^™ptembe^hi9o™"}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  441 
"  Knowledge  is  power,"  but  it  is  an  utterly  useless  asset  unless 
employed  for  some  one's  benefit.  Usefulness  then  is  the  basis  upon 
which  our  claim  for  existence  must  be  founded,  and  all  education 
that  tends  to  this  end  may  be  regarded  as  practical. 
Making  a  Profession  by  Law. 
By  W.  R.  Ogier. 
The  author  states  that  real  progress  toward  fixed  ideals  is  a  tedious 
and  ofttimes  painful  process ;  that  the  development  of  the  art  of 
pharmacy  is  only  fairly  begun;  that  the  A.  Ph.  A.  is  as  yet  the  only 
organized  representative  body  on  the  continent  which  is  laboring  for 
the  scientific  advancement  of  pharmacy ;  that  boards  of  pharmacy 
and  educators  in  pharmacy  are  still  engaged  in  pioneer  work ;  that 
the  higher  standards  are  to  be  reached  through  the  evolutionary 
methods,  an  evolution  which  must  begin  with  the  people,  and  through 
them  affect  their  representatives  in  legislative  assemblies.  In  addition 
to  this  there  must  be  a  revolution  in  the  minds  of  those  men 
engaged  in  the  art  of  pharmacy  as  to  the  necessity  for  the  broader 
training  of  their  assistants,  and  last  but  not  least  a  revolution  in 
existing  methods  whereby  pharmacy  has  been  made  a  department  of 
bazaar  shops. 
Until  these  or  some  of  these  conditions  are  realized  it  is  folly  to 
argue  for  such  lofty  requirements  as  will  impede  rather  than  advance 
the  progress  of  pharmacy  toward  what  we  must  hope  is  to  be  its  ulti- 
mate goal. 
Other  Papers. 
The  following  papers  were  also  received  :  "  Drug  Legislation," 
by  W.  D.  Bigelow  ;  "  Necessity  of  Legislature  Controlling  the  Sale 
of  Narcotics,"  by  Gustav  Wolff ;  "  Reciprocity  and  Pharmaceutical 
Legislation,"  by  Gustav  Wolff ;  "  A  Step  Toward  Interstate  Regis- 
tration," by  W.  A.  Dawson ;  "  Union  Examinations,"  by  Joseph 
Feil ;  "  Pharmaceutical  Education  and  Legislation,"  by  A.  J.  Eck- 
stein. 
Section  on  Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dispensing. 
This  section  convened  on  Thursday  morning  with  George  M. 
Beringer,  chairman,  presiding.  The  chairman's  address  was  devoted 
in  the  main  to  "  the  cry  of  substitution,"  in  which  he  reviewed  the 
