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the  Association  in  that  capacity.  Mr.  Kennedy,  in  replying,  thanked  the 
Association  for  the  honor  it  had  conferred  upon  him,  and  hoped  always  to 
merit  such  recognition  from  the  Association. 
The  following  resolution,  prepared  by  Jos.  P.  Remington  in  compliance  with 
the  instruction  of  the  Council,  had  been  adopted  by  the  Council  and  appeared 
in  the  minutes  of  that  body  and  also  read  and  adopted  by  the  general  session  : 
"  The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  desiring  to  express  its  high 
appreciation  of  the  distinguished  services  of  our  eminent  member,  Edward 
Robinson  Squibb,  M.D.,  to  American  pharmacy,  and  in  commemoration  of  the 
eightieth  anniversary  of  his  birth,  July  4,  1899,  offers  to  him  its  most  hearty 
congratulations.  His  long  and  arduous  labors  for  the  advancement  of  phar- 
macy, his  high  standards  of  professional  practice,  and  his  unselfish  devotion  to 
the  highest  ideals,  have  endeared  him  to  every  member.  That  many  years  of 
usefulness  and  continued  good  health  may  be  vouchsafed  to  our  honored 
member  is  the  unanimous  hope  and  wish  of  this  Association." 
The  Committee  to  report  on  ex-President  J.  U.  Lloyd's  1888  address  pre- 
sented a  lengthy  report  through  the  Chairman,  H.  M.  Whelpley.  In  it  it  was 
stated  that  some  of  the  suggestions  apropos  then,  are  out  of  place  to-day,  and 
that  some  of  the  propositions  contained  in  the  address  have  since  been  before 
the  Association  and  acted  upon. 
F.  G.  Ryan,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Weights  and  Measures,  reported 
that,  while  no  action  had  been  taken  by  the  last  Congress,  there  was  a  visi- 
ble growth  in  sentiment  regarding  the  adoption  of  the  system.  Mr.  Hynson 
stated  that  if  commercial  houses,  in  sending  out  their  goods,  would  give  the 
quantities  in  the  metric  system,  an  important  educational  work  for  the  system 
would  be  done.  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg  suggested  that  the  Committee  devise  a  sys- 
tem of  popular  metric  equivalents,  as  metric  pint,  metric  pound,  etc.  J.  P. 
Remington  urged  every  member  to  support  the  Committee  in  its  work  by 
enlightening  the  members  of  Congress  and  others  on  the  needs  of  the  sanction 
by  the  Government  of  the  metric  system.  Mr.  Reed  said  that  all  arguments 
in  favor  of  the  adoption  of  the  metric  system  are  of  little  avail  compared  to  the 
possible  universal  use  of  the  system.  Mr.  Sheppard  then  moved  that  the  Asso- 
ciation direct  the  attention  of  commercial  houses  to  the  advantages  accruing 
from  sending  out  goods  in  packages  based  on  metric  weights  and  measures. 
Various  other  reports  were  read,  and  in  connection  with  the  report  of  the 
Committee  on  the  Semi-Centennial  Celebration  of  the  American  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Association  in  1902,  Mr.  Albert  E.  Ebert  directed  the  attention  of  the  Associa- 
tion to  the  fact  that  one  of  the  founders  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, and  the  "father  of  American  pharmacy,"  William  Procter,  was  being 
to  some  extent  forgotten  by  this  generation,  and  that  it  would  be  well  for  the 
Association  to  do  something  at  that  time  to  revive  his  memory.  The  session 
was  concluded  with  the  installation  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 
National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists. — The  first  annual  conven- 
tion of  the  Association  will  be  held  in  Cincinnati,  beginning  at  10  o'clock, 
Tuesday  morning,  October  3d.  The  meeting  will  be  held  in  Assembly  Hall, 
Odd  Fellows'  Temple,  Seventh  and  Elm  Streets.  The  headquarters  of  the 
Association  will  be  the  Grand  Hotel,  Fourth  Street  and  Central  Avenue,  oppo- 
site the  Central  Union  Depot. 
