MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
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Vice-Presidents.  T.  S.  Wiegand  as  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, and  William  T.  Wenzell  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  th6 
progress  of  Pharmacy. 
The  report  of  Dr.  F.  Mahla,  of  Chicago,  on  the  progress  of  pharmacy 
was,  as  usual,  an  extensive  document,  involving  much  labor  and  research. 
No  report  vi^as  made  by  the  Committee  on  the  Drug  Market,  this  being 
the  second  year  that  this  committee  has  failed  to  do  its  duty.  The  num- 
ber of  special  reports  to  queries  was  very  deficient,  more  than  half  of  the 
reporters  having  failed  to  reply.  Several  excellent  volunteer  papers  were 
read,  among  which,  that  of  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb  on  fluid  extracts,  and  on  per- 
colation as  a  means  of  producing  them,  was  the  most  important.  Dr. 
Squibb  also  made  a  valuable  verbal  communication  on  the  manufacture 
and  characteristics  of  chloral,  by  request. 
Among  the  special  committees  appointed  to  act  in  the  interim,  was  one 
on  adulterations  and  sophistications;  another  to  compile  a  new  General 
Index  to  the  Proceedings  ;  another  to  consider  and  report  next  year  on 
the  suggestion  to  invite  the  International  Congress  of  Pharmaceutists  to 
meet  in  the  United  States  in  the  year  1876,  the  Centennial  Anniversary 
of  our  Government;  a  fourth,  on  pharmaceutical  legislation,  and  a  fifths 
to  draft  and  send  an  address  of  felicitation  to  the  North  German  Apothe- 
^-     caries'  Association  on  the  occasion  of  its  50th  anniversary. 
On  the  afternoon  of  the  third  day,  the  meeting  adjourned  to  meet  in 
St.  Louis  on  the  second  Tuesday  in  September,  1871. 
It  would  be  improper  to  pass  over  unnoticed  the  exhibition  of  chemical 
and  pharmaceutical  preparations  and  apparatus  held  during  the  sessions 
in  the  University  building,  which  was  a  decided  success;  as  also,  to  tes- 
tify to  the  courtesy  and  hospitality  extended  to  the  visiting  members  by 
their  brethren  of  the  Monumental  city." 
Signed  on  behalf  of  the  delegates  by  William  Procter,  Jr. 
The  report  was  accepted  and  referred  for  publication  with  the  minutes. 
William  Procter,  Jr.,  on  behalf  of  the  delegates  to  the  Baltimore  Edu 
cational  Conference,  made  a  verbal  report,  which  he  was  requested  to 
write  out  for  publication  in  the  minutes. 
"  The  delegates  convened  by  the  call  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Phar- 
macy met  in  the  Hall  of  that  College,  at  Baltimore,  on  the  14th  and  15th 
of  September,  1870.  Representatives  were  present  from  the  Maryland 
College,  the  New  York  College,  the  ChicagoCollege,  the  New  Jersey  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  California  Pharmaceutical  Society,  the  Philadel- 
phia College  and  the  M  assachuettss  College.  The  meeting  was  organized 
by  the  election  of  Joseph  Roberts,  of  Baltimore,  President,  and  Prof.  J.  P. 
Moore,  of  Baltimore,  Secretary^  (William  Wright,  Jr.,  of  New  York, 
acting  Secretary  pro  tempore.)  The  business  Was  opened  by  the  read- 
ing of  a  series  of  queries  which  embraced  the  objects  of  the  meet- 
ing. [See  page  501  tor  these  and  the  details  of  the  proceedings.]  The 
discussion  of  these  queries  seriatim  occupied  most  of  the  time  of  th^ 
Convention,  and  resulted  in  the  adoption  of  the  following  resolutions : 
