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The  Alumni  Association  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  was  fully 
organized  by  the  adoption  of  by-laws  at  an  adjourned  meeting  held  June  7th. 
By  vote  of  those  present  a  prize  of  fifty  dollars  was  authorized  to  be  awarded 
to  the  graduating  student  presenting  the  best  thesis.  The  Executive  Board,  at 
a  meeting  held  June  15th,  elected  the  following  delegates  to  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  :  Daniel  C.  -B^obbins,  New  York  ;  John  W.  Bal- 
lard, Davenport,  Iowa ;  John  Best,  Central  City,  Colorado  ;  Hampden  Osborn, 
Columbus,  Miss.;  Henry  C.  Porter,  Towanda,  Pa, 
The  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  annual  meeting  in  Baltimore  on 
Thursday,  June  8th.  After  the  usual  business,  the  reading  and  disposing  of 
the  reports  of  committees,  &c.,  several  communications  and  papers  were  read, 
and  various  scientific  subjects  discussed.  A  number  of  old  and  more  recent 
articles  relating  to  pharmacy  and  the  collateral  sciences  were  on  exhibition,, 
such  as  books,  apparatus,  preparations,  labels,  &c. 
Alumni  Association. — The  graduates  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy 
held  a  meeting  on  Monday  night,  June  5th,  in  the  hall  of  the  College,  for  the 
purpose  of  organizing  an  alumni  society.  The  following  gentlemen  were  elected 
officers:  President,  W.  S.Thompson;  Vice-President,  C.  E.  Dohme  ;  Secre- 
tary, John  H.  Hancock,;  Treasurer,  A.  A.  Kleinschmidt ;  Executive  Board,. 
C.  E.  Dohme,  John  Sohl,  Julius  Fahlen,  and  Charles  Caspari. 
Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy . — We  learn  from  the  announcement  of  the 
lectures  of  this  College,  as  given  in  the  June  number  of  the  Pharmacist,  that 
our  friend  Albert  E.  Ebert  has  been  selected  to  fill  the  Chair  of  Theory  and 
Practice  of  Pharmacy,  in  place  of  Prof.  N.  (rray  Bartlett,  who  takes  the 
Chair  of  Inorganic  and  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry,  formerly  held  by  Professor 
Blaney. 
Mississippi Phannaceulical  Association. — Sooner  than  we  had  expected,  the 
pharmacists  of  the  State  of  Mississippi  have  formed  a  State  association.  The 
meeting  took  place,  at  the  city  of  Jackson,  May  29th,  Mr.  M.  F.  Ash  havings 
been  appointed  F^resident  pro  tern. 
The  Preamble  and  Constitution  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
was  read,  amended  and  adopted,  and  Mr.  J.  T.  Buck,  of  Jackson,  was  ap- 
pointed a  Committee  to  draft  the  same  for  publication. 
The  Association  then  elected  the  following  officers  for  the  ensuing  year: 
President,  M.  F.  Ash,  of  Jackson  ;  Vice-President,  P.  Keefe,  of  Vicksburg  ; 
Treasurer,  John  T.  Buck,  of  Jackson  ;  Secretary,  W.  P.  Creecy,  of  Vicks- 
burg;  Cor.  Secretary,  Hampden  Osborn,  Columbus 
After  the  appointment  of  a  Committee  of  three,  to  prepare  an  address  to  the 
druggists  of  the  State,  it  was  resolved  that  the  President  is  ex  officio  Delegate 
to  the  State  Medical  Association,  and  the  State  Medical  Association  was 
invited  to  send  a  delegate  to  represent  them  and  co-operate  with  this  Associa- 
tion. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Buck,  all  pharmacists  in  the  State  were  requested  to  join 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
