480  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,    { AloctSber,imliai 
In  Conclusion. — I  have  endeavored,  with  the  help  of  my  associates, 
to  formulate  certain  general  principles  which  seem  to  require  discus- 
sion and  action.  These  propositions  have  been  circulated  among 
the  members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the 
Boards  of  Pharmacy  and  Pharmaceutical  Schools,  and  unless  the 
printed  matter  so  circulated  has  gone  to  the  waste  basket  we  shall 
be  prepared  to  do  some  actual  work  at  these  meetings. 
The  programme  is  before  you,  and  although  the  novelty  of  its 
features  must  have  worn  off,  I  appeal  to  you  to  go  through  the 
whole  programme,  dry  as  it  may  seem,  as  a  matter  of  duty  to  the 
whole  body  of  pharmacists  in  this  country  and  I  trust  further  that 
our  deliberations  will  be  free  from  the  friction  which  is  often  gen- 
erated by  differences  of  opinion.  Let  us  all  be  governed  by  the  one 
desire  to  further  the  welfare  of  our  fellowmen  and  the  true  interests 
of  our  ancient  and  honorable  calling. 
THE   AMERICAN   PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
FIFTY-FOURTH  ANNUAL  MEETING. 
BY  M.  I.  WII.BERT. 
The  fifty-fourth  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  held  in  the  city  of  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  September  3-8, 
1906,  will  long  be  remembered  by  those  who  had  the  privilege  of 
being  present,  as  a  meeting  fraught  with  possibilities  that  fully 
came  up  to,  if  not  exceeded,  the  fondest  expectations  of  the  friends 
of  American  Pharmacy. 
It  is  undoubtedly  true  that  there  have  been  meetings  that  were 
more  numerously  attended,  and  also  meetings  at  which  more  papers 
were  read  and  discussed,  but  it  would  be  difficult  indeed  to  single 
out  any  one  previous  meeting  of  the  Association  at  which  such 
vitally  important  subjects  as  education  and  legislation  were  discussed 
more  thoroughly  or  more  satisfactorily  than  they  were  in  connection 
with  the  fifty-fourth  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association.  The  work  of  other  sections,  while  fully  up  to  the  aver- 
age, was,  for  the  once,  completely  overshadowed  by  the  considera- 
tion shown  to,  and  the  attractions  offered  by,  the  program  of  the 
section  on  Education  and  Legislation.  A  more  detailed  account  of 
the  work  that  was  done  will  be  given  in  connection  with  the  report 
