398       Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association.     { A August,  wo?™' 
Mr.  Theodore  Campbell,  of  Overbrook,  then  read  two  papers,  one 
on  "  A  Method  of  Advertising,"  and  the  other  u  A  Check  on  Re- 
ceipted Bills."  R.  H.  Lackey  then  described  a  new  prescription 
difficulty  which  had  recently  come  under  his  observation,  after 
which  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington  read  a  paper  on  the  "  Prerequisite 
Law." 
Dr.  C.  B.  Lowe  read  a  paper  on  "  Drug-store  Experience,"  which 
was  followed  by  a  paper  on  "  The  Use  of  the  Mimeograph  in  Phar- 
macy," by  E.  F.  Cook,  which  was  read  and  explained  by  Prof.  F.  P. 
Stroup. 
A  paper  by  H.  F.  Ruhl,  in  answer  to  a  number  of  queries,  led  to 
an  interesting  discussion  and  was  followed  by  a  paper  entitled  "  The 
Two  Windows  Which  Sold  the  Goods,"  by  M.  W.  Bamford,  of 
Reading. 
Mr.  Emanuel  then  read  a  long  paper  in  answer  to  Query  No.  18, 
concerning  the  lack  of  "  Professionalizing  Tendency  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association." 
The  final  business  session  of  the  week  was  held  at  10  a.m.  Thurs- 
day. The  committee  appointed  to  report  upon  a  plan  for  financing 
the  entertainments  reported  a  plan  which  was  referred  back  to  them 
for  further  consideration. 
The  Nominating  Committee  reported  the  following  nominations : 
President,  D.  J.  Thomas,  of  Scranton  ;  First  Vice-President,  S.  A. 
Stright,  of  Braddock ;  Second  Vice-President,  Albert  ClifTe,  of 
Ridgway ;  Treasurer,  J.  L.  Lemberger,  of  Lebanon ;  Secretary,  J. 
A.  Miller,  of  Harrisburg ;  Local  Secretary,  G.  P.  Raser,  Wilkes- 
barre.  Executive  Committee,  W.  E.  Lee,  Philadelphia,  Chairman ; 
L.  L.  Walton,  Williamsport,  and  Croll  Keller,  Harrisburg.  Upon 
motion  of  Mr.  Redsecker,  of  Lebanon,  Mr.  Charles  H.  La  Wall,  the 
chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Papers  and  Queries,  was  directed  to 
cast  the  affirmative  ballot  for  all  of  the  nominees,  which  was  accord- 
ingly done. 
The  Committee  on  President's  Address  then  presented  a  report 
containing  a  number  of  recommendations  which  were  discussed 
seriatim  and  adopted,  after  which  the  report  was  adopted  as  a  whole. 
Mr.  P.  H.  Utech  then  read  a  paper  on  "  The  Nostrum  Evil," 
which  was  followed  by  a  paper  by  F.  S.  Nagle  on  "  The  Declining 
Art  of  Prescribing."  Mr.  W.  L.  ClifTe  then  presented  a  set  of  reso- 
lutions advocating  the  erection  of  a  bronze  monument  in  the  grounds 
