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MINUTES  OF  THE 
Chicago  College,        ....  Henry  Sweet. 
Alumni  Association,   ....  Evan  T.  Ellis, 
(  Robert  J.  Brown,  of  Kansas. 
By  the  President,  \  Samuel  S.  Garrigues,  of  Michigan. 
tT.  R.  Spence,  of  Michigan. 
Frederick  Stearns  announced  that  invitations  had  been  ten- 
dered to  the  Association  to  visit  various  objects  of  interest  at 
Detroit  and  vicinity,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  Mr.  Grout, 
of  the  copper  smelting  works ;  Col.  Cram,  for  Fort  Wayne ; 
Major  Cass,  for  the  art  collection  of  the  late  Lewis  Cass ;  Geo. 
B.  Russell,  for  the  Detroit  and  Lake  Superior  Iron  Works; 
Prof.  S.  H.  Douglass,  for  the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann 
Arbor  ;  and  for  the  Young  Men's  Library,  the  Marine  Hospi- 
tal, etc. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Squibb  these  invitations  were  accepted,  and 
the  thanks  of  the  Association  tendered  to  the  gentlemen  proffer- 
ing them. 
President  Lincoln  then  read  the  annual  address,  which  was 
on  motion  referred  to  the  Business  Committee. 
We  have  not  space  for  this  paper  (which  extends  to  15  pages 
of  cap),  but  must  state  that  it  discusses  a  great  variety  of  topics 
of  general  or  special  interest,  among  which,  after  the  usual  refer- 
ence to  official  reports,  the  subjects  of  an  admission  fee.,  the  cer- 
tificate of  membership,  the  list  of  arrearages,  weights  and  meas- 
ures, an  act  of  incorporation,  motto  and  seal,  life  memberships, 
British  Pharmaceutical  Conference,  and  the  Paris  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Congress  claimed  his  attention  and  remarks.  The  President 
refers  to  a  tabular  statement  which  he  has  prepared,  containing 
the  number  of  members  in  each  State  during  each  year  since  the 
formation  of  the  Association,  the  date  and  place  of  meeting,  the 
number  of  pages  of  each  volume  of  the  Proceedings,  and  other 
interesting  statistical  matter,  which  he  proposes  as  an  appendage 
to  this  annual  report. 
The  Association  then  adjourned  to  9  o'clock  to-morrow  morn- 
ing. 
Second  Session — August  23d.    Thursday  Morning. 
The  Association  was  called  to  order  by  President  Lincoln  at 
9  o'clock,  and  the  minutes  of  yesterday  read  and  approved. 
