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Professor  Good,  on  behalf  of  the  committee  on  nominations,  presented  the 
following  report : 
For  president,  Edward  L.  Patch,  of  Boston  ;  first  vice-president,  E.  O.  Daly  ; 
second  vice-president,  W.  Rogers,  Millersville,  Ky. ;  third  vice-president,  Charles 
Caspari,  Baltimore,  Md.;  treasurer,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard  ;  permanent  secretary, 
John  M.  Maisch  ;  reporter  on  progress  of  pharmacy,  Henry  Kraemer,  New  York  ; 
members  of  the  council ;  C.  L.  Diehl,  C.  M.  Ford  and  Win.  C.  Alpers.  A 
ballot  for  the  election  of  president  was  then  taken,  Messrs.  Overstreet  and 
Hamilton  acting  as  tellers.  The  ballot  resulted  in  the  unanimous  election  of 
Prof.  Patch.  On  motion,  the  secretary  was  directed  to  cast  an  affirmative  ballot 
for  the  other  nominees,  which  was  done,  and  their  election  announced  by  the 
chair, 
Mr.  Sheppard,  on  behalf  of  the  committee  of  time  and  place  of  next  meeting, 
reported  that  three  places  had  been  presented  for  consideration,  Asheville,  N.  C, 
Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  and  Denver,  Col.  After  consideration  the  committee  decided 
on  Hot  Springs,  and  the  time  fixed  for  first  Monday  in  June,  1894.  After  an 
excited  discussion  Asheville  was  substituted,  and  Mr.  W.  G.  Smith,  of  Asheville, 
selected  as  local  secretary.  Prof.  C.  L.  Diehl  reported  on  behalf  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  National  Formulary,  Dr.  Hoffman  reported  on  behalf  of  the  com- 
mittee on  resolutions  to  Prof.  Maisch,  the  following  :  Professor  John  M. 
Maisch — The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  assembled  conveys  to  you 
the  heartiest  greeting  and  the  sympathy  of  its  members  in  your  sufferings. 
They  keenly  feel  and  regret  your  absence,  and  trust  that  you  may  find  consola- 
tion in  the  knowledge  that  their  love  and  esteem  are  with  you,  and  that  your 
eminent  and  enduring  services  for  the  promotion  of  the  association,  and  for  the 
elevation  and  advancement  of  pharmacy  will  ever  remain  an  ornament  in  the 
annals  of  American  pharmacy."  By  a  rising  vote  the  resolution  was  unani- 
mously adopted. 
Mr.  Kennedy  reported  that  since  the  meeting  of  1892,  more  new  members  had 
entered  the  association  than  ever  before,  namely  210. 
Secretary  Whelpley  read  a  letter  from  Dr.  Rice  to  the  association,  explaining 
his  absence  and  asking  for  suggestions  for  further  improvement  in  the  work 
on  the  Pharmacopoeia. 
Henry  Kraemer,  reporter  on  progress  of  pharmacy,  made  a  brief  statement  of 
the  work  done  by  him  during  the  year,  and,  on  motion,  the  report  was  accepted 
and  referred  for  publication. 
A  recommendation  was  made  in  the  above  report  that  a  bureau  of  informa- 
tion in  matters  pharmaceutical  be  established  by  the  association,  caused  some 
discussion.  The  matter  was  finally  settled  by  referring  the  recommendation  to 
the  council  for  consideration. 
Prof.  Fennel  presented  the  report  of  the  committee  on  credentials.  The 
report  of  the  treasurer,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  was  next  presented  and  showed  an 
encouraging  state  of  affairs,  notwithstanding  the  financial  disasters  and  the 
silver  question. 
On  motion  of  Prof.  Oldberg,  the  president  was  asked  to  send  greetings  to  the 
British  Pharmaceutical  Conference,  then  in  session  at  Nottingham,  England. 
The  next  report  was  that  of  the  committee  on  prize  essays,  submitted  by  Mr. 
Kennedy.  Among  other  things  it  contained  the  recommendation  that  the 
resolution  passed  in  1887  be  enforced  which  provided  that  $150  be  awarded  to 
