200  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations ;■ !  Am^l;S£rm* 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  and  ASSOCIATIONS. 
The  Connecticut  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  fourteenth  annual 
meeting  in  Danbury,  February  4,  President  Stoughton  in  the  Chair.  The 
President  delivered  his  annual  address,  and  reports  were  received  from  the 
various  officers  and  committees.  The  Association  has  a  reserve  fund  of  $1,100, 
with  a  membership  of  267.  During  the  past  year,  the  Commissioners  of 
Pharmacy  had  examined  71  candidates,  of  which  number  32  had  passed. 
Among  the  papers  read  was  one  on  maize  oil,  hy  F.  Wilcox,  showing  the  oil  to 
be  well  adapted  for  pharmaceutical  purposes.  Emil  A.  Gessner,  New  Haven, 
was  elected  President  for  the  ensuing  3-ear  ;  F.  Wilcox,  Waterbury,  Secretary, 
and  L.  H.  Goodwin,  Hartford,  Treasurer.  The  delegates  to  the  pharmacopceial 
convention  are  W.  A.  Spalding,  C.  A.  Rapelye  and  E.  T.  Vance.  New  Haven 
was  selected  as  the  place  for  holding  the  next  annual  meeting,  the  local 
Secretary  being  J.  S.  Coburn. 
The  Iowa  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  at  its  eleventh  annual  meeting  in 
Des  Moines,  President  Torbert  presiding.  Much  of  the  time  of  the  Association 
was  occupied  with  discussions  on  reports  of  officers  and  committees  relating  to 
the  sumptuary  liquor  laws  as  applying  to  the  pharmacists.  A  resolution  was 
adopted,  recommending  the  appropriation  by  the  Legislature  of  $3,000  for  the 
Department  of  Pharmacy  in  the  State  University  of  Iowa.  A  paper  on  ginger 
was  read  by  Prof.  J.  W.  Culbertson.  The  officers  for  the  current  year  are 
W.  H.  Torbert,  Dubuque,  President ;  Dr.  Rosa  Upson,  Marshalltown,  Secretary, 
and  J.  B.  Webb,  De  Witt,  Treasurer.  The  time  and  place  of  the  next  annual 
meeting  will  be  announced  by  the  executive  committee. 
The  Washington  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  organized  in  the  city  of 
Tacoma,  January  28.  The  draft  of  a  pharmacy  law  was  adopted  and  will  be 
presented  to  the  Legislature.  The  executive  officers  are  A.  C.  Clark,  Olympia, 
President  ;  Walter  S.  John,  Tacoma,  Secretary,  and  S.  F.  Ramsey,  Spokane 
Falls,  Treasurer. 
The  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  closed  its  winter  term  with  the  commence- 
ment held  in  Hooley's  Theatre,  February  25.  Addresses  were  made  by  Prof. 
W.  C.  Roberts,  President  of  the  Lake  Forest  University  ;  by  J.  E.  Sears  and 
7.  J.  Wuerth.  The  recipient  of  the  Biroth  prize  microscope  was  O.  E.  Paul. 
President  Forsyth  conferred  the  degree  of  Ph.G.  upon  the  following  candidates  : 
Nathaniel  H.  Adams,  Charles  Albrecht,  Charles  M.  Anderson,  Merchant  E. 
Austin,  Carl  W.  Brinkhoff,  Louis  V.  Bruns,  Seth  N.  Dewey,  Louis  A.  Druehl, 
.Otto  D.  Ehrlicher,  Bertie  E.  Fisk,  Ed  Fraser,  Frank  F.  Fritz,  William  F. 
Froeschle,  Henry  E.  Goldberger,  William  S.  Haring,  Emil  A.  Hartke,  Dyar  C. 
Hazelrigg,  Henry  Heine,  Otto  W.  B.  Henssler,  Gustave  C.  Heppe,  Frank  C. 
Kellogg,  Otto  Klimmek,  Melville  C.  Knapp,  William  G.  Law,  Oscar  F.  Leng- 
acher,  Oscar  Lowenthal,  Louis  Marnitz,  Henry  C.  Maurer,  William  F.  O'Reilly, 
Otto  E.  Paul,  James  S.  Rankin,  Harold  M.  Rinehart,  Parmer  Rossman,  Louis  C. 
Schultz,  John  E.  Sears,  Benjamin  R.  Smith,  Otto  E.  Stenicka,  Pughsley  S.  A. 
Stewart,  Charles  F.  Stockert,  William  H.  Stolte,  Charles  A.  Thayer,  Albert 
Timke,  Albert  L-  Tomlinson,  William  B.  Tuteur,  James  K.  Walton,  John 
Woltze,  John  J.  Wuerth,  George  Zoeller. 
The  Illinois  College  of Pharmacy 'had  its  commencement  in  the  Grand  Opera 
