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Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1      July,  1883. 
to  meet  again  in  New  York  city  on  the  second  Tuesday  (10th)  of  June,  1884. 
Prof.  Bedford  was  elected  Local  Secretary. 
New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  thirteenth  annual 
meeting  was  held  in  Orange,  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  May  16th  and 
1 7th,  at  Music  Hall. 
Dr.  T.  K.  Chambers  welcomed  the  association  to  Orange,  and  was  fol- 
lowed by  Dr.  Stephen  Wicks,  the  oldest  physician  in  Orange.  The  Presi- 
dent, Joseph  P.  Candy,  delivered  his  annual  address,  in  which  were  some 
good  recommendations.  The  financial  condition  of  the  society  is  good  and 
the  membership  is  increasing.  Credentials  were  received  from  several 
State  iDharmaceutical  associations,  and  the  delegates  were  invited  to  take 
part  in  the  meeting.  Twenty- two  new  members  were  elected,  and  the  next 
place  of  meeting  will  be  at  Asbury  Park. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  President,  R. 
W.  Vandervoort,  Newark.  Vice  Presidents,  C.  G.  Am  Ende,  Hoboken, 
and  H.  P.  Thorn,  Medford.  Treasurer,  William  Rust,  New  Brunswick. 
Recording  Secretary,  A.  P.  Brown,  Camden.  Corresponding  Secretary,  R. 
J.  Shaw,  Plainfield.  Standing  Committee— C.  G.  Am  Ende,  J.  C.  De  Cou, 
A.  G.  Smith,  D.  W.  Brant,  Martin  Goldsmith. 
Attention  was  called  to  the  death  of  Mr.  James  Stratton,  of  Borden- 
town,  one  of  the  former  Presidents,  and  the  Publication  Committee  were 
directed  to  have  a  phototype  of  deceased  placed  in  the  Proceedings  for 
1883. 
On  Wednesday  afternoon  the  members  and  their  ladies  visited  Llewellyn 
Park  and  other  points  of  interest  around  Orange,  and  at  6  o'clock  sat  down 
to  a  banquet,  which  was  elaborately  served. 
On  Thursday  morning  fifteen  names  were  selected  for  presentation  to 
the  Governor,  from  whom  to  select  five  to  constitute  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy.  Papers  and  answers  to  queries  were  read  by  the  following 
members:  Charles  Holzhauer,  F.  B.  Kilmer,  D.  Wood  Brant,  H.  P.  Rey- 
nolds, A.  P.  Brown.  After  the  appointment  of  different  committees  by 
the  President  the  association  adjourned. 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  annual  meeting 
was  held  June  19th  and  2l}th,  in  Harrisburg,  President  Alonzo  Bobbins  in 
the  chair.  After  an  address  of  welcome  by  the  Mayor  a  committee  on  cre- 
dentials was  aiDpointed,  and  the  President  read  his  annual  address,  which, 
together  with  the  report  of  the  Executive  Committee,  was  referred  to  a 
sj^ecial  committee  to  report  on  the  suggestions  made.  Reports  were  also 
read  from  the  remaining  otlicers  and  from  the  various  committees.  The 
Treasurer  had  a  cash  balance  of  |;550.48  on  hand.  The  Committee  on  Legis- 
lation reported  in  detail  on  the  progress  made  by  the  proposed  pharmacy 
act  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  and  on  the  manner  in  which  it  was 
finall3^  defeated.  Several  Representatives  who  had  interested  themselves 
in  the  passage  of  the  act  were  present  at  one  of  the  sessions,  and  addressed 
the  association,  and  several  who  had  opposed  its  enactment  were  on  the 
floor  listening  to  the  discussions,  and  appeared  to  be  favorably  impressed 
