476  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  { A&™pfe°mbefhia89™* 
such  a  regulation  in  force,  the  President  expressed  himself  to  be  of  the  opinion 
that  the  State  examinations,  through  their  test  of  the  technical  qualifications 
of  candidates,  would  be  enabled  to  exclude  the  incompetent.  The  address  was 
referred  to  a  committee  of  three,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Alexander,  Remington 
and  Alpers  The  minutes  of  the  meeting  which  was  held  last  year  at  Asheville, 
N.  C,  were  read  and  approved.  The  report  of  the  Council,  which  had  held  its 
first  session  at  9.30  in  the  forenoon,  took  the  same  course.  The  reports  of 
numerous  committees  were  read  by  title,  and,  without  particular  comment  in 
most  cases,  were  accepted.  The  Permanent  Secretary,  Prof.  Caspari,  re- 
ported having  received  the  credentials  of  delegates  from  twenty -six  state 
associations,  eleven  colleges  of  pharmacy,  four  alumni  associations,  three 
schools  of  pharmacy  connected  with  universities,  and  five  county  pharmaceu- 
tical associations.  Secretary  of  Committee  on  Membership,  Kennedy,  read  his 
report,  which  embodied  a  suggestion  to  rent  a  deposit-box  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
and  also  a  suggestion  to  stamp  the  volume  of  Proceedings  with  the  official  seal 
of  the  organization.  He  reported  the  application  of  214  new  members,  and  these 
were  invited  to  complete  their  membership  by  paying  the  fee  and  signing  the 
constitution.  The  applicants  were  from  almost  every  section  of  the  United  States. 
A  recess  of  five  minutes  was  then  granted,  that  the  members  might  select 
their  representatives  for  the  nominating  committee.  When  the  Permanent 
Secretary  called  the  roll  of  States  at  the  end  of  this  intermission  the  following 
responded  :  Alabama,  Arkansas,  Colorado,  Florida,  Georgia,  Illinois,  Indiana, 
Iowa,  Kansas,  Kentucky,  Louisiana,  Maine,  Maryland,  Masssachusetts,  Michi- 
gan, Minnesota,  Missouri,  Nebraska,  New  Jersey,  New  York,  North  Carolina, 
North  Dakota,  Ohio,  Pennsylvania,  South  Carolina,  Texas,  Virginia,  District 
of  Columbia  and  the  province  of  Quebec.  The  Nominating  Committee  decided 
to  meet  immediately  after  the  session  adjourned.  In  addition  to  the  nomi- 
nators from  the  states,  the  President  appointed  at  large,  Messrs.  Bbert,  Rem- 
ington, Gordon,  Alexander  and  Hurty.  It  was  moved  and  carried  that  the 
reading  of  the  reports  of  the  permanent  Secretary  and  Treasurer  be  deferred 
until  the  second  general  session. 
Just  what  to  do  with  the  names  of  delinquent  members  in  the  Proceedings 
was  a  subject  of  considerable  discussion  and  confliction  of  ideas  for  some  time. 
The  matter  was,  however,  finally  referred  to  Council. 
The  Permanent  Secretary  read  invitations  from  pharmaceutical  and  business 
organizations  in  Montreal,  Canada;  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  and  the  Twin  Cities — 
Minneapolis  and  St.  Paul,  Minn.  All  of  these  places  were  anxious  to  have  a 
visit  from  the  Association  next  year.  The  president  appointed  Messrs.  Frost, 
Morrison,  Thompson,  Watson  and  Legendre  a  committee  on  time  and  place  of 
next  meeting.    The  invitations  were  referred  to  this  committee. 
On  motion  the  session  adjourned  until  10  o'clock  the  following  day. 
At  9  p.m.  on  Wednesday,  August  14th,  a  general  reception  was  tendered 
the  members  of  the  Association  and  their  families  by  the  Colorado  Pharmacal 
Association  in  the  parlors  of  the  Brown  Palace  Hotel.  President  Arcularius,  of 
the  State  organization,  welcomed  the  guests,  and  was  answered  by  Prof.  J.  M. 
Good  on  the  behalf  of  the  American  Association. 
SECOND  GENERAL,  SESSION. 
Thursday,  August  15th. — After  the  meeting  had  been  called  to  order,  the 
minutes  of  the  preceding  day  were  read  and  approved.    The  report  of  the  Per- 
