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Notes  and  News. 
Am.  Jour.  Pbarm. 
Apiil,  1903. 
M.  I.  Wilbert,  apothecary  at  the  German  Hospital,  read  a  paper 
entitled  "Some  Notes  on  Essential  Oils"  (see  page  155).  The 
paper  was  accompanied  by  a  large  number  of  specimens  which  were 
furnished  by  Messrs.  Fritzsche  Brothers,  of  New  York,  as  fol- 
lows: Oils  of  peppermint,  mustard,  clove  (artificial),  sweet  birch, 
bitter  almonds,  cassia,  cassia  (artificial),  sandalwood  and  oil  of  rose 
(artificial).  Dr.  Clemens  Kleber,  of  the  Heyden  Chemical  Works, 
Garfield,  N.  J.,  sent  a  sample  of  synthetic  oil  of  wintergreen.  Fries 
Brothers  exhibited  several  of  their  synthetic  products,  as  follows : 
Lavendol,  rhodinol,  cimandrol,  etc. 
NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
A.  B.  Prescott,  professor  of  chemistry  in  the  University  of  Michigan,  has 
recently  had  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  LIv.D.  by  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity. 
American  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties. — The  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  third  annual  meeting,  which  was  held  at  Philadelphia,  Sep- 
tember 12-15,  I9°2>  have  just  been  issued.  The  address  of  the  President,  Prof. 
Joseph  P.  Remington,  is  devoted,  in  the  main,  to  the  consideration  of  the 
question  of  securing  legislation  in  the  various  States  whereby  Boards  of  Phar- 
macy shall  require  candidates  for  examination  to  possess  a  college  diploma. 
The  question  was  embodied  in  a  resolution  which  was  subsequently  adopted 
by  the  Conference. 
The  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  are  :  President,  Edward  Kremers,  Madi- 
son, Wis.;  Vice-President,  Henry  H.  Rusby,  New  York  City  ;  Secretary -Treas- 
urer, Wilbur  L.  Scoville,  Boston.  Members  of  Executive  Committee:  J.  H. 
Beal,  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  Oscar  Oldberg,  Lucius  E.  Sayre  and  Edsel  A.  Rud- 
diman. 
The  American  Electro-Chemical  Society  is  to  hold  its  third  general 
meeting  in  New  York  City  on  April  16,  17  and  18,  1903.  A  comprehensive 
program  has  been  arranged  and  a  large  attendance  is  expected.  The  meetings 
will  be  held  in  the  large  assembly  hall  of  the  Chemists'  Club,  108  West  Fifty- 
fifth  Street.  By  courtesy  of  the  Chemists'  Club,  its  club-house,  including  the 
library  of  the  American  Chemical  Society,  will  be  open  for  use  of  members  and 
visitors.  By  courtesy  of  the  German  Liederkranz,  its  club-house,  111-119 
East  Fifty-eighth  Street,  will  also  be  open  to  members  and  guests  during  the 
convention.    Membership  buttons  will  secure  admittance. 
The  Fifth  International  Congress  of  Applied  Chemistrv  will  be 
held  in  Berlin,  beginning  May  31st,  this  being  the  first  time  it  has  been  held 
in  Germany.  The  President  of  the  Congress  is  Professor  Dr.  Otto  N.  Witt, 
and  the  work  will  be  done  in  eleven  sections.  Dr.  H.  W.  Wiley,  U.  S.  De- 
partment of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C,  is  the  Chairman  of  the  American 
Committee  of  Organization. 
