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Notes  and  News. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pliarm. 
\  September,  1899. 
A  list  of  the  officers  of  the  Exposition  and  of  the  commissioners  accredited 
thereto. 
A  list  of  the  committees  of  the  Exposition. 
A  key  to  the  system,  of  installation  (about  one-half  page). 
Ground  floor  plans  of  the  several  buildings. 
Classification  of  each  group. 
A  sketch  of  the  Commercial  Museum. 
A  sketch  of  the  Franklin  Institute. 
In  the  Catalogue  proper  will  appear  a  list  of  exhibits  with  the  name  of  the 
exhibitor,  carefully  arranged  in  groups,  and  groups  and  exhibits  serially  num- 
bered. A  terse  description  of  each  exhibit,  calling  attention  to  its  important 
feature,  is  also  permitted  to  follow  the  auditing  of  each  exhibit.  This  Cata- 
logue will  be  replete  with  interesting  and  valuable  information,  and  will  serve 
not  only  as  a  guide  to  visitors  at  the  Exposition,  but  is  sure  to  be  preserved  as 
a  book  of  reference. 
Chicago  Veteran  Druggists'  Association.— One  of  the  objects  of  the 
Chicago  Veteran  Druggists'  Association,  aside  from  its  social  features,  is  the 
collection  and  compilation  of  a  historical  record  of  Pharmacy  of  early  Chicago, 
and  its  preservation  for  the  future  by  committing  it  to  the  care  of  some  insti- 
tution like  that  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Chicago.  To  accomplish  this  ob- 
ject and  to  have  it  historically  correct  will  require  the  aid  and  co-operation  of 
those  who  possess  a  recollection  of  the  Drug  Trade  of  Chicago  prior  to  the  big 
fire  in  1S71. 
Information  concerning  the  organization  and  its  plan  of  work  maybe  had  by 
addressing  the  historian,  Albert  E.  Ebert,  426  State  Street,  Chicago. 
Alumni  Association  of  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Association,  held  recently,  the  following  officers  were 
elected  for  the  ensuing  year  :  President,  Prof.  Charles  Apmeyer  ;  First  Vice- 
President,  Prof.  Charles  W.  Ford  ;  Second  Vice-President,  Miss  Marie  Kus- 
nick  ;  Secretary,  John  Weik  ;  Treasurer,  Prof.  Charles  T.  P.  Fennel  ;  Corre- 
sponding Secretary,  Louis  Klayer  ;  Executive  Committee,  Prof.  Louis  W.  Sauer, 
Dr.  Otto  Dickmann,  Ralph  Freiberg  and  George  Theobald  ;  Entertainment 
Committee,  Louis  Klay  er,  B.  Fries  and  Miss  Marcella  Feth  ;  Managers  of  the 
Alumni  Journal,  Profs.  Charles  T.  P.  Fennel  and  Julius  Eichberg  ;  Auditing 
Committee,  Joseph  Koenig,  R.  Freiberg  and  Prof.  Louis  W.  Sauer. 
The  Association  has  a  membership  of  540,  and  is  the  third  largest  of  its 
kind  in  the  United  States. 
A  Universal  Language  for  Men  of  Science. — At  a  recent  meeting  of 
the  Prussian  Academy  of  Sciences,  Professor  Dills  spoke  of  the  need  of  a  uni- 
versal language  for  men  of  science.  He  considers  Volapiik  an  artificial  pro- 
duct of  little  use.  English  is  his  choice  as  the  world-language,  because  of  its 
wide  prevalence,  and  because  its  simple  structure  and  grammar  make  it  emi- 
nently suitable  for  such  use. — Medical  News. 
The  Recent  Graduate  is  theoretically,  as  a  rule,  ahead ;  practically,  the 
man  of  some  years'  experience  is  ahead.  Experience  and  knowledge  of  medi- 
cine are  not  synonymous.  Experience  indicates  that  a  practitioner  is  a  good 
judge  of  human  nature,  rather  than  that  he  possesses  a  broad  knowledge  of 
medicine.—  The  Eclec.  Med.  Jour.,  1898,  p.  597;  from  5.  W.  Med.  and  Surg.  Rep. 
