318  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {AmjunUe^§frm' 
place  for  holding  the  next  annual  meeting,  on  the  second  Tuesday  (12th)  of 
April.    C.  L.  Boyd,  of  Brunswick,  is  the  local  secretary. 
Iowa  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  seventh  annual  meeting  took 
place  at  Des  Moines,  February  10th  and  11th,  the  president,  C.  R.  Wallace  in 
the  chair.  The  reading  of  the  president's  address  and  of  the  reports  of  the 
officers  and  a  number  of  committees,  occupied  the  attention  of  the  meeting, 
the  members  present  participating  freely  in  the  discussions.  The  draft  of  a 
bill  amending  the  pharmacy  act  was  fully  considered;  one  of  the  amendments 
proposed  to  abolish  the  registration  of  graduates  in  pharmacy  without  exami- 
nation, but  the  Association  recommended  that  such  graduates  coming  from 
colleges  of  pharmacy,  requiring  attendance  upon  two  full  courses  of  lectures 
and  a  practical  business  experience  of  at  least  four  years,  may  be  registered 
without  examination,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Commissioners  of  Pharmacy. 
The  general  assembly  was  also  requested  to  appropriate  §3,000  to  the  State 
University,  for  the  proper  equipment  of  the  laboratory  of  its  Department  of 
Pharmacy,  and  a  standing  committee  was  created  to  consult  with  this  depart- 
ment. A  number  of  papers,  mostly  referring  to  subjects  connected  with  the 
trade,  were  read.  The  election  of  officers  resulted  as  follows:  President, 
A.  H.  Miles,  Des  Moines;  Vice-Presidents,  E.  L.  Boerner,  Iowa  City,  J.  P.  Van 
Cise,  Mount  Pleasant,  and  S.  G.  Winchester,  Eldora;  Secretary,  Mrs.  Dr.  Eosa 
Upson,  Marshalltow\i ;  Treasurer,  C.  H.  Ward,  Des  Moines.  An  adjournment 
was  finally  had  to  meet  again  at  Waterloo,  on  the  second  Wednesday  (11th)  of 
May,  1887.    C.  D.  Wangler  was  elected  local  secretary. 
Kentucky  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  ninth  annual  meeting,  held  at 
Bowling  Green,  May  5th  and  6th,  was  called  to  order  by  the  chairman  of  the 
executive  committee,  J.  W.  Fowler,  and  organized  by  the  election  of  J.  W. 
Fowler  as  temporary  chairman,  and  C.  S.  Porter  as  temporary  secretary. 
Reports  of  officers  and  committees  and  a  number  of  papers  were  read  and 
discussed,  and  the  following  officers  were  elected :  President,  J.  W.  Fowler, 
Louisville;  Vice-Presidents,  Wm.  Turner,  Bowling  Green,  A.Peter,  Louisville; 
and  J.  H.  Lyne,  Henderson;  Recording  Secretary,  Wm.  B.  McRoberts,  Stan- 
ford; Corresponding  Secretary,  Edward  Goebel,  Louisville;  Treasurer,  J.J. 
Brooks,  Richmond.    The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  the  city  of  Louisville. 
Louisiana  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. — At  the  fourth  annual  meeting, 
held  in  New  Orleans,  April  21st  and  22d,  the  usual  reports  of  committees  and 
officers  were  read,  that  of  Treasurer  Lavigne  showing  a  cash  balance  of  $555.75 
on  hand.  The  annual  address  of  President  A.  K.  Finlay  treated  of  educational, 
legislative,  and  mercantile  questions  applying  to  pharmacy.  Papers  were  read 
by  F.  Lascar,  on  " Disguising  the  Taste  of  Quinine;"  by  the  same,  and  by 
R.  N.  Girling,  on  "The  Prescribing  by  Physicians  of  Copyrighted  Nostrums;" 
and  by  Hiland  Flowers,  on  "The  Prescribing  by  Physicians  of  Medicines 
Made  According  to  Known  Standard  Formulas."  The  discussions  on  these 
and  other  subjects  were  of  considerable  interest.  The  officers  elected  for  the 
ensuing  year  are:  President,  Oscar  Robin;  Vice-Presidents,  C.  L.  Keppler  and 
F.  T.  Roger;  Recording  Secretary,  L.  F.  Chalin;  Corresponding  Secretary, 
Mrs.  E.  Rudolf;  Treasurer,  J.  B.  Lavigne.  The  next  meeting  will  again 
convene  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans  on  the  second  Wednesday  (13th)  of  April, 
1887. 
