Baltar recommended the adoption of a blank similar to a traveler's check. This must be signed by the applicant and attested by three citizens of the city in which the applicant resides. One of the witnesses shall be a former employer of the applicant or at least a registered pharmacist. The report was adopted by the N. A. B. P. and presumably will be by the individual boards belonging to the association.

The Work of Secretary Christensen The secretary of the N. A. B. P., H. C. Christensen, who, by the way, is one of the three candidates for the presidency of the A. Ph. A., had his work He is exincreased by various association actions. pected to attend board of pharmacy examination meetings in the various States whenever possible, with a view of bringing about compliance with the recommendations of the advisory examination comMr. Christensen is chairman of this committee. The secretary is also expected to attend joint meetings of boards in different sections of the country. It is becoming quite common for adjoining State boards to hold conferences.

mittee.

Boards of Pharmacy to Adopt the U. S. P. IX, January 1, 1917 The examinations for registration given after the first of the new year will be based on the U. S. P. IX. Such was the decision of the N. A. B. P. The various boards are also urged to follow as closely as possible the examination questions and methods which have been outlined by the N. A. B. P.

Every Drug Store Should Have the U. S. P. IX and the N. F. IV H. L. Meredith, chairman of the Committee on Legislation, submitted a number of recommendations, one requiring that every drug store be supplied with a copy of the latest edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia and the National Formulary. He has suggested as a penalty for violation a fine double the cost of the book or books, plus the cost of prosecution.

How to Proceed in Order to Secure Reciprocal Registration First of all, it is necessary to write direct to the secretary of the N. A. B. P., H. C. Christensen, 452 Bowen avenue, Chicago, Ill. The fee is $15. Blanks will be supplied and instructions given as to further procedure.

N. A. B. P. Officers for 1916-17

SECRETARY E. G. COX

The following were unanimously elected and will have the responsibility of the ensuing administration:

President, Lawrence C. Lewis, Tuskegee, Ala.; 1st vice-president, John A. Weeks, Texas; 2nd vice-president, D. W. Ramsauer, Florida; 3rd vice-president, John A. Leverty, Connecticut; secretary, H. C. Christensen, Chicago; treasurer, F. W. Ward, Memphis.

Executive committee: E. G. Cox, Missouri; chairman of the Advisory Examination Committee, H. C. Christensen, Chicago; Syllabus Committee, Charles R. Skinner, Vermont.

Display Your Certificate as a Registered Pharmacist The N. A. B. P. is in favor of all State pharmacy laws having the provision that is found in the Missouri Pharmacy Law requiring that the person in charge of a store to conspicuously display his certificate of registration. It is further recommended that the laws require the name of the registered pharmacist in charge to be conspicuously displayed over the entrance to the drug store or department of pharmacy.

PROF. H. V. ARNY

American Conference Pharmaceutical Faculties.The seventeenth annual meeting of the A. C. P. F. was held at the Hotel Rittenhouse, Philadelphia, September 1 and 2, 1916. President H. V. Arny presented an address evidencing careful study of matters pertaining to the conference. Among his recommendations which were adopted was one to investigate the pharmacy courses in high schools and report on the same at the next conference. Detroit, Chicago and Cleveland have high schools giving special attention to pharmaceutical instruction. The subject is also under consideration in St. Louis. On recommendation by President Arny, a joint committee from the conference and boards was appointed, to co-operate with legislative committees of said pharmaceutical associations in arranging for a referendum vote of the pharmacists of the United States on the subject of high school preliminary requirements for registration in the different States. Retiring President Frederick J. Wulling made recommendations in 1915 which led to the appointment of sixteen committees. President Arny recommended the continuation of a number of these committees and the making of some of them standing committees.

tended as a guide for boards of pharmacy in their examinations and colleges of pharmacy in their curricula.

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The Relative Value of College Departments This subject elicited considerable discussion. is proposed to divide the curriculum into three main departments, giving pharmacy slightly more than one-third of the value, chemistry 30 per cent, materia medica 30 per cent and pharmacy 40 per cent. It is believed that special courses should be fitted in as part of the main departments. Reference was made to business and law, course in book reading, cultivation of medicinal plants and other similar work which is governed largely by individual preference or environments of the school. The schools belonging to the conference are requested to publish in their bulletins the work in tabular form, stating the number of hours' credit each course carries. Various Topics Discussed by the Conference

The reports of committees brought up a number of topics for discussion and several of them were continued for the 1917 meeting. The Committee on Salaries of College Professors indicated that its previous reports had been of service in some of the schools. An effort will be made to secure recognition in medical schools for some of the work accomplished in pharmacy schools, this to be in the form of credit. The Alumni Associations of schools belonging to the conference are urged to take an active part in pharmaceutical affairs in their section of the country and see that their schools and graduates are properly recognized. The pronunciation used in the teaching of Latin to pharmacy students is a subject which was referred to the Syllabus Committee. It developed that some ancient and much modern pronunciation is now in vogue.

