492  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {^SSjjSS^ 
The  question  was  referred  to  a  committee  composed  of  Messrs.  Heckler.  Fen- 
nel and  Cook,  and  these  afterward  suggested  that  the  position  taken  in  the 
matter  last  year  be  maintained. 
A  CURE  FOR  THE  CUT-RATE  PROBLEM. 
By  C.  S.  Klels. 
Chairman  Seabury  was  re-elected  for  the  coming  year.  Clay  W.  Holmes 
was  elected  secretary  of  the  section,  and  Messrs.  Scholtz,  Sempilland  McDonald 
selected  as  the  other  members  of  the  committee.  The  officers  of  the  past  year 
were  given  a  vote  of  thanks  in  recognition  of  their  services. 
SECTION  OX  PHARMACEUTICAL  EDUCATION  AND  LEGISLATION. 
The  first  session  of  this  section  convened  at  10  o'clock  in  the  morning  of  Mon- 
day, August  19th.  President  Simpson  called  the  meeting  to  order,  after  which 
Secretary  Kennedy  read  the  minutes  of  council's  meeting.  The  Publication 
Committee  had  decided  to  publish  the  revision  of  the  National  Formulary,  and 
to  bind  it  with  the  Proceedings.  They  also  decided  to  have  some  copies  bound 
separately,  and  fixed  the  price  for  such  copies  at  fifty  cents.  The  minutes  were 
approved.  Secretary  Kennedy  reported  the  applications  of  four  persons  for 
membership.  The  applicants  were  invited  to  complete  their  membership. 
The  Association  then  adjourned.  Chairman  Good,  of  the  Section  on  Pharma- 
ceutical Education  and  Legislation,  asked  Professor  Beal  to  occupy  the  chair 
while  he  delivered  his  address.  The  speaker  mentioned  the  difficulties  of 
getting  pharmacy  laws  enacted,  but  he  was  not  of  the  opinion  that  legislation 
alone  would  remedy  all  evils.  Education  and  a  proper  appreciation  of  the 
responsibilities  of  pharmacy  he  believed  to  be  potent  factors  towards  the  better- 
ment of  things.  In  speaking  of  degrees,  he  favored  the  title,  Graduate  in 
Pharmacy,  and  recommended  experience  before  entrance  at  college.  He 
thought  those  taking  the  degrees  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemist  and  Doctor  of 
Pharmacy  should  be  required  to  attend  college  for  a  longer  term  than  those 
receiving  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy.  He  suggested  that  the  com- 
mittee of  the  section  be  increased  to  five  members.  He  thought  the  existence 
of  several  boards  of  pharmacy  in  one  State,  as.  for  instance,  in  the  State  of 
New  York,  was  unnecessary.  He  recommended  the  passage  by  Congress  of  a 
law,  making,  after  a  short  term  of  years,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  the  only  legal  one.  and  suggested  that  a  committee  consisting  of  one 
delegate  from  each  State  association,  be  appointed  to  take  charge  of  the  matter. 
Professor  Sayre  moved  that  the  recommendations  be  approved.  W.  C.  Alpers 
moved  that  the  address  be  referred  to  a  committee  of  three  for  consideration, 
and  that  this  committee  report  at  a  subsequent  session  of  the  section.  The 
chair  appointed  as  the  committee  :  Messrs.  Sheppard  and  McGill  and  Mrs.  M. 
O.  Miner.  Chairman  Good  called  for  the  reports  of  committees.  Professor 
Hallberg  reported  on  a  sheet  which  had  been  sent  out  with  the  Proceedings  for 
1894.  This  sheet  was  issued  by  the  section,  and  was  intended  to  serve  as  a 
means  of  obtaining  information  that  would  be  of  value  to  the  section.  The 
sheet  was  divided  under  the  four  headings  of  poison  legislation,  registration 
statistics,  college  attendance  and  registration  requirements.  Copies  of  the 
sheet  had  been  mailed  to  the  boards  of  pharmacy  of  the  different  States,  and 
their  aid  solicited,  but  for  reasons  unknown  to  the  secretary  of  the  sec::::: 
some  of  the  boards  had  not  replied.    Chairman  Good  asked  that  the  committee 
