424  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {i^ptemberfim" 
There  is  also  great  need  in  pharmacy  for  fellowships  for  advanced  students. 
In  the  whole  of  the  United  States  there  are  only  two  pharmaceutical  fellow- 
ships in  existence  which  are  maintained  from  year  to  year  at  private  expense. 
There  are  teachers  in  pharmacy  who  have  marked  ability  in  the  field  of  research, 
but  whose  pedagogical  duties  and  modest  salaries  make  it  impossible  for  them 
to  prosecute  lines  of  research  already  begun.  Should  the  Carnegie  Institution 
see  fit  to  appoint  an  Advisory  Committee  on  Pharmaceutical  Research,  such 
committee  would  find  no  difficulty  in  finding  men  who,  if  given  comparatively 
small  stipends,  would  be  enabled  to  carr}^  on  advanced  research  work  with  but 
slight  expenditure  of  the  funds  of  the  institution,  thus  carrying  out  the  instruc- 
tions of  the  donor  to  find  the  "  exceptional  man  in  every  department  of  study 
.  .  and  enable  him  to  make  the  work  for  which  he  seems  specially  designed 
his  life  work." 
Should  the  Board  of  Trustees  desire  any  further  information  or  suggestions 
this  committee  would  be  pleased  to  carry  out  their  wishes  and  to  do  everything 
that  lies  in  its  power  to  further  the  ends  for  which  it  has  been  appointed  by  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
The  Committee  on  Weights  and  Measures,  Frank  G.  Ryan,  chair- 
man, reported  that  the  bill  providing  for  the  adoption  of  the  metric 
system  was  withdrawn  at  the  last  session  of  Congress,  but  that  it 
would  be  presented  to  both  houses  at  the  next  session.  He  also 
stated  that  the  most  active  opposition  to  this  measure  had  come 
from  mechanical  engineers,  and  that  while  no  positive  progress  had 
been  made  the  discussions  had  been  valuable. 
Various  other  committees  presented  reports  as  follows :  The  Com- 
mittee on  National  Legislation,  F.  C.  Henry,  chairman ;  Delegates 
to  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  Wm.  Mclntyre, 
chairman ;  Delegates  to  the  National  Association  of  Wholesale 
Druggists,  C.  A.  Mayo,  chairman;  and  Delegates  to  the  American 
Medical  Association,  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg,  chairman. 
The  subject  of  the  standardization  of  antidiphtheritic  serum  was 
brought  up  by  L.  E.  Sayre,  who  offered  a  resolution  requesting  the 
U.  S.  Public  Health  and  Marine  Hospital  Service  to  establish  and 
maintain  a  standard  antidiphtheritic  serum  for  the  use  of  investi- 
gators, manufacturers  and  individuals  who  may  have  need  for  such. 
This  was  adopted. 
The  place  of  meeting  for  next  year  selected  by  the  Association  is 
Kansas  City  and  at  the  last  general  session  it  was  decided  to  hold 
the  meeting  the  first  week  in  September.  A  total  of  199  applicants 
for  membership  in  the  Association  were  reported  at  the  last  general 
session..  The  report  of  the  treasurer,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  was  read. 
On  motion  of  Edward  Kremers  and  A.  E.  Ebert,  the  treasurer  was 