The Two Year High School Requirement Before Entering College The conference recommends the requirement of two years' high school work or its educational equivalent as an entrance requirement to schools of pharmacy, beginning with the fall of 1917. The conference at Philadelphia approved of this recommendation but does not make its adoption mandatory in 1917 in order to retain or gain membership in the A. C. P. F. In view of this action, the recommendation of the Committee on Higher Education Standards will not be pressed at present. This committee reported:

"That in as much as the N. A. B. P., at their 1915 meeting, recommended that in 1920 Boards of Pharmacy should require four years of high school training preparatory for the taking of an examination, we feel that it is now time for the Conference to take action making the four years' high school requirement binding for all institutions holding membership in the Conference with the beginning of the academic year, 1920-21."

A Conference But Not An Association

The A. C. P. F. is a conference of the members of the faculties of nearly half a hundred schools of pharmacy. The action taken by the conference and the representations made by those in attendance require ratification by the schools represented. In exceptional cases delegates go instructed on certain subjects, but the gathering is a conference instead of an organization, with power to bind the schools represented. From time to time it has been proposed to change the form and constitute an organ

ization in which the administrative officers of the universities and colleges will be in a position to take final action at the annual gathering. This year the conference voted down such a proposal. It is felt by some members of the conference that the previous organization of schools of pharmacy which went to pieces several years before the present conference was organized would have continued in operation if the organization had been similar in form to the A. C. P. F.

A. C. P. F. Officers for 1916-17

The officers of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties elected for the coming year are as follows:

President, Dr. R. A. Lyman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. Vice-president, Dean T. J. Bradley, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston, Mass.

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Secretary and Treasurer,
Wilber J. Teeters, University of
Iowa, Iowa City, Ia.

Executive Committee: J. A. Koch, chairman, Pittsburg; H. V. Arny, New York; W. B. Day, Chicago.

Syllabus Committee. C. M. Snow, Chicago.

DR. R. A. LYMAN Joint Session of the A. C. P. F. and N. A. B. P.The Conference of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy and the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties, at Philadelphia, September 1, was largely attended and attentively followed by all present. It was, indeed, a get-together meeting. The addresses of President J. C. Burton, for the Boards, and President H. V. Arny, for the Faculties, were read and discussed. Prerequisite requirements, methods of board examinations, college examination, commercial pharmacy and the Fairchild A. Ph. A. scholarship were subjects discussed. A number of questions were referred to the executive committee of the two organizations. Those taking active part in the proceedings were William C. Alpers, H. P. Hynson, H. C. Christensen, L. E. Sayre, H. H. Rusby, C. B. Jordan, J C. Burton, Philip Asher, Jacob H. Rehfuss, Francis. He mm, Jacob Diner, George C. Diekman, John Culley and H. M. Whelpley.

DR. H. H. RUSBY

The National Association of Retail Druggists organized at St. Louis October 17, 1898, held its eighteenth annual meeting in Hotel Claypool, Indianapolis September 18-22, 1916. About one thousand persons registered. It was pronounced by veterans as the best all-around convention ever held by the N. A. R. D. A spirit of confidence and a feeling of calm deliberations was very evident. Perhaps

the most conspicuous feature was a realization of the value and potency of the organization and cooperation of the retail pharmacists of the United States. It is probable that the 1917 meeting will be held at Cleveland. At least such is the hope of many members.

N. A. R. D. Officers for 1916-17.-The selection of officers is an important function of any organization. The N. A. R. D. is particularly alive to the situation, and candidates are discussed freely and frequently until the ballot renders final decision. A committee on nominations representing the different delegations submits a report, which is usually equivalent to election.

EDITOR W. H. COUSINS

President, Robert J. Frick, of Louisville, Ky.

First vice-president, Walter H. Cousins, of Dallas, Tex.

Second vice-president, E. Stucky, of Indianapolis, Ind.

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Third vice-president, W. B. Cheatham, of San Francisco, Cal. Secretary, Thomas H. Potts, of the United States.

Treasurer, Grant, W. Stevens, of Detroit, Mich.

