Am'  lug!;  i89iai  m" }  Pharmaceu  tic  a  I  Colleges  and  A  ssocia  Hons.  4 1 7 
Aside  from  the  customary  routine  business,  the  cut-rate  problem  was  discussed 
with  the  result  that  the  plan  adopted  at  New  Orleans  was  approved.  Three 
papers  were  read,  on  syrup  of  tolu  by  J.  G.  Kilbourne,  on  assay  of  nux  vomica, 
by  W.  L.  Scoville,  and  on  trade  problems,  by  Prof.  Bedford.  The  officers 
elected  for  the  ensuing  year  are  H.  M.  Whitney,  Lawrence,  president ;  M.  L.  H. 
Leavitt,  Boston,  secretary  ;  and  T.  B.  Nichols,  Salem,  treasurer.  The  time  and 
place  for  holding  the  next  meeting  will  be  announced  by  the  executive  com- 
mittee. 
The  Nebraska  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  had  its  tenth  annual  meet- 
ing at  Beatrice,  May  26,  president  Daubach  in  the  chair.  G.  J.  Kvans, 
Hastings,  was  elected  president ;  Julia  M.  Crissey,  Omaha,  secretary;  J  Forsyth, 
Omaha,  treasurer,  and  F.  S.  Hazard,  Grand  Island,  local  secretary.  The  next 
meeting  will  convene  in  the  last-named  place,  June  7,  1892. 
The  Oregon  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which  was  organized  a  year  ago, 
(see  Am.  Jour.  Phar.,  1890,  p.  429),  held  its  first  annual  meeting  June  10,  in 
the  city  of  Portland,  when  papers  were  read  on  oil  of  wintergreen  by  A.  Wilson, 
on  petroleum  ointments  by  E.  D.  Oesch,  and  on  disinfecting  fluids  by  O.  Bier- 
bach.  G.  C.  Blakely,  The  Dalles,  was  elected  president  ;  C.  E.  Bailey,  Forest 
Grove,  secretary,  and  O.  P.  S.  Plummer,  Portland,  treasurer.  The  next  meet- 
ing will  again  be  held  in  Portland  in  June,  1892. 
The  Tennessee  State  Druggists'1  Association  convened  at  its  sixth  annual 
meeting,  May  20,  at  Knoxville,  president  Yeager  occupying  the  chair.  Trade 
interests  and  the  causes  of  the  failure  of  the  passage  of  the  pharmacy  bill  fur- 
nished the  chief  topics  for  discussion.  Prof.  Ruddiman  read  a  paper  on 
galenical  preparations  of  deficient  strength.  The  executive  officers  were 
re-elected  for  the  current  year  and  the  date  of  the  next  meeting  was  fixed 
for  May  18,  1892. 
The  Western  Interstate  Associated  Pharmacists  is  the  title  of  a  new  organi- 
zation formed  at  Excelsior  Springs,  Mo.,  June  11.  It  is  to  consist  of  delegates 
appointed  by  the  State  Associations  of  Arkansas,  Colorado,  Illinois,  Iowa, 
Kansas,  Missouri,  Nebraska  and  Texas  ;  the  object  is  the  improvement  of  the 
professional  and  trade  interests  of  these  State  associations  ;  each  state  is 
entitled  to  ten  delegates,  but  only  to  one  vote  ;  a  quorum  is  to  consist  of  three 
members.  Provision  has  been  made  for  standing  committees  on  Registration, 
Legislation,  Formulary,  Improvement,  and  Retail  Interests,  and  this  seems  to 
be  the  sphere  in  which  this  interstate  association  expects  to  exert  its  influence. 
President  for  the  year  is  Rob.  J.  Brown,  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  and  G.  H.  Willett, 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  is  secretary.  The  association  will  meet  again  at  Excelsior 
Springs,  Mo.,  in  June,  1892. 
Proceedings  of  the  Connecticut  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  the  15th 
annual  meeting.  8vo,  pp.  124.  For  a  brief  account  of  the  transactions  see 
July  number,  p.  369.  D.  G.  Stoughton,  Hartford,  is  local  secretary  for  the  next 
meeting,  to  convene  February  2,  1892. 
