414  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.^^ AugT,\m&rin' 
table  and  smoothed  evenly  throughout.  The  jackets  are  now  laid  on  the  press 
bed  and  hydraulic  pressure  of  4,000-6,000  lbs.  to  the  square  inch,  applied. 
The  yield  of  oil  is  about  18  pints  from  a  bushel  of  seed,  but  if  heating  the 
ground  seed  be  omitted,  not  more  than  half  the  usual  percentage  will  be 
secured.  4 
On  Wednesday  evening  a  concert  was  given  by  the  principal  and  pupils  of 
the  Meadville  Conservatory  of  Music,  followed  by  various  other  entertaining 
and  amusing  features.  On  Thursday  afternoon,  the  druggists  of  Meadville 
tendered  the  association  an  excursion  on  Lake  Conneaut,  and  a  banquet  at  the 
Lake  House. 
The  next  meeting  of  the  association  will  beheld  at  the  Neversink  Mountain 
House,  Reading,  Pa.,  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  June,  1894. 
The  Tennessee  Druggists"  Association  met  in  Nashville,  May  16.  The 
three  sessions  held  were  taken  up  with  addresses,  the  presentation  of  various 
reports  and  the  reading  of  papers,  among  which  was  one  by  Prof.  Ruddiman, 
on  the  testing  of  medicines  by  the  retailer.  The  officers  for  the  ensuing  year 
are  :  J.  O.  Burge,  Nashville,  president ;  Will  Vickers,  Murfreesboro,  secretary  ; 
and  J.  F  Voight,  Chattanooga,  treasurer.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in 
Chattanooga,  May  28,  1894. 
The  Texas  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  in  fourteenth  annual  conven- 
tion at  the  Oak  Bluff  Opera  House,  Dallas,  May  9.  Ex-Mayor  Frank  Oliver 
welcomed  the  Association,  and  President  Bargheim,  in  his  annual  address, 
spoke  of  the  "  Necessity  of  our  Union.''  At  the  second  day's  session,  reports 
were  received,  papers  read  and  the  following  new  officers  elected  :  President, 
L.  Myers  Connor,  Dallas  ;  secretary,  Geo.  Heyer,  Houston,  and  treasurer, 
W.  F.  Shook,  Dallas.  Next  year  the  association  will  meet  at  Austin,  on  the 
second  Tuesday  of  May. 
The  Utah  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which  met  in  convention  at  Ogden, 
May  9,  was  called  to  order  by  President  Farlow.  The  visitors  were  welcomed 
by  Dr.  F.  B.  Hurlbut,  and  after  the  president's  address,  various  reports  were 
received,  and  a  resolution,  affecting  registration  without  examination,  was 
adopted.  Several  papers  were  read,  and  it  was  decided  to  hold  the  next 
annual  meeting  in  Provo,  on  the  second  Tuesday  in  June,  1894  ;  Herbert  Pyne 
was  elected  local  secretary.  S.  P.  Ash,  Ogden,  was  elected  president ;  secre- 
tary C.  H.  McCoy  was  re-elected,  and  the  newly  chosen  treasurer  is  H.  A. 
Walker,  Ogden. 
The  Washington  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  called  to  order  May 
8,  at  Spokane,  president  A.  W.  Stewart  in  the  chair.  After  the  address  of  wel- 
come by  R.  Basson  and  the  response  thereto  by  S.  O.  Harmon,  the  president 
delivered  his  annual  address.  Beside  the  routine  business,  various  reports 
were  submitted,  and  the  officers  elected  are  :  A.  M.  Doland,  Spokane,  presi- 
dent ;  Walter  St.  John,  Tacoma,  secretary  ;  James  Lee,  Seattle,  treasurer. 
The  next  meeting  will  take  place  at  Tacoma,  on  the  third  Monday  of  May, 
1894. 
The  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  annual  graduation  exercises 
on  Wednesday  evening,  May  24,  1893,  in  Association  Hall  of  the  Y,  M.  C.  A. 
building.    The  degree  was  conferred  upon  twenty-five  graduates. 
