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t     Aug.  1,1871. 
them  for  the  current  year.  Those  who  have  not  paid  their  dues  for  the  first 
year  will  be  called  upon  to  pay  them  in  addition  to  the  current  year. 
A  general  discussion  followed  in  regard  to  the  establishment  of  a  college  of 
pharmacy  in  this  State,  in  which  Messrs.  Schlotterbeck,  Cook,  Blawes  and 
others  participated.    Mr.  Cook  offered  the  following  : 
Voted. — That  a  Committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  confer  with  the  Profes- 
sors of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy  and  ascertain  the  cost  of  a 
course  of  lectures,  to  be  delivered  before  the  Maine  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion the  coming  winter,  on  Chemistry,  Materia  Medica  and  Pharmacy;  also 
to  confer  with  the  committee  of  the  Maine  Medical  Association  appointed  at 
their  last  meeting,  to  co-operate  with  this  Association,  and  with  any  other 
medical  men  who  will  be  likely  to  render  us  assistance  in  our  enterprise,  and 
report  at  a  meeting  to  be  called  at  the  request  of  the  President. 
The  vote  was  adopted,  and  Messrs.  Schlotterbeck  and  Hawes  were  appointed, 
with  power  to  select  a  third  member. 
At  the  evening  session  the  discussion  on  the  subject  of  a  school  for  Pharma- 
ceutical Instruction  was  resumed  and  continued  with  much  spirit  up  to  a  pretty 
late  hour.  It  was  finally  referred  to  the  committee  appointed  in  the  afternoon 
session,  who  are  to  collect  all  the  facts,  harmonizing  them  as  far  as  possible, 
with  a  view  to  the  success  of  the  plan,  and  report  at  an  adjourned  meeting. 
The  Association  adjourned  to  meet  on  Tuesday,  the  i9th  of  September  en- 
suing. 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy.^ — The  following  gentlemen  were 
elected  delegates  to  represent  this  College  at  the  next  annual  meeting  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  St.  Louis  :  Mich.  H.  Gleeson,  Charles 
I.  Eaton,  Geo.  F.  H.  Markoe,  Joel  S.  Orne,  Chas.  H.  Price. 
The  Alumni  Association  of  the  same  College  elected  the  following  delegates 
to  the  same  meeting:  Geo,  H.  Beal,  Thos.  Doliber,  J.  Howes  Dyer,  Geo.  E. 
Eaymore,  Chas.  A.  Tufts. 
Both  delegations  have  been  empowered  to  fill  vacancies. 
The  New  Jersey  PHARMACEuncAL  Association  will  hold  a  meeting  at  Long 
Branch,  August  17th. 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy. — Among  the  passengers  of  the  steamship 
Baltimore,  which  sailed  for  Europe  on  July  19th,  was  Dr.  George  W.  Andrews, 
one  of  the  founders  of  this  College,  which  was  granted  a  charter  of  incorpora- 
tion in  1841.  He  has  continued  an  active  member  of  the  college  to  the  present 
time,  and  for  more  than  twenty  years  has  been  honored  with  Presidential  office, 
his  last  term  expiring  on  the  13th  of  July,  when  he  declined  to  accept  the 
position  any  longer,  on  account  of  ill-health.  It  having  been  announced  that  he 
purposed  visiting  England  in  quest  of  health,  a  committee  was  appointed  by 
the  college  to  draft  suitable  resolutions,  expressive  of  the  high  appreciation  in 
which  he  was  held  by  his  fellow- members.  At  the  special  session  held  on  the 
17th  instant,  the  complimentary  resolutions,  as  reported  by  the  committee, 
were  unanimously  adopted,  and  eulogistic  remarks  made  by  the  members 
present,  after  whi(?h  a  resolution  was  passed  to  charter  a  steamer  and  to  ac- 
company Dr.  Andrews  as  far  as  Swan  Point.    On  the  evening  of  the  18th,  the 
