37  8         Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations,  {^"""/uiy^'is^so^""' 
3d.  "For  the  best  and  most  satisfactory  description  of  the  histology  of  vegetable 
drugs  at  the  annual  examination  in  March,  188 1. 
"Very  respectfully,  John  M.  Maisch." 
The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  delegates  to  represent  this  College  at  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which  will  be  held  at 
Saratoga,  on  the  second  Tuesday  in  September  next,  viz.:  Messrs.  Alonzo  Robbins, 
Samuel  S.  Bunting,  Charles  W.  Hancock,  Dr.  Roger  Keys  and  Charles  A.  Heinitsh,. 
And  to  attend  as  delegates  to  the  convention  of  Teaching  Colleges,  Messrs. 
Charles  Bullock,  Prof.  John  M.  Maisch  and  Prof.  Jos.  P.  Remington. 
There  being  no  further  business,  then,  on  motion,  adjourned. 
William  J.  Jenks,  Secretary 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  a  meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  held  June  3d,  1880,  the  following  were  elected  delegates  to  the 
Convention  of  Teaching  Colleges,  to  be  held  at  Saratoga  in  September:  Professor 
G.  F.  H.  Markoe,Ph.G.;  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  Ph.G.5  C.  A.  Tufts,  M.D.,  Ph.G. 
The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  delegates  to  the  Twenty-eighth  Meeting- 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  Saratoga :  Prof.  G.  F.  H.  Markoe, 
Ph.G.;  Edw.  S.  Kelley,  Ph.G.;  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  Ph.G.;  T.  Doliber,  Ph.G.;, 
Prof.  E.  L.  Patch,  Ph.G.,  and  as  alternates,  C.  I.  Eaton,  D.  G.  Wilkins,  Geo.  F. 
Dinsmore,  B.  F.  Stacy,  and  T.  L.  Jenks,  M.D. 
The  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  on  the  19th  of  May  at 
Syracuse,  and  was  called  to  order  by  Prof.  P.  W.  Bradford,  of  New  York.  They 
were  welcomed  by  Mayor  Hendricks  as  visitors  and  by  Dr.  H.  D.  Didama  on 
behalf  of  the  medical  profession.  The  meeting  was  a  great  success,  130  new  mem- 
bers having  been  elected.  The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  officers  for  the 
ensuing  year:  President,  Prof.  P.  W.  Bedford,  New  York;  ist  Vice  President^ 
G.  M.  Baker,  Brooklyn;  2d  Vice  President,  Frank  Hamilton,  Syracuse,-  3d  Vice 
President,  H.  B.  Napier,  Oswego  ;  Secretary,  Clay  W.  Holmes,  Elmira  ;  Treasurer,^ 
Wm.  Blaikie,  Utica. 
The  Committee  on  Legislation  reported  the  draft  of  a  law  regulating  pharmacy 
in  the  State,  which,  after  discussion  and  a  few  amendments,  was  unanimously- 
adopted. 
The  pharmacists  of  Syracuse  entertained  their  visitors  most  kindly,  and  all  seemed 
to  be  gratified  with  their  visit.    The  next  meeting  will  take  place  in  Buffalo. 
Pittsburgh  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Pittsburgh  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  held  a  special  meeting,  and  elected  the  following  faculty  for  the 
ensuing  term  :  S.  Henry  Stevens,  Professor  of  Pharmacy  ;  George  W.  Aliyn,  M.D. 3^ 
Professor  of  Materia  Medica  and  Botany  ;  Hugo  Blane,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Chem- 
istry. The  approaching  term  begins  October  ist^  and  the  prospects  are  very  flatter- 
ing for  a  large  class  in  each  department. 
