37^        Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {^^'1^11'!^^^^' 
New  Hampshire  Pharmaceutical  Association. — A  law  has  been  recently 
passed  in  New  Hampshire,  entitled  "  An  Act  to  Prevent  Incompetent  Persons  from 
Conducting  the  Business  of  Druggists  and  Apothecaries  in  this  State."  Under  the 
provisions  of  this  law,  the  above  Association  has  nominated  six  pharmacists,  from 
which  number  the  Governor  appointed  three,  as  the  "  Commission  of  Pharmacy 
and  Practical  Chemistry."  Annually,  hereafter,  three  nominations  are  made  by  the 
Association,  the  Governor  appointing  one  from  this  number  to  take  the  place  of 
one  retiring  Commissioner    the  appointments  being  then  made  for  three  years. 
The  first  board  is  constituted  as  follows  :  Elias  S.  Russell,  of  Nashua,  for  one 
year  5  Charles  S.  Eastman,  of  Concord,  for  two  years,  and  Hon.  Charles  A.  Tufts, 
of  Dover,  for  three  years.  The  law  allows  ail  druggists  who  have  been  established 
six  months  or  more  to  continue  their  business  as  heretofore,  but  all  new  persons  en- 
tering the  trade  have  to  pass  an  examination  before  the  Commissioners  and  get  a 
certificate  of  qulification. 
The  Rhode  Island  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which,  we  believe,  has 
been  recently  organized,  held  its  quarterly  meeting  in  the  city  of  Newport,  July 
1 2th,  and  elected  the  following  delegates  to  the  Meeting  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association :  Messrs.  Calder,  Blanding,  Mason,  Phillips  and  Greene  j 
Messrs.  S.  M.  Colcord  and  G.  F.  H.  Markoe,  of  Boston,  and  B.  P.  Clapp,  of  Paw- 
tucket,  were  elected  honorary  members.  A  dinner  was  given  at  the  Aquidneck 
House  by  the  resident  members,  after  which  short  speeches  were  made  by  the  Pres- 
ident, A  L.  Calder,  Prof.  Markoe,  S.  M.  Colcord  and  Wm.  H.  Colton,  of  New- 
port. "  The  Professional  Education  of  the  Pharmacist,"  "  The  Boston  Meeting 
of  the  National  Association,"  "  The  Evils  of  Patent  Medicines,"  &c.,  formed  the 
themes  of  the  addresses. 
The  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  has  recently  elected  Professors  C. 
R.  Fresenius,  of  Wiesbaden  ;  G.  Dragendorff,  of  Dorpat ;  Fr.  Mohr,  of  Bonn, 
and  W.  De  F.  Day,  of  New  York,  honorary  members.  The  following  delegates 
to  the  Sixth  Conference  of  Schools  of  Pharmacy  were  appointed  :  Chas.  Rice, 
Ewen  Mclntyre  and  Prof.  P.  W.  Bedford. 
At  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  held  July  ist,  various  donations  were 
received,  among  which  were  a  cabinet  of  minerals,  presented  by  Miss  A.  Shedden, 
and  a  collection  of  Southern  plants  presented  by  Mr.  H.  A.  Cassebeer. 
New  York  Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy.— This  is  a  new  society,  which  was  organized  June  29th  at  the  lecture-room  of 
the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  is  composed  of  graduates  of  the  Phila- 
delphia College  residing  in  New  York  and  vicinity.  "  Its  objects  are  the  cultivation 
of  social  relations  between  the  graduates,  an  interchange  of  pharmaceutical  knowl- 
edge, discussions  of  allied  scientific  subjects  and  the  advancement  of  our  profes- 
sion." (Art.  I,  Sect.  2,  of  the  Constitution  )  Thirty- seven  graduates  have  en- 
rolled as  members,  many  of  them  being  established  in  business.  A  very  commend- 
able provision  of  the  Constitution  is  the  one  requiring  the  Corresponding  Secretary 
to  "  keep  a  register,  in  which  graduates  in  pharmacy,  who  come  to  New  York  in  quest 
