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A  Trip  to  Europe. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharin. 
March,  1913. 
the  presence  of  discouragement  or  sadness  tended  to  dissipate  it. 
The  sight  of  his  smiling  face  and  the  grasp  of  his  hand  were  a 
never-failing  stimulus,  and  their  memory  is  an  abiding  reality. 
H.  H.  Rusby. 
A  TRIP  TO  EUROPE.1 
During  the  last  decade  trips  to  Europe  arranged  by  societies 
of  all  kinds  have  been  undertaken  with  great  success.  Singing 
societies,  veterans  of  the  German  army,  teachers'  associations,  and 
various  scientific  societies  have  visited  England,  France,  Germany 
and  other  parts  of  Europe  and  derived  much  pleasure  and  instruc- 
tion from  these  trips. 
These  visits  have  been  reciprocated  by  Europe,  and  a  number 
of  social  and  scientific  societies  from  England  and  Germany  have 
come  to  see  our  customs  and  institutions.  '  No  wonder,  therefore, 
that  American  pharmacists  should  also  think  of  such  a  journey, 
and  the  committee  appointed  by  Dr.  Ch.  F.  Klippert,  the  president 
of  the  German  Apotheker-Verein  of  New  York,  and  headed  by  Dr. 
W.  C.  Alpers  is  perfectly  timely.  Nor  can  there  be  any  doubt  that 
such  an  enterprise  can  best  be  undertaken  by  the  Apotheker-Verein, 
whose  members  all  speak  two  or  more  languages,  and  many  of  whom 
have  visited  Europe  repeatedly  and  are  therefore  familiar  with"  the 
travelling  conditions  of  the  various  countries. 
The  idea  of  such  a  trip  by  pharmacists  is  not  new.  Some  years 
ag"o,  at  the  occasion  of  the  world's  fair  at  Paris,  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  appointed  a  committee  to  submit  plans, 
to  visit  the  fair  in  a  body  and  hold  the  meetings  on  the  steamer 
during  the  trip  across  the  ocean.  Put  many  members  feared  that 
in  case  of  inclement  weather  these  meetings  might  prove  a  failure 
and  others  did  not  like  the  idea  that  pleasure  and  entertainment 
should  have  a  deciding  influence  on  the  selection  of  the  place  of 
meeting,  and  the  project  failed.  A  good  financial  plan  was  also 
lacking,  and  many  feared  the  height  of  the  expenses. 
Profiting  by  the  failure  of  that  venture  the  present  advocates 
of  the  plan  hope  to  avoid  these  cliffs.  In  the  first  place,  this  is. to 
be  a  general  enterprise,  open  to  every  pharmacist  and  his  friends, 
so  that  no  constitution  or  by-laws  of  any  existing  society  will  be 
interfered  with.    As  to  the  expense,  it  is  true  that  but  few  of  our 
1  Translated  from  an  editorial  in  the  "  Apotheker-Zeitung." 
