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Digest  of  Comments  on  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  and  70  volumes  of 
miscellaneous  reports  from  other  sources." 
Information  was  asked  as  to  the  number  of  volumes  stored  in 
boxes,  in  addition  to  the  volumes  in  cases.  Answer  was  made  that 
there  were  several  thousand,  making  a  total  of  about  20,000  volumes 
now  in  the  Library. 
The  report  of  the  ^Committee  on  Nominations  was  received  and 
ordered  entered  and  filed. 
Elections  of  Officers,  Committee,  and  Trustees. — The  Pres- 
ident appointed  C.  Stanley  French,  Mitchell  Bernstein,  and  E.  F. 
Cook  tellers  to  conduct  the  election.  While  the  ballots  were  being 
counted  the  President  announced  the  following  appointments  : 
Committee  on  By  Laws :  George  M.  Beringer,  Joseph  W.  Eng- 
land, and  C.  A.  Weidemann. 
Delegates  to  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association:  C.  B. 
Lowe,  Joseph  P.  Remington,  F.  X.  Moerk,  F.  P.  Stroup,  Charles 
H.  LaWall,  E.  F.  Cook,  and  O.  W.  Osterlund. 
Delegates  to  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association :  Henry 
Kraemer,  George  M.  Beringer,  C.  B.  Lowe,  Charles  H.  LaWall, 
H.  P.  Thorn,  and  John  W.  Hayes. 
Delegates  to  Delaware  Pharmaceutical  Association  :  A.  W.  Miller, 
C.  B.  Lowe,  H.  J.  Watson,  and  S.  Loraine  Foster. 
Dr.  A.  W.  Miller,  for  the  Special  Committee  on  Relief  for  Belgian 
and  Other  Pharmacists,  reported  that  a  circular  letter  had  been  sent 
to  every  member  of  the  College  soliciting  contributions,  and  that  a 
number  of  responses  had  been  received. 
The  following  contributions  have  been  acknowledged:  Warren 
H.  Poley,  L.  Gerhard,  Adolph  Miller,  Henry  P.  Thorn,  John  E. 
Carter,  George  B.  Evans,  Aubrey  Weightman,  Henry  Kraemer, 
Frank  G.  Ryan,  Harry  Matusow,  Howard  B.  French,  George  M. 
Beringer,  Alfred  Mellor,  L.  E.  Say  re,  Richard  M.  Shoemaker,  E.  G. 
Eberle,  Charles  E.  Sniteman,  F.  F.  Muller.  and  John  F.  Hancock. 
Dr.  R.  V.  Mattison  offered  the  following  resolution :  "  Resolved, 
That  this  meeting,  in  its  annual  assemblage,  heartily  endorses  and 
upholds  the  position  taken  by  our  President,  as  announced  in  his 
Annual  Address,  in  regar.d  to  the  desirability  of  maintaining  the 
present  high  standard  of  education  as  set  forth  by  our  curriculum." 
After  remarks  by  several  of  the  members  the  resolution  was  unani- 
mously approved. 
A  paper  submitted  by  Mr.  Joseph  W.  England,  entitled,  "  An 
