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preliminary  training  a  resolution  was  passed  that  a  committee  of  three  be  ap- 
pointed to  determine  a  standard  of  the  preliminary  examination  to  be  recom- 
mended to  colleges  of  pharmacy. 
The  oflScers  of  the  Section,  constituting  the  Committee  on  Pharmaceutical 
Education  for  the  ensuing  year,  are  Prof.  Bedford,  New  York,  chairman ;  Prof. 
Sayre,  Kansas,  secretary,  and  Prof.  Patch,  Massachusetts.  The  Section  then 
a,djourned. 
The  Section  on  Pharmaceutical  Legislation  was  called  to  order  by  Secretary  De 
Forest,  and  in  the  absence  of  the  chairman,  the  President  of  the  Association, 
Mr.  Alexander,  was  invited  to  the  chair.  There  being  no  report  from  the  chair- 
man of  the  Section,  Mr.  C.  W.  Day,  chairman  of  the  special  Committee  on  In- 
terchange of  Certificates  of  Pharmacy  Boards,  reported  verbally  that  the  matter 
had  been  laid  before  the  different  boards,  but  had  met  with  so  little  favor  that 
it  would  probably  be  better  to  further  discuss  it  before  outlining  a  plan.  The 
boards  in  favor  of  the  proposition  appeared  to  be  Nebraska,  Georgia,  District  of 
Columbia,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  Pennsylvania  and  Kings  County,  New  York. 
Opposed  to  the  proposition  were  Wyoming,  New  Jersey  and  New  York  State. 
Ohio,  Massachusetts  and  Iowa  claimed  to  have  no  power  in  the  premises,  and 
New  Hampshire,  Missouri  and  Virginia  were  not  prepared  to  take  action.  From 
about  one-half  of  the  States  no  reply  had  been  received.  After  some  discus- 
sion a  resolution  was  passed  that  the  chair  appoint  a  committee  of  five  to  draw 
up  a  general  outline  plan  for  the  interchange  of  certificates  of  the  different 
boards  of  pharmacy. 
After  a  recess,  Mr.  A.  E.  Ebert  presided,  when  Mr.  C.  W.  Day,  Illinois,  was 
elected  chairman;  J.  N.  Hurty,  Indiana,  sectretary, and  Rob  J.  Brown,  Kansas, 
associate,  Committee  on  Legislation  for  the  ensuing  year. 
A  resolution  was  passed  that  in  the  future  the  Legislative  Section  should  not 
meet  simultaneously  with  another  Section.  Also,  one  urging  upon  State  Phar- 
maceutical Associations  the  necessity  of  exercising  great  care  in  selecting  com- 
petent and  educated  pharmacists  for  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
After  installing  the  officers  the  Section  adjourned. 
The  Ninth  Session  of  the  Association ,  the  final  one  of  the  meeting,  was  held 
Friday  morning,  September  7,  when,  after  the  reading  of  the  minutes,  and  the 
proposition  of  new  members,  the  officers  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  were  in- 
stalled. 
The  Committee  on  the  President's  Address  presented  a  brief  report,  stating 
that  they  had  found  it  impossible  to  carefully  consider  the  suggestions  made  by 
the  President ;  but  that  prompt  attention  should  be  given  to  the  25th  sugges- 
tion, and  that  the  twenty-second,  referring  to  a  new  line  of  preparations, 
be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia.  Re- 
garding the  other  suggestions  the  Committee  requested  the  privilege  to  report 
to  the  Council.   These  propositions  were  adopted. 
Mr.  Finlay  moved  a  reconsideration  of  the  vote  by  which  San  Francisco  was 
selected  as  the  place  for  the  next  meeting.  The  motion  to  reconsider  was  lost 
by  a  vote  of  30  ayes  to  34  nays. 
On  motion  of  Prof.  Bedford,  the  Permanent  Secretary  was  empowered  to  ar- 
range the  schedule  naming  the  dates  and  hours  at  which  the  sessions  of  the 
Sections  shall  be  held  at  the  next  meeting. 
Prof.  E.  W.  Runyon  was  elected  Local  Secretary  for  next  year. 
