484  San  Francisco  Meeting  of  the  A.  P.  A.  {Aoctobe?'  wi™' 
meeting  of  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy,  at 
which  a  resolution  was  passed  expressing  the  hope  that  by  1920 
prerequisite  legislation,  based  upon  an  entrance  requirement  of 
high-school  graduation,  would  obtain  in  all  the  States;  continued 
in  the  deliberations  of  the  American  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical 
Faculties,  the  subject  was  uppermost  in  the  meetings  of  the  asso- 
ciation, and  was  especially  prominent  when  President  Mayo  an- 
nounced the  establishment  of  a  scholarship  by  S.  W.  Fairchild,  of 
Fairchild  Brothers  and  Foster,  of  $300  per  year,  to  be  awarded 
annually  by  a  committee  to  consist  of  the  presidents  of  the  Ameri- 
can Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties,  the  National  Associa- 
tion of  Boards  of  Pharmacy,  and  the  Editor  of  the  Journal  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  The  recipient  of  the  schol- 
arship may  select  his  own  school.  The  details  of  the  selection,  how- 
ever, have  not  yet  been  determined. 
A  pathetic  feature  of  the  meetings  was  the  announcement  that 
Prof.  C.  Lewis  Diehl,  for  nearly  forty  years  officer  of  the  asso- 
ciation and  Reporter  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  is  in  failing 
health,  which  has  rendered  it  impossible  for  him  to  carry  on  his 
work  as  Reporter  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy  with  dispatch  and 
as  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  National  Formulary.  In  the 
first  position  a  fitting  successor  was  found  for  Professor  Diehl  in 
the  person  of  Prof.  Julius  A.  Koch,  of  Pittsburgh,  who  was  made 
Reporter  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy ;  while  the  Council  directed 
Prof.  Wilbur  L.  Scoville,  of  Detroit,  to  act  as  vice-chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  National  Formulary,  with  power  to  act  as  chairman. 
Genuine  regret  was  felt  that  Professor  Diehl's  work  must  be 
concluded,  and  the  association  desires  to  honor  him  in  all  possible 
ways.  An  honorarium  of  $1000  was  voted  him  for  his  work  as 
chairman  of  the  Committee  on  National  Formulary  and  in  bringing 
to  press  the  fourth  edition  of  the  National  Formulary. 
A  number  of  changes  in  the  by-laws  were  made  with  the  de- 
sign of  facilitating  the  business  of  the  association.  One  of  these 
was  a  change  allowing  a  minimum  of  15  local  members  to  form  a 
local  branch,  retaining  the  requirement  of  a  minimum  of  25  for 
representation  on  the  Council. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Proprietary  Medicines  excited 
considerable  interest.  This  report  reviewed  the  status  of  propri- 
etary remedies,  and  made  ten  recommendations  of  a  general  nature 
which  may  form  a  basis  of  action  in  the  future.    The  committee 
