502  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {A!oeSS5,iSSm' 
pharmacist,  than  the  narrowing  influences  of  long  hours,  close  con- 
finement  and  the  accompanying  isolation  that  pharmacists  them- 
selves have  submitted  to  for  generations  past. 
It  is  well  known  that  rest  and  recreation  afford  healthful  relaxa- 
tion to  persons  in  every  walk  of  life,  and  it  is  also  known  that  some 
degree  of  relaxation  from  the  ordinary  routine  of  every-day  existence 
is  absolutely  essential  to  continued  activity  or  possible  progress,  in 
any  of  the  numerous  vocations  now  followed  by  civilized  man. 
This  being  recognized  as  a  fact,  the  moral  injustice  of  the  inordi- 
nately long  hours  submitted  to  by  the  retail  pharmacist,  and  his 
assistants,  presents  itself  to  us  in  quite  a  different  light,  and,  because 
of  the  importance  of  the  practice  of  pharmacy  to  the  health  as  well 
as  the  welfare  of  the  community,  becomes  in  reality  a  matter  of  public 
concern. 
To  more  fully  discuss  the  several  questions  that  are  more  or  less 
directly  involved,  it  is  proposed  to  hold  a  joint  meeting  under  the 
auspices  of  the  members  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
and  the  members  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  on  the  evening  of  Tuesday,  October  16,  1906,  in 
the  Museum  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  to  consider: — 
Rest  and  recreation  as  a  physical  necessity. 
Relaxation  as  a  factor  in  morality. 
Sunday  rest  as  a  religious  institution. 
Legal  aspects  of  Sunday  closing. 
Practical  experiences  with  Sunday  closing. 
M.  I.  Wilbert,  Secretary, 
Philadelphia  Branch  Am.  Ph.  A. 
Proposed  Program  for  the  Meetings  of  the  Philadelphia 
Branch  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  1 906-1 907. 
October  Shorter  Hours  and  a  Day  of  Rest. 
November. — The  Work  of  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chem- 
istry of  the  American  Medical  Association. 
December. — The  Federal  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Law. 
January. — The  Debasing  Influences  of  Popular  Nostrums. 
February. — Higher  Educational  Requirements  for  Pharmacists. 
March. — Indiscriminate  Renewal  of  Prescriptions. 
April. — Popularization  of  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  Preparations. 
May. — Proposed  Reorganization  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association. 
