41 8  American  Pliarmaceutical  Association.     { A^pfe0mberhia9oT.' 
a  saving  of  time  taken  up  in  correspondence  between  the  General  Secretary  and 
the  new  President,  and  will  enable  the  President  to  arrange  his  committees 
with  much  more  promptness  and  satisfaction  to  himself.  A  president  only  has 
a  few  months  to  serve,  and  such  a  full  list  would  save  much  time  which  is  now 
necessarily  lost  in  looking  up  these  matters. 
(b)  That  the  committees  appointed  by  the  President  be  printed  together 
in  the  proceedings  and  not  mixed  up  with  those  of  the  council,  that  the  com- 
mittees to  be  appointed  by  the  President  may  be  seen  by  him  at  a  glance  and 
more  easily  studied  and  provided  for. 
(c)  That  the  various  professors  of  colleges  of  pharmacy  and  members  of  State 
Boards  of  Pharmacy  present  be  requested  to  unite  in  a  joint  conference  at  some 
convenient  time  during  our  meeting  for  an  interchange  of  ideas  and  views  in 
regard  to  what  should  be  :  ( I )  The  generally  adapted  requirements  of  those 
who  come  before  State  Boards  of  Pharmacy  for  examination  to  secure  license  to 
practise  pharmacy.  (2)  What  should  be  the  proper  character  of  Board  exami- 
nations.   (3)  What  should  really  constitute  a  standard  college  of  pharmacy. 
{d)  That  an  index  to  his  report  be  prepared  each  year  by  the  reporter  on  the 
progress  of  pharmacy  and  attached  to  the  work.  (This  was  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Publication.) 
{e)  That  the  exhibit  feature  which  was  omitted  at  this  meeting  on  account 
of  the  distance  from  any  large  city,  be  again  resumed  at  the  next  meeting,  as 
it  is  far  too  valuable  in  its  instructive  features  to  be  discontinued. 
(J)  That  the  work  for  a  lower  tax  on  alcohol  be  actively  continued. 
(g)  That  the  name  of  the  Auxiliary  Committee  on  Membership  be  changed 
to  that  of  General  Committee  on  Membership.  It  being  a  very  important  inde- 
pendent committee,  the  latter  seems  more  appropriate. 
[h)  That  a  committee  be  appointed  to  investigate  the  feasibility  of  publishing 
formulae  for  domestic  remedies.  (This  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
National  Formulary.) 
Albert  E.  Ebert,  of  the  Committee  on  Scope  of  Work  of  the 
Drug  Laboratory  of  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture,  moved 
that  the  committee  be  continued,  which  motion  prevailed. 
C.  S.  N.  Hallberg,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Credentials,  read 
the  names  of  the  various  organizations  which  had  sent  delegates. 
The  following  named  members  were  appointed  on  the  Committee 
on  Time  and  Place  of  Next  Meeting :  E.  G.  Eberle,  chairman ;  O. 
F.  Claus,  Wm.  L.  Cliffe,  J.  W.  T.  Knox,  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg. 
After  the  reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  previous  session  by  Sec- 
retary Caspari,  the  first  matter  taken  up  at  the  Second  General 
Session  on  Tuesday  morning  was  the  report  of  the  Committee  on 
Membership  of  the  Council,  which  report  was  presented  by  Henry 
M.  Whelpley,  who  had  been  chosen  to  succeed  the  late  Geo.  W. 
Kennedy  as  Secretary.  The  report  showed  that  the  Association 
now  has  1,282  contributing  members,  117  life  members  and  ten 