Members of the Executive Committee: James F. Finneran, of Boston, Mass., chairman (has one year of his term to serve); James P. Crowley, of Chicago, Ill. (reelected for three years); T. F. Hagenow, of St. Louis, Mo. (elected for three years); Charles H. Huhn, of Minneapolis, Minn. (has two years of his term to serve); Charles F. Harding, of Cincinnati, Ohio (has two years of his term to serve), and S. A. Eckstein, of Milwaukee, Wis. (elected for one year to fill unexpired term).

Resolutions Adopted by the N. A. R. D. at the 1916 Convention. This organization has a very practical way. of handling propositions brought before it from various sources. The suggestions, requests and demands must be in writing and reduced to resolutions. They are usually read in open meeting, but must go to the Committee on Resolutions. This august body, of which Dr. W. C. Anderson has been the efficient chairman for years, holds an open meeting. The resolutions are discussed ad libitum just as long as the speakers keep to the text. No motions can be made. The Committee on Resolutions is all attention and after the experience meeting goes into executive session. A report is then prepared and submitted to the convention for final action. The last ballot is taken from the N. A. R. D. Journal, which is the official organ of the association.

DR. W. C. ANDERSON

Endorsement of Principle of Price-Maintenance.-Resolved: That the association continue its earnest and active support of all measures which have for their object the establishment of the right of the manufacturer to establish and maintain the resale price of his goods.

Publicity for Price-Maintenance Benefits. Whereas, it is overwhelmingly the opinion of economists that the maintenance of a fair resale price for articles of commerce identified by brand or

name is beneficial alike to producer, distributor, and consumer; and

Whereas, it has been conclusively proven by the action of numbers of organizations of producers and distributors of such commodities and especially by the referendum conducted by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, that the large majority of producers and distributors are in favor of resale-price maintenance; and

Whereas, there, therefore, remains in the endeavor to secure price-maintenance legislation the necessity of explaining the benefits of resale-price maintenance to the consuming public; therefore, be it

Resolved: That the National Association of Retail Druggists make provision for carrying on a compaign of education, which will acquaint the public with the benefits of resale-price maintenance to the consumer, and we strongly urge that a part of this campaign be the arranging and conducting of public meetings at which the principle of resale-price maintenance shall be explained and the desirability of legislation embodynig this principle be advocated. Paige Patent-Law-Reform Measure Endorsed.-Resolved: That we continue our efforts to bring about a revision of the patent laws of the United States, as proposed by the Paige bill now before Congress. Deferment of U. S. P. and N. F. Officialization Asked. ReSolved: That the National Association of Retail Druggists request the Federal authorities to defer the official application of the ninth revision of the Pharmacopoeia and the fourth edition of the National Formulary until after January 1, 1917.

Participation in U. S. P. Revision Sought.-Whereas, the revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia is a matter of vital importance and interest to a great body of druggists such as the National Association of Retail Druggists, be it, therefore, Resolved: That steps be taken to have this association represented on the next U. S. P. revision committee.

Open Mails for Medicines Favored.-Resolved: That the National Association of Retail Druggists favors an amendment to the postal laws that will make it possible to send medicines containing poisons through the mails under such restrictions as to packing and so on, as will prevent their possible injury to the mails or those handling the same.

Discrimination, Condemned. Whereas, it has been called to the attention of some of the members of this association that a manufacturing company has placed upon the market a package of toothpaste to retail at 10 cents a package and further, that it has limited the sale thereof to the ten-cent stores and has refused to sell it to the retail drug trade when requested to do so; be it

Resolved: That it is the sense of this convention that the company's action is an unjust discrimination against the retail drug trade, and that in our opinion it is contrary to the best interest of the retail drug trade to handle, display, or offer for sale any copyrighted or trademark preparation or article in any size or style of package if the same trademark preparation or patented article is offered to the consumer in any other style or size of package which is refused to the retail drug trade.

Premium Schemes Opposed.-Whereas, the trading stamp and coupon evil is recognized as being detrimental to the retail business; and

Whereas, the National Association of Retail Druggists has at former conventions endorsed resolutions condemning this practice; therefore, be it

Resolved: That the National Association of Retail Druggists reaffirm its opposition to the giving of trading stamps, coupons, gifts, and the like, and use its power to have created national and state legislation to abolish this practice.

Whereas, the Supreme Court of the United States has sustained the constitutionality of the right of the respective states to pass legislation imposing a license fee upon persons, firms, and corporations using or furnishing trading stamps or coupons in connection with the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise; be it, therefore,

Resolved: That the National Association of Retail Druggists instruct its legislative committee to prepare a model anti-coupon or trading stamp measure, for submission to the legislatures of the various states through the legislative committees of the respective associations.

