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Editorial. 
J"  Am.  JouitrPHARM. 
t     Feb.  1,  1872. 
A  regular  meeting  of  the  Society  of  the  Alnmni  of  this  College  was  held 
Jan.  11th.  The  report  of  the  President,  Mr.  Win.  Silver  Thompson,  was  read 
and  ordered  to  be  entered  on  the  proceedings  of  the  Society.  This  Society 
has  been  in  existence  a  little  more  than  seven  months,  during  which  time  a 
thorough  organization  has  been  effected,  and  it  is  now  in  good  working  order. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  Wm.  Silver  Thomp- 
son, President;  Charles  E.  Dohme,  Vice  President  ;  J.  Henry  Hancock,  Sec- 
retary; A.  A.  Kleinschmidt.  Treasurer;  John  Sohl,  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  P. 
D.  Wood.  S.  J.  Beet,  Executive  Board. 
Mr.  C.  E.  Dohme  read  a  very  interesting  paper  on  Iodoform,  which  compound 
has  of  late  years  attracted  much  attention  among  the  medical  profession. 
Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy. —  At  a  meeting  held  Jan.  16th,  Prof.  B. 
S.Wayne  delivered  a  lecture  on  the  Sponge,  and  presented  the  College  with 
a  handsome  collection  of  sponges,  some  of  which  are  rarely  met  with.  A  dis- 
coutse  on  the  lac  insect,  shellac  and  lac  dye  was  also  delivered,  after  which  the 
College  proceeded  to  discuss  the  pharmacy  bill  recently  introduced  in  the 
Legislature  of  Ohio.  The  Coilege  disapproved  of  this  bill  and  appointed  a 
committee  to  draft  a  new  bill  or  amend  the  one  now  pending.  The  result  of 
this  labor  is  to  be  presented  to  the  Legislature  now  in  session. 
The  class  of  this  College  is  attended  by  32  students. 
California  Pharmaceutical  Society  — The  26th  meeting  of  this  Society  was 
held  Dec.  13th,  1871,  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Wood  presiding. 
After  the  approval  of  the  minutes  and  the  election  of  new  members  Mr.  Steel* 
proposed  several  gentlemen  as  honorary  members,  which  elicited  an  animated 
discussion  as  to  what  should  constitute  the  true  basis  for  this  distinction  ;  Mr. 
Steele  having  stated  in  support  of  his  proposition  that  one  or  more  of  the  names 
proposed  had  been  upon  the  roll  list  of  the  Society,  that  they  were  genial  and 
courteous  gentlemen  whose  unfortunate  circumstances  did  not  admit  of  their 
paying  their  monthly  dues,  and  thai,  in  his  estimation,  it  would  be  an  act  of 
courtesy  to  elect  them  to  the  position, 
Mr.  Wenzell  replied  that  he  was  opposed  to  the  indiscriminate  and  whole- 
sale bestowal  of  honorary  memberships,  which  was  not  only  injudicious  but 
reflective  upon  the  character  and  dignity  of  the  Society,  that  only  those  whose 
literary  and  scientific  attainments  had  given  them  prominence  in  the  profession 
were,  in  his  opinion,  entitled  to  this,  the  highest  honor  which  a  Society  was 
capable  of  conferring. 
Mr.  Simpson  argued  that  the  simple  fact  of  impecunity  and  urbanity,  asso- 
ciated with  an  enviable  reputation,  should  not  in  itself  constitute  the  require- 
ments for  conferring  the  title,  that  it  was  the  prerogative  and  should  be  the  aim 
of  the  Society  to  elect  only  those  possessing  marked  professional  acquirements- 
By  Mr.  Steele's  request  his  motion  was  then  withdrawn. 
A  resolution  to  amend  the  Constitution  was  tabled,  while  another  one. 
changing  the  words  "  Executive  Committee"  to  "  Board  of  Directors"  was  car- 
ried, to  conform  with  the  laws  in  view  of  obtaining  an  act  of  incorporation. 
