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the  interest  of  pharmaceutical  education  ;  it  was  withdrawn  and  no  action 
taken. 
A  resolution  offered  by  Prof.  Fennel,  that  all  reputable  colleges  of  pharmacy 
be  recommended  to  adopt  a  three  years'  course  as  soon  as  practicable,  was 
adopted. 
Prof.  Robert  G.  Eccles,  of  Brooklyn,  was  elected  chairman  for  the  ensuing 
year,  and  L-  C.  Hogan,  Chicago,  was  re-elected  secretary. 
The  final  session  of  the  Association  was  held  on  Monday  evening,  when  the 
names  of  additional  candidates  for  membership  were  reported,  making  a  total 
of  400  received  at  this  meeting.  The  Nominating  Committee  proposed  Prof. 
Hallberg  for  local  secretary  for  the  next  meeting,  but  he  declining,  nominated 
Mr.  Henry  Biroth,  who  was  duly  elected. 
Professor  Remington  read  the  report  of  the  delegates  to  the  Section  of 
Materia  Medina  and  Pharmacy  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  in  which 
it  was  recommended  that  the  president  be  authorized  to  tender  an  invitation  to 
the  American  Medical  Association  to  send  a  visiting  delegation  to  the  next 
meeting  at  Chicago.    The  recommendation  was  adopted. 
Reports  were  also  read  from  the  Committee  on  the  adoption  of  the  metric 
system  and  from  the  Committee  on  Transportation. 
Various  amendments  to  the  by-laws  were  then  acted  on  and  adopted,  as  fol- 
lows :  Chap,  viii,  Art.  ii,  a  list  of  the  names  of  the  proposed  candidates  is  to 
be  posted  in  the  meeting  hall  at  the  beginning  of  a  session.  Chap,  ix,  Art.  iv, 
now  permits  also  the  proposition  of  amendments  preceding  the  sessions  of  the 
different  Sections.  In  Chap,  vii,  the  word  appointed,  occurring  in  Articles  II 
and  III,  was  changed  to  elected.  A  communication  received  from  Mr.  A. 
Sn3'der,  in  reference  to  membership,  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Member- 
ship. 
A  committee  from  the  Section  on  Commercial  Interests  reported  a  recom- 
mendation "that  the  proprietors  put  the  A.  P.  A.  plan  in  force  promptly  and 
omit  the  delay  in  the  submission  of  it  to  the  retailers  for  approval."  After 
some  discussion,  this  was  adopted. 
Mr.  Bassett  reported  from  the  same  Section  a  request  to  appropriate  sufficient 
money  for  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  Committee  visiting  the  National 
Wholesale  Druggists'  Association  at  its  next  meeting,  and  moved  that  the 
amount  of  such  appropriation  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Council. 
Carried. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Martin  a  sufficient  sum  was  appropriated  to  pay  for  the 
prizes  awarded  by  the  Section  on  Scientific  Papers. 
A  motion  of  Mr.  Sheppard  was  adopted,  instructing  the  Council  to  consider 
the  question  of  prizes,  and  report  thereon  at  the  next  annual  meeting  ;  this 
action,  however,  not  to  militate  against  any  arrangements  for  the  presentation 
of  prizes  next  year  if  in  accord  with  the  vote  of  the  Association  in  1887. 
On  motion  of  Prof.  Good  it  was  Resolved,  That  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  desires  to  record  its  appreciation  of  the  ethical  position 
taken  by  the  American  Medical  Association  at  its  last  meeting  in  its  efforts  to 
discourage  the  use  of  secret  remedies  and  traffic  in  nostrums. 
Resolutions  of  thanks  to  the  local  secretary  and  the  various  committees  were 
offered  by  M.  Alexander,  and  adopted. 
Standing  and  in  silence  the  association  adopted  resolutions  of  sympathy  at 
