422  Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.  ^se^urf"" 
Taylor,  of  Newport.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  for  organization,  Mr.  Albert 
L.  Calder  was  elected  President,  and  Norman  N.  Mason,  Secretary  and  Reg- 
istrar for  the  full  term  of  their  appointment. 
The  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  we  are  informed,  will  have  to  fill 
a  vacancy  in  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  occasioned  by  the  resignation  of  Francis 
Weismann,  M.  D. 
The  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  fourth  summer  meet- 
ing in  the  parlors  of  the  Mansion  Douse,  at  Long  Branch,  on  Wednesday, 
August  13.  Only  about  thirty  members  were  present.  Owing  to  breaks  in 
railroads,  caused  by  the  severe  storm,  many  were  unable  to  attend.  After  read- 
ing the  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting,  the  Legislative  Committee  presented 
a  very  full  and  satisfactory  report,  which  was  received  and  proper  measures 
adopted  to  act  upon  the  suggestions  contained  therein.  The  names  of  one 
member  from  each  county  were  added  to  the  Committee,  and  it  is  hoped  that 
their  efforts  to  secure  the  passage  of  the  "Pharmacy  bill"  in  the  next  Legis- 
lature will  be  successful. 
The  Standing  Committee  were  instructed  to  prepare,  and  present  to  the 
next  Legislature,  an  "Act  of  Incorporation,"  which  shall  include  the  privilege 
of  establishing  a  College  of  Pharmacy  in  the  State  whenever  the  Association 
may  deem  it  expedient.  A  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted  condemning 
the  practice  which  too  generally  prevails  of  making  bar  rooms  of  drug  stores, 
and  recommending  druggists  throughout  the  State  not  to  allow  any  liquors  to 
be  drank  in  their  stores  under  any  pretext  whatever. 
A  veiy  inteiesling  article,  entitled  "  Wanted,  a  Competent  Drug  Clerk," 
selected  from  the  Druggist's  Circular,  was  read,  and  received  the  hearty  ap- 
proval of  the  Association. 
An  answer  to  a  "  query,"  concerning  a  "Formulary  for  Unofficinals,"  was 
then  read,  in  which  the  writer  strongly  recommended  that,  inasmuch  as  "  uni- 
formity" was  the  great  desideratum,  the  Association  should  not  propound  a 
formulary  of  its  own,  but  adopt  that  which  probably  will  soon  be  published  by 
the  American  Association. 
A  Committee  was  appointed  to  make  arrangements  for  the  next  annual  meet- 
ing, and  to  procure  specimens  of  drugs,  new  preparations,  apparatus,  etc.,  for 
exhibition.    The  Association  then  adjourned. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Jersey  City  on  the  second  Wednesday  in 
February,  1874. 
The  National  College  of  Pharmacy,  at  Washington,  I).  C,  held  its  first 
annual  meeting  last  month.  Mr.  W.  S.  Thompson  occupied  the  chair  and  Mr. 
J.  C.  Fill  Secretary. 
Prof.  Oldberg  submitted  an  amendment  to  the  constitution,  changing  the 
time  for  the  annual  meeting  to  the  second  Monday  in  April,  instead  of  the  first 
Monday  in  August.  Also,  an  amendment  to  the  by-laws,  providing  for  rules 
of  order.    The  amendments  were  adopted. 
The  President  read  his  annual  report. 
After  congratulating  the  College  upon  the  success  which  has  attended  the 
