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II.  Operations  of  the  Association  during  the  First  Fiscal  Year. — 
The  Association  was  chartered  May  20th,  1873,  and  the  charter  trans- 
mitted to  the  Secretary  by  the  Hon.  George  H.  Harlow,  Secretary  of 
State,  soon  afterwards.  A  proper  seal  was  procured.  A  second  cir- 
cular was  then  issued  by  the  Association,  and  sent  to  all  the  apothe- 
caries of  the  southern  portion  of  the  State,  declaring  as  northern 
boundary,  inclusive,  the  counties  Pike,  Scott,  Morgan,  Sangamon, 
Macon,  Piatt,  Champaign  and  Vermillion,  and  explaining  therein  the 
necessity  of  a  union  of  pharmacists,  making  them  also  acquainted 
with  the  objects  of  the  Association,  and  inviting  them  to  join  it  in 
membership.  Over  500  copies  of  this  circular  were  sent  off,  but  only 
few  answered,  a  most  deplorable  proof  of  the  want  of  interest  for  the 
welfare  of  the  profession,  and  also  of  the  insufficient  pharmaceutical 
and  general  education  of  a  large  class  of  apothecaries  in  this  section 
of  the  country. 
Since  July  the  Secretary  entered  into  correspondence  with  various 
pharmaceutical  societies  of  the  United  States,  England,  France,  Ger- 
many and  Switzerland. 
The  diploma  of  membership  was  then  executed  and  distributed  to 
the  members. 
Scientific  deliberations  could  not  be  held,  all  meetings  being  occu- 
pied with  business  transactions  such  as  generally  arise  immediately 
after  the  organization  of  a  body.  It  is  hoped  that  next  year  much 
more  will  be  accomplished  in  the  scientific  department. 
The  meetings,  excepting  that  of  organization,  were  held  at  the 
Secretary's  office.  Should  the  Association  increase  sufficiently  in 
membership,  it  is  contemplated  to  engage  another  locality, 
III.  Future  Aim  and  Operations  of  the  Association. — The  future 
aim  of  the  Association  is  considered  to  be  the  foundation  of  a  college 
of  pharmacy,  to  be  located  in  the  city  of  Belleville.  Although  the 
Association  is  not  prepared  at  present  to  carry  out  this  project,  it  will 
nevertheless  not  harm  to  consider  it  as  a  future  probability,  when 
time  and  circumstances  will  be  more  favorable  to  the  execution  there- 
of. The  founders  of  the  Association  have  well  and  earnestly  consid- 
ered all  these  matters  at  the  organization  of  the  body  ;  they  did  not 
shut  their  eyes  to  the  great  difficulties  connected  with  the  establish- 
ment of  a  college ;  but,  notwithstanding,  they  did  not  hesitate  to  in- 
troduce this  future  object  in  the  statutes,  in  order  to  call  the  atten- 
