragement  to  their 
comrades  who  in  increasing'  numbers  are  enrolling  under  the  flag. 
Editor  Craig  Severs  Connection  with  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
Journal. — Mr.  Hugh  Craig,  who  has,  for  some  years  past,  inspired 
with  his  pen  the  membership  of  the  National  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists,  has  retired  from  the  editorship  of  that  association.  We 
wish  Mr.  Craig  a  full  measure  of  success  in  his  new  connection  with 
the  Nyal  Combination  of  Detroit. 
W.  W.  Solliday  Associated  with  McKesson  and  Robbins. — 
Mr.  W.  W.  Solliday,  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
