^Tx^y.^igw. }       The  Forty-third  Annual  Meeting.  491 
FORTY-THIRD  ANNUAL  CONVENTION  OF  THE 
PENNSYLVANIA  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  forty-third  annual  convention  of  the  Pennsylvania  Phar- 
maceutical Association  was  held  at  Harrisburg,  June  22  to  24, 
inclusive,  and  was  one  of  the  best  attended  and  most  enthusiastic 
conventions  held  in  recent  years.  The  Association  not  only  accom- 
plished a  great  deal  by  way  of  disposing  of  current  issues,  but  in- 
augurated a  program  for  future  work,  which  contemplates  great 
advances  in  the  progress  of  pharmacy  in  Pennsylvania. 
The  convention  was  informally  opened  on  Tuesday  morning, 
June  22,  by  President  Robert  P.  Fischelis. 
The  report  of  the  Executive  Committee  referred  to  the  necessity 
for  increasing  the  annual  dues  in  order  to  meet  the  expenses  of  con- 
ducting the  business  of  the  association  and  called  attention  to  the 
death  of  eight  members  during  the  past  year  and  the  addition  of  one 
member  to  the  life  membership  roll. 
The  Treasurer's  report  showed  a  balance  of  more  than  five  hun- 
dred dollars  in  the  current  fund  of  the  Association  and  about  four 
hundred  dollars  in  the  invested  funds. 
Delegates  were  present  from  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association,  Delaware  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Philadelphia 
and  Pittsburgh  colleges  of  pharmacy  and  the  various  local  associa- 
tions throughout  the  State. 
A  communication  received  from  Dr.  Jacob  Diner,  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Classifying  Pharmacies  of  the  American  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association,  caused  some  discussion  and  led  to  a  motion  that  the 
Legislative  Committee  be  instructed  to  draft  a  bill  leading  to  classi- 
fication of  pharmacies  into  drug  stores  and  professional  pharmacies 
in  Pennsylvania.  This  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Presi- 
dent's Address,  and  that  Committee  later  reported  a  recommenda- 
tion to  refer  the  matter  to  the  Legislative  Committee,  with  instruc- 
tions to  make  a  study  of  the  subject  and  bring  in  a  report  at  the 
next  meeting,  as  to  the  propriety  and  feasibility  of  such  legislative 
action.    This  recommendation  was  adopted. 
A  communication  from  Dr.  E-  L.  Newcomb,  of  Minnesota,  re- 
ferring to  a  plan  of  increasing  the  membership  in  the  national  and 
state  associations  was  read  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Presi- 
dent's Address,  which  later  recommended  that  the  initiative  on  this 
matter  should  be  taken  by  the  national  organizations  involved  and 
when  this  has  been  brought  about,  the  active  support  of  the  Pennsyl- 
