^""jiyl'issJ.^'"''}  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations,  379^ 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  third  annual  meeting  of  this 
Association  was  held  in  Stenger  Hall,  Allentown,  on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday, 
June  8th  and  9th,  1880.  About  sixty  members  were  present.  President  C.  A. 
Heinitsh  called  the  Association  promptly  to  order  at  3  o'clock  P.M.,  June  8th, 
Dr.  E.  G.  Martin,  Mayor  of  Allentown,  in  a  neat  speech  welcomed  the  Associa- 
tion to  the  city.  The  president,  after  returning  the  thanks  of  the  Association,  pro- 
ceeded to  deliver  his  annual  address.  A.t  the  conclusion  of  this  address  it  was,  on 
motion,  referred  to  a  committee  of  three  to  report  upon  the  suggestions  contained 
in  it. 
Messrs.  Randal  Rickey  and  Arthur  G.  Smith,  delegates  from  the  New  Jersey 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  presented  their  credentials,  and  the  president  invited' 
them  to  seats  on  the  floor  and  to  participate  in  the  deliberations  of  the  meeting. 
The  remainder  of  the  afte/noon  was  occupied  in  electing  members,  and  in  listen- 
ing to  the  reports  of  the  officers  and  the  special  committees  appointed  a  year  ago. 
The  Secretary  reported  the  publication  of  500  copies  of  the  Proceedings  of  last  year, 
200  of  which  still  remain  on  hand.  The  treasurer  reported  a  balance  of  $465.09  in 
the  treasury.  The  Executive  Committee  reported  the  admission  of  9  members 
since  the  last  annual  meeting,  making  the  total  number  146.  Subsequently  this 
committee  reported  51  applicants  for  membership,  all  of  whom  were  elected  by 
ballot. 
Reports  were  also  read  from  the  Committee  on  Legislation  and  Trade  Interests,, 
and  the  Committee  on  Adulterations  and  Sophistications,  and  the  chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Queries  reported  16  queries  to  be  answered  at  the  next  annual  meet- 
ing. The  report  of  the  Delegates  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  was 
read  by  Mr.  Samuel  Gerhard,  of  Philadelphia. 
The  president  appointed  Me>srs.  Alonzo  Robbins,  J.  W.  Landis  and  Wm..  Turner 
a  committee  to  report  upon  the  articles  placed  on  exhibition. 
Mr.  G.  W.  Kennedy  offered  the  following  resolution  :  Resolved,  that  a  com- 
mittee of  five  be  appointed  for  the  purpose  of  drafting  a  bill  regulating  the  practice 
of  pharmacy,  sale  of  poisons  and  preventing  the  adulteration  of  food,  to  be  pre- 
sented to  the  next  Legislature.  The  president,  upon  the  adoption  of  this  resolution,, 
appointed  the  following  committee  :  Messrs.  G.  W.  Kennedy,  John  M.  Maisch, 
John  T.  Patton,  J.  H.  Boher  and  Wm.  Harris.  A  communication  from  Smith,. 
Kline  &  Co,  of  Philadelphia,  inviting  the  Association  to  participate  in  an  excursion 
over  the  Switchback  Railroad  was  read  by  the  secretary,  and  on  motion  of  Mr.. 
Landis  the  invitation  was  accepted  with  the  thanks  of  the  Association. 
A  communication  signed  by  Messrs.  Turner  &  Wiegand^  a  committee  of  the 
Trade  Association  of  Philadelphia  druggists,  requesting  this  Association  to  act  in 
conjunction  with  their  organization  to  induce  our  representatives  in  Congress  to  use 
their  influence  in  relieving  the  trade  from  the  unjust  tax  and  odium  cast  upon  us  as 
liquor  dealers. 
The  second  session  on  Wednesday  morning  was  called  to  order  by  the  president 
at  9  A.  M.  The  credentials  of  Mr.  Clay  W.  Holmes,  a  delegate  from  the  New 
York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  were  read,  and  he  was  invited  to  a  seat  and 
to  participate  in  the  deliberations  of  the  meeting. 
The  Committee  on  the  President's  Address  approved  of  the  following  recommen- 
