^'"  ocris^s.''™'}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  435 
The  Executive  Committee  reported  the  names  of  103  candidates  for 
membership,  who  were  duly  recommended.  Among  the  candidates 
was  Prof.  S.  P.  Sharpies,  State  Assayer  at  Boston  and  Professor  of 
Chemistry  in  the  Boston  Dental  College,  against  whose  eligibility  under 
the  clauses  contained  in  Article  I,  Chapter  VII  of  the  By-laws,  objec- 
tion was  raised.  Prof.  Sharpies  being  neither  a  pharmacist  nor  a  teacher 
in  a  college  of  pharmacy.  After  some  discussion,  his  name  was  tem- 
porarily withdrawn  by  the  Executive  Committee,  and  a  ballot  ordered 
to  be  taken  on  the  remaining  applicants,  Messrs.  E.  T.  Dobbins  and 
C.  S.  Eastman  acting  as  tellers  and  reporting  their  election.  Prof. 
Sharpies'  application  was  now  laid  before  the  meeting,  when,  after 
some  discussion,  the  President  decided  that  under  the  clause  declaring 
the  eligibility  of  those  teachers  of  Pharmacy,  Chemistry  and  Botany, 
who  may  be  especially  interested  in  Pharmacy  and  Materia  Medica," 
the  applicant  was  eligible  to  membership.  The  ballot  resulted  in  74 
affirmative  and  26  negative  votes  ;  two-thirds  of  the  votes  being  neces- 
sary for  an  election,  Prof.  Sharpies  was  declared  duly  elected. 
Subsequently,  Prof.  Bedford  gave  notice  that  he  would  move  an 
amendment  to  the  By-laws,  restricting  the  eligibility  of  teachers  to 
teachers  in  colleges  of  pharmacy." 
Invitations  were  received  from  the  Mercantile  Library  Association, 
tendering  the  free  use  of  their  rooms,  and  from  Orlando  Tompkins, 
Esq.,  proprietor  of  the  Boston  theatre,  inviting  the  members  and  ladies 
to  visit  this  place  of  amusement  on  Thursday  evening  ;  accepted,  with 
thanks. 
The  reports  of  standing  and  special  committees  being  called  for,  re- 
ports were  presented  from  all  but  the  Committees  on  Drug  Market,  on 
Liquor-dealers'  License  and  on  Infringement  of  Stamp-tax.  The  Bus- 
iness Committee  and  the  Permanent  Committee  on  the  Pharmacopoeia 
had  no  reports  to  present. 
The  Committee  to  nominate  officers  and  standing  committees  for 
the  ensuing  year  was  then  appointed,  by  naming  one  representative  from 
each  delegation  of  the  Colleges  and  Societies  named  above,  whose  cre- 
dentials had  been  received,  as  follows  :  Thos.  S.  Wiegand,  Frederick 
Hoffmann,  J.  D.  Wells,  S.  M.  Colcord,  Wm.  S.  Thompson,  E. 
Scheffer,  E.  Gregory,  Chas.  Becker,  B.  Lillard,  A.  W.  Bain,  T.  F. 
Main,  H.  S.  Wellcome,  J.  F.  Babcock,  R.  V.  Mattison,  E.  W.  Rus- 
sell, P.  F.  Lehlbach,  Chas.  H.  Dalrymple,  A.  P.  Brown,  R.  W. 
Gardner,  C.  A.  Tufts,  A.  L.  Calder,  L.  E.  Sherman,  T.  R.  Baker 
