316  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {AmjuTe?i89iarm* 
Woutd  reciprocity  in  registration  be  practical  through  the  medium  of 
uniform  examinations  ?  This  question  was  discussed  by  Prof.  Chas.  M.  Ford, 
of  Denver.  A  certificate  should  carry  unquestioned  evidence  that  its  holder, 
at  the  time  of  receiving  it,  was  a  thoroughly  qualified  pharmacist,  and  that 
he  had  been  given  a  fair  trial  in  practical  fields  ;  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  might  thus  be  vested  with  the  power  of  issuing  certificates. 
Extent  and  methods  of  instruction  in  Botany  in  Colleges  of  Pharmacy,  by 
Prof.  D.  M.  R.  Culbreth,  of  Baltimore. 
Akmethod  of  dose  instruction,  by  Prof.  Geo.  Spitzer,  of  Lafayette,  Ind. 
The  drift  of  pharmaceutical  education,  by  S.  W.  Williams,  of  Bast  Orange, 
N.  J. 
College  courses  in  Pharmacy,  by  Prof.  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg,  of  Chicago. 
The  last-mentioned  paper  presented  a  resolution  "  that  colleges  of  pharmacy 
be  requested  to  extend  the  term  of  their  course  of  instruction  at  the  earliest 
practicable  time,  to  six  months  ;"  this  was,  on  motion  of  Prof.  Stevens,  unani- 
mously adopted. 
The  Section  passed  a  resolution  asking  .the  Association  to  make  future 
arrangements  with  the  view  of  allotting  time  for  the  holding  of  two  sessions 
by  the  Section  ;  also  requesting  the  appropriation  of  $50  for  defraying  the 
expenses  in  compiling  statistics  on  legislative  and  educational  matters. 
The  Committee  elected  for  the  present  year  consists  of  Professor  A.  B. 
Stevens,  of  Ann  Arbor,  Chairman  ;  L.  C.  Hogan,  of  Chicago,  Secretary  ;  and 
John  Kochan,  of  Denver. 
Final  Session  of  the  Associatioft. — This  was  held  Friday  morning,  when, 
after  the  reading  of  the  minutes,  20  candidates  for  membership  were  admitted. 
The  preamble  and  resolutions  passed  by  the  Section  on  Commercial  Interests 
were  revised,  and  the  preamble  was,  on  motion,  stricken  out. 
A  petition  signed  by  forty  ladies  was  presented  in  favor  of  changing  the  place 
of  the  next  annual  meeting  from  Cresson  Springs  to  the  White  Mountains, 
which  was  adopted.  Mr.  H.  M.  Whitney,  of  Lawrence,  Mass.,  was  elected 
Local  Secretary. 
Appropriations  were  made  as  requested  for  the  Section  on  Commercial 
Interests,  $200,  and  for  the  Section  on  Legislation  and  Education,  $50. 
Various  amendments  to  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  were  presented  and 
laid  over  until  next  year.  The  amendment  requiring  the  Council  to  decide, 
annually,  upon  the  time  and  place  of  the  next  meeting  was  lost ;  but  the 
amendment  directing  the  president  to  appoint  a  Committee  on  Nominations 
at  the  first  session  was  adopted. 
The  Committee  on  the  World's  Fair  Auxiliary  recommended  the  acceptance 
of  the  invitation  of  co-operation  for  holding  an  International  Pharmaceutical 
Congress,  in  1893,  and  the  appointment  of  a  Committee  consisting  of  Messrs. 
Oldberg,  Sargent,  Ebert,  Dyche,  Hogan,  Hallberg  and  ex  officio  the  President 
and  Permanent  Secretary  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Votes  of  thanks  were  passed  to  the  Local  Secretary,  Local  Committee,  mem- 
bers of  the  Louisiana  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the  citizens,  press,  retiring 
officers,  etc.,  and  after  the  installation  of  the  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  the 
Association  finally  adjourned. 
The  entertainments  provided  for  the  members  extended  over  the  entire 
week.    Some  of  the  visitors  reached  New  Orleans  on  Saturday,  April  25,  but 
