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Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations. 
f  Aui,  Jour.  Pharm. 
1      July,  1883. 
sident  E.  L.  Boggs  in  the  chair.  The  usual  addresses  and  reports  of  officers 
and  committees  were  received,  and  action  was  taken  on  several  measures 
of  importance  to  pharmacists.  Tlie  officers  elected  are  R.  A.  McCabe, 
Wheeling,  President ;  C.  M.  Shrewsbury,  Wheeling,  and  J.  F.  Crider, 
Huntington,  Vice  Presidents  ;  C.  Menkemeller,  Wheeling,  Secretary  ;  A. 
N.  Williams,  Parkersburg,  Treasurer,  and  E.  F.  Reifsnyder,  Parkersburg, 
Assistant  Secretary.  The  next  annual  meeting  will  be  held  in  Charleston, 
on  the  second  Tuesday  of  June,  1884. 
The  Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  animal 
meeting  at  Case  Hall,  Cleveland,  May  16th  and  17th.  President  Peters 
delivered  his  annual  address  and  the  various  officers  and  committees  pre- 
sented their  rei^orts.  Delegates  from  the  Pennsylvania  and  West  Virginia 
Pharmaceutical  Associations  were  present. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year :  S.  S.  West, 
Cleveland,  President;  John  Heyer  and  E.  M.  Hatton,  Vice  Presidents  ;  the 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  were  re-elected.  Considerable  discussion  was  had 
on  the  proposed  i^harmacy  law  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  endeavor 
to  secure  its  passage  next  fall.  A  number  of  papers  mostly  of  a  practical 
character  were  liead,  and  the  association  finally  adjourned  to  meet  again  in 
Cincinnati  on  the  third  Wednesday  of  May,  1834.  Mr.  Wm.  J.  Martin 
was  chosen  Local  Secretary.  Professors  P.  W.  Bedford,  of  New  York,  and 
J.  P.  Remington,  of  Philadeli^bia,  w^ere  elected  honorary  members. 
The  Kentucky  Pharmaceutical  Association  convened  at  its  sixth 
annual  meeting  in  Lexington  May  22d  and  23d,  Vice-President  Holzhauer 
occupying  the  chair.  The  President's  address,  reports  of  officers  and  com- 
mittees and  discussions  thereon  occupied  most  of  the  time.  The  proposed 
pharmacy  law  was  entrusted  to  a  committee  with  the  object  of  securing 
its  passage.  The  officers  for  the  current  year  are  :  President,  T.  B.  Wood, 
Lexington ;  Vice  Presidents,  E.  C.  Pfingst,  Louisville,  W.  B.  McRoberts, 
Stanford,  and  J.  J.  Brooks,  Richmond ;  Secretary,  A.  J.  Elwang,  Louis- 
ville; Corresponding  Secretary,  J.  T.  Cook,  Harrodsbmg;  Treasurer,  P. 
Nodler,  Covington.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Louisville  in  May, 
1884.   
Kansas  Pharmaceutical  Association.— At  the  fourth  annual  meet- 
ing held  ill  Topeka,  June  Gth,  the  customary  reports  of  officers  and  com- 
mittees were  received,  and  action  taken  in  opposition  to  copyrighting 
pharmaceutical  names,  and  in  favor  of  removing  the  tax  on  alcohol  used  for 
pharmaceutical  preparations.  A  iDaper  by  H,  W.  Spangler  showing  the 
convenience  of  parts  by  weights  ado]3ted  by  the  new  Pharmacopoeia,  elicited 
considerable  discussion  The  officers  for  the  current  year  are  M.  L.  Stone, 
Wamego,  President;  H.  W.  Spangler,  Perry,  and  T.  EgersdorfF,  Leaven- 
worth, Vice  Presidents;  R.  H  T.  Nesbitt,  Leavenworth,  Secretary;  D. 
Holmes,  Topeka,  Assistant  Secretary,  and  W.  A.  Stanford,  Treasurer.  The 
next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Leavenworth,  on  the  second  Wednesday  of 
June,  1884. 
