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connection  with  the  advertising  pages  of  medical  journals,  which 
recommendation  was  adopted. 
The  Committee  on  the  Wm.  Procter,  Jr.,  Monument  reported  that 
satisfactory  progress  had  been  made,  and  stated  that  it  should  be 
understood  that  work  of  such  proportions  could  not  be  best  accom- 
plished with  haste  ;  but  that  the  committee  recognized  the  import- 
ance of  constant  effort  in  carrying  on  the  work,  which,  so  far,  has 
been  mostly  in  the  direction  of  organization.  The  idea  has  been  to 
create  a  sentiment  in  favor  of  the  monument  before  making  a  con- 
certed effort  to  collect  funds  for  the  purpose  in  mind.  A  number 
of  the  State  pharmaceutical  associations  have  already  begun  to 
cooperate  in  the  work,  and  it  is  hoped  that  by  another  year  all  of 
the  State  associations,  as  also  other  similar  organizations,  will  be 
enlisted  in  the  movement.  John  F.  Hancock,  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee, said,  in  addition,  that  an  effort  was  being  made  to  acquaint 
the  younger  pharmacists  with  the  work  of  Procter,  and  that  the 
results  were  encouraging.  He  said  that  it  would  be  a  grand  thing 
when  the  archives  of  the  Association  are  treasured  in  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution,  and  when  a  monument  to  the  Father  of  Ameri- 
can Pharmacy  is  erected  on  the  grounds  of  the  Institution. 
A  resolution  having  for  its  object  improvement  in  the  customs 
inspection  of  drugs  brought  into  this  country  was  referred  to  both 
the  Committee  on  Publicity  and  the  Committee  on  Legislation. 
A  recommendation  to  the  effect  that  the  colleges  of  pharmacy 
belonging  to  the  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties  be  author- 
ized to  organize  as  local  branches  of  the  Association,  and  that  they 
report  on  the  status  of  pharmacy  in  their  respective  localities,  was 
adopted. 
The  Committee  on  Weigu  and  Measures  presented  a  report  in 
which  attention  was  directed  to  the  difficulty  arising  from  the  fact 
that  there  are  no  other  divisions  of  the  liter  than  the  milliliter.  A 
recommendation  was  made  c  ■>  -  '  ^pt  subdivisions  of  the  liter.  The 
report  and  recommendation  were  referred  to  the  Scientific  Section. 
A  report  on  the  status  of  pharmacists  in  the  Government  employ 
was  read  by  Geo.  F.  Payne,  which  was  to  the  effect  that  the  army 
had  been  slow  to  recognize  the  necessity  of  employing  pharmacists 
in  this  department. 
The  place  selected  for  holding  the  next  meeting  is  Indianapolis, 
and  the  time  fixed  upon  is  the  first  Monday  in  September,  1906. 
F.  Y. 
