37°  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {Am'jiiy^ilf.arm" 
Jr.,  Lagrange,  was  elected  president;  M.  H.  Taylor,  Macon,  treasurer,  and 
H.  H.  Arrington,  Summerville,  secretary.  Columbus  was  selected  as  the  place 
for  holding  the  next  meeting,  May  10,  1892,  and  J.  P.  Turner  was  appointed 
local  secretary. 
The  Indiana  Pharmaceutical  Association  convened  in  Indianapolis,  May  6, 
in  tenth  annual  meeting,  president  Hurty  presiding.  The  customary  reports 
were  read,  several  papers,  chiefly  of  a  practical  nature,  were  read  ;  Prof.  Oldberg 
delivered  a  lecture  on  weights  and  measures  and  on  the  metric  system  ;  the 
action  taken  at  New  Orleans  for  regulating  price  cutting  on  proprietary  articles 
was  endorsed.  Prof.  Oldberg  and  L.  M.  Andrews  were  elected  honorary 
members  ;  W.  C.  Buntin,  Terre  Haute,  president ;  G.  G.  Allen.  Indianapolis, 
treasurer,  and  F.  W.  Meissner,  La  Porte,  secretary. 
The  Kansas  Pharmaceutical  Association  had  its  twelfth  annual  meeting,  at 
Ottawa,  May  19.  Besides  the  annual  reports,  the  reading  of  papers,  the  dis- 
cussions on  the  pharmacy  law  and  of  other  topics,  a  very  attractive  feature 
was  the  microscopic  exhibition,  including  the  use  of  the  projecting  microscope. 
C.  L.  Becker,  Ottawa,  was  chosen  president  ;  J.  T.  Moore,  Lawrence,  secretary, 
and  H.  W.  Spangler,  Perry,  treasurer.  Kansas  City  was  selected  for  holding 
the  next  meeting,  the  date  of  which  will  be  announced  hereafter. 
The  Kentucky  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  fourteenth  annual  meet- 
ing at  Frankfort,  May  20,  president  Brooks  in  the  chair.  Reports  of  officers 
and  committees  were  presented,  papers  were  read  on  "Triturations,"  "soluble 
Pill  coating,"  and  other  subjects;  the  plan  adopted  at  New  Orleans  for  pre- 
venting price  cutting  was  concurred  in  ;  and  the  following  resolution  was 
adopted  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Legislative  Committee  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to 
take  such  steps  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  to  obtain  an  amendment  to  the 
existing  pharmacy  laws  that  will  place  druggists  on  a  footing  with  grocers  in 
the  collection  of  debts,  and  make  their  claims  against  decedents  for  neces- 
saries furnished  during  the  last  illness  preferred. 
The  officers  elected  for  the  present  year  are  :  W.  Chapman,  Frankfort,  presi, 
dent ;  J.  W.  Gayle,  Frankfort,  permanent  secretary,  and  H.  Jett,  Cynthiana- 
treasurer.    The  meeting  adjourned  to  meet  again  at  Carrollton,  May  18,  1892. 
The  Louisiana  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  had  postponed  its  ninth 
meeting  from  the  second  week  in  April  so  as  to  meet  simultaneously  with  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  President  Breslin  presided.  Several 
papers  were  read,  aside  from  the  usual  reports,  and  discussions  were  had  on 
drug  adulteration  and  on  amendments  to  the  pharmacy  law  ;  a  motion  by  Prof. 
Metz,  requesting  the  pharmacy  department  of  Tulane  University  to  change  the 
degree  of  master  in  pharmacy,  which  is  now  conferred,  to  graduate  in  pharmacy 
so  as  to  harmonize  with  other  Colleges  of  Pharmacy,  was  opposed  by  former 
graduates  of  the  university  on  the  plea  that  the  value  of  their  diplomas  would 
be  reduced  by  such  a  step,  and  the  matter  was  laid  upon  the  table.  The  next 
meeting  will  again  be  held  in  New  Orleans,  the  date  being  April  13,  1892. 
President  for  the  current  year  is  John  Johnston  ;  the  corresponding  secretary 
Mrs.  E.  Rudolf,  the  recording  secretary  L.  F.  Chalin,  and  the  treasurer  B- 
Lalmant,  were  re-elected. 
