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AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
FIFTY-THIRD  ANNUAL  MEETING.  . 
The  fifty-third  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  was  held  at  Atlantic  City,  September  4th-9th,  the 
Hotel  Islesworth  being  the  headquarters  of  the  Association.  Con- 
sidering that  the  meeting  was  held  so  far  from  the  geographical 
center,  the  attendance  was  fair,  representatives  being  present  from 
the  extreme  limits  of  the  States,  Canada  and  one  from  England. 
Whatever  may  be  said  of  the  status  of  American  pharmacy  as  a 
whole,  and  while  some  may  regret  that  the  membership  of  the 
Association  is  not  larger,  it  must  have  been  apparent  to  every  one 
who  attended  the  Atlantic  City  meeting,  that  the  Association  is 
doing  a  great  work,  and  that  its  members  are  not  only  cognizant  of 
the  needs  of  their  calling,  but  that  they  are  doing  all  in  their  power 
to  advance  and  safeguard  the  interests  of  that  calling,  be  they 
educational,  scientific,  commercial  or  otherwise.  In  fact,  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association  may  be  looked  upon  as  the  clearing- 
house of  American  pharmacy,  as  stated  by  one  of  the  delegates, 
Thos.  F.  Main. 
FIRST  GENERAL  SESSION. 
The  meeting  was  formally  opened  on  Monday  afternoon,  Septem- 
ber 4th,  with  the  president  of  the  Association,  James  H.  Beal,  of 
Scio,  O.,  in  the  chair.  Addresses  of  welcome  were  made  by  Mayor 
F.  P.  Stoy,  of  Atlantic  City,  H.  H.  Deakyme  for  the  local  drug 
association,  and  by  Dr.  W.  C.  Alpers,  representing  the  New  Jersey 
Pharmaceutical  Association.  Responses  on  behalf  of  the  Association 
were  made  by  the  following  members :  Dr.  George  F.  Payne, 
Atlanta,  Ga.;  Leo  Eliel,  South  Bend,  Ind.;  and  by  Prof.  H.  P. 
Hynson,  of  Baltimore. 
The  official  delegates  and  others  were  then  called  upon,  and 
among  those  who  spoke  were  the  following:  N.  H.  Martin,  Gates- 
head-on-Tyne,  England;  Prof.  J.  M.  Hargreaves,  delegate  from  the 
Ontario  College  of  Pharmacy ;  Thos.  F.  Main,  delegate  from  the 
National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association ;  Dr.  Reid  Hunt  and 
Albert  M.  Roehrig,  representing  the  Public  Health  and  Marine 
Hospital  Service  ;  W.  S.  Douglas,  delegate  from  the  Proprietors' 
