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Notes  and  News. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\  November,  1903. 
lectured  before  the  Society,  and  among  the  number  who  will  speak  during  the 
winter  is  Dr.  Alexander  Graham  Bell,  who  will  deliver  a  lecture  on  "Aerial 
Navigation." 
'  Theodore  Whitteesey  has  been  appointed  Professor  of  General  and 
Inorganic  Chemistry  in  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  Northwestern  University. 
He  was  born  at  New  Berlin,  Chenango  County,  New  York,  May  15,  1868; 
graduated  at  the  High  School  of  Saratoga  Springs  in  1886;  entered  Williams 
College  that  year,  and  in  1890  received  the  degree  of  A.B.  from  that  institution. 
He  was  assistant  in  chemistry  at  Williams  College  in  1890-91.  From  1891  to 
1897  he  was  in  charge  of  the  department  of  chemistry  at  Pacific  University, 
Forest' Grove,  Ore.,  but  was  absent  on  leave  during  1893-95,  studying  at  the 
University  of  Goettingen,  where  he  received  the  degree  of  Ph.D  in  1895. 
From  1898  to  1903  he  had  charge  of  the  laboratory  of  qualitative  analysis  at 
Cornell  University.  Jointly  with  Prof.  L.  M.  Dennis,  the  head  of  the  depart- 
ment of  chemistry  of  Cornell  University,  Dr.  Whittelsey  is  the  author  of  a 
"Manual  of  Qualitative  Analysis,"  published  in  1902. 
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Alfonso  L.  Herrera,  who  has  been  engaged  for  some  time  in  the  synthetic 
production  of  protoplasm,  has  found  that  the  metaphosphate  of  calcium  behaves 
physically  much  like  the  protoplasm  of  protozoon. 
J.  H.  PvEDSECKER,  of  Lebanon,  is  now  in  Europe  and  was  tendered  an  in- 
formal reception  and  dinner  at  the  Union  League  on  September  25th.  Mr. 
Redsecker  has  not  been  in  his  usual  health  for  some  time  past  and  is  accom- 
panied by  Mr.  C.  Schenck. 
Joseph  Heefman,  editor  of  the  Bulletin  of  Pharmacy,  gave  an  illustrated 
lecture  on  "The  Production  of  Serums  and  Vaccines,"  at  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  on  October  12th.  The  lecture  was  highly  instructive  and 
illustrated  with  a  number  of  excellent  lantern  slides  from  photographs. 
The  National  Association  oe  ReTaie  Druggists  held  its  annual  conven- 
tion in  Washington  City,  during  the  week  beginning  October  5th.  The  at- 
tendance was  the  largest  on  record.  The  representation  was  widely  scattered,, 
there  being  present  delegates  from  such  distant  States  as  Maine,  Florida, 
Louisiana  and  California.  Interest  centered  on  the  work  of  the  Conference 
and  Resolutions  Committees,  which  were  charged  with  the  task  of  evolving 
a  price-protection  scheme.  Differences  of  opinion,  more  apparent  than  real, 
led  to  what  might  be  termed  a  contest,  but  the  outcome  was  so  eminently 
satisfactory  to  the  contending  elements  that  each  afterward  began  to  wonder 
what  all  the  excitement  and  strenuous  effort  was  about.  The  officers  for 
1903-1904  are  as  follows  :  President,  B.  E.  Pritchard ;  Vice-Presidents,  E. 
B.  Tainter,  E.  H.  Wolff,  Sam'l  L.  Hilton  ;  Secretary,  Thos.  V.  Wooten  ; 
Treasurer,  Chas.  F.  Mann.  Executive  Committee  :  Simon  N.  Jones,  M.  T. 
Breslin,  L.  G.  Heinritz,  Robert  K.  Smither,  Thomas  Voegeli,  Charles  Rehfuss. 
