AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  487 
furthering  the  aims  of  this  Association  in  promoting  a  desire 
among  apothecaries  for  a  higher  professional  standing,  based  on 
thorough  qualification. 
He  alludes  to  the  fact  that  several  medical  schools  have  under- 
taken to  teach  and  graduate  young  men  in  Pharmacy,  without 
a  sufficient  experience,  or  perhaps  no  experience,  in  the  shop, 
thus  leaving  out  the  very  foundation  of  the  edifice  of  pharma- 
ceutical education,  and  unsettling  the  value  of  the  Diploma. 
"If  Universities  are  to  confer  degrees  in  Pharmacy  without  requiring 
the  necessary  qualifications,  or  if  they  are  to  be  their  own  judge  of  what 
constitutes  qualification,  the  teachers  themselves  being  ignorant  of  what 
should  be  required,  then  it  is  time  for  earnest  work  on  our  part,  and  for 
the  establishment  by  law  of  what  an  apothecary  shall  know  and  be  capa- 
ble of  doing." 
y  The  President,  alluding  to  the  national  jubilee  proposed  to 
commemorate  the  Centennial  Anniversary  of  our  Nation's  Birth, 
advocates  the  suggestion  of  Prof.  Maisch,  that  an  international 
congress  of  pharmaceutists  be  held  in  Philadelphia  in  1876, 
about  that  time. 
In  conclusion,  judging  from  the  good  fruits  yielded  to  the 
North-west  from  the  meeting  in  Chicago,  he  thinks  a  meeting  in 
New  Orleans  and  in  San  Francisco  will  have  a  most  beneficent 
influence,  uniting  all  in  a  common  purpose  for  a  common  good. 
Our  rapidly  increasing  numbers  and  intellectual  resources,  di- 
rected to  investigation  and  stimulating  education  and  a  love  of 
knowledge,  gives  promise  of  a  bright  and  useful  future.  Great 
work  requires  great  effort,  and  whilst  anticipating  the  exertion 
of  the  members,  the  President  cheerfully  promises  his  co-opera- 
tion.] 
The  address  was  listened  to  with  marked  attention,  and,  on 
motion  of  a  member,  was  referred  to  a  Committee  of  five,  con- 
sisting of  Samuel  M.  Colcord,  Isaac  Coddington,  John  J.  Thomp- 
son, Charles  A.  Heinitsh  and  James  T.  Shinn. 
The  meeting  then  adjourned  to  9  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 
Second  Session —  Wednesday  Morning^  Sept.  14iA. 
The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  President  at  9  o'clock. 
The  Secretary  read  the  minutes,  which  were  adopted.    The  Sec- 