The Regulation of the Narcotic Traffic.-Resolved: That all efforts to amend the Harrison law by the elimination of section 6 be fervently opposed, and that, if any changes are contemplated in the law, we lend our support to those measures which would tend to strengthen, rather than weaken, the law.

Resolved: That the association voice its approval of the effort which is being made to secure a decision from the court which will set aside the unfair and unjust rulings of the Treasury Department, under the Harrison law.

Resolved: That our officers be instructed to continue to use their efforts to correct the impracticable rulings and regulations as applied to the enforcement of the Harrison antinarcotic law. Resolved: That we request all states that do not have a law which provides satisfactory regulations with reference to the possessoin of narcotics by consumers to have such law enacted

at once.

To Combat the Medicine Peddler. Whereas, most of the states of the Union are afflicted with vending wagons that vend, in dadition to general merchandise, medicines of all kinds; and

Whereas, almost without exception the medical practice act of the respective states is violated by such vendors every day by indiscriminate treatment of diseases met in their travels; and

Whereas, the retail druggists of the respective states, being already heavily taxed in order to carry on their regular business, as well as having to comply with onerous legal professional restrictions, feel that the protection of state laws should be given them for their moral and economic conservation; therefore, be it Resolved: That we direct the executive and legislative committees to prepare or have prepared a model antivending measure in time for presentation to the forty-two respecitve state legislatures that will meet on or after January 1, 1917.

Selling of Liquors Condemned.-Resolved: That the National Association of Retail Druggists hereby reasserts and reaffirms its unalterable opposition to the sale of whisky, brandy, or other intoxicating liquors by retail druggists except for strictly scientific, sacramental, pharmaceutical, medicinal, or mechanical use. Standard for Whisky Favored.-Resolved: That we favor an official standard for whisky and brandy in order that inferior articles for medicinal purposes may be avoided.

Extension of Service Features.-Whereas, the value of any organization depends upon the service rendered its membership; and

Whereas, the service features of the National Association of Retail Druggists and its subsidiary organizations are of inestimable value to their members; be it

Resolved: That the National Association of Retail Druggists should develop its service features to the highest degree of effilciency, especially along the lines of uniform, profitable window displays.

A New Committee for Political Activity.-Resolved: That the incoming president shall appoint a committee consisting of one member from each state where an organization of the National Association of Retail Druggists exists, to be known as the committee on elections, whose duty it shall be to investigate the attitude of prospective candidates for election to public office, toward measures affecting the interests of the retail drug trade.

Better State Laws Urged.-Resolved: That the National Association of Retail Druggists continue its efforts to secure for the druggists of this country better laws for their protection believing it to be highly desirable for every compounder and dispenser of medicine which is intended for the cure or relief of human ailments, to be a regularly licensed and registered pharmacist, without exception.

Resolved: That we favor amendments to the state pure food and drug laws, health laws, and sanitary inspection laws, that will be applicable to, and enforced upon, all alike, regardless of what one's profession or business may be.

Resolved: That we commend the activity of the American Pharmaceutical Association in its endeavor to provide a model pharmacy law, and tender our assistance in such work wherever and whenever possible.

That the Na

Investigation of Railway Regulation.-Resolved: tional Association of Retail Druggists request the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America to consider the advisability of conducting an investigation and referendum upon the correction of defects in the system of railway regulation, with particular reference to interstate commerce.

Continuation of Guaranty Clause Desired.-Resolved: That we continue our efforts to have the Department of Agriculture provide a simple food and drug law guaranty clause that will not be misleading.

Fair Remuneration of Postal Agents Favored.-Resolved: That the committee on national legislation be, and is hereby, requested to take such action as will regulate the compensation of postal sub-stations according to the amount of business done.

To Prevent Fraud in Measuring Devices.-Resolved: That the National Association of Retail Druggists recommend the adoption by the United States government of a method that will prevent the interstate shipment of measuring and weighing devices that do not meet the requirements of the United States Bureau Standards.

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Legislative Chairman Elevated in Rank.-Resolved: That the chairman of our national legislative committee should be ex-officio a member of the executive committee, with voice but without vote.

That Continued Employment of Counsel Approved.-Resolved: the National Association of Retail Druggists continue to employ an attorney to represent it at Washington.

That a Conferences of Local Officers Furthered.-Resolved: time be set aside and published in the program of future conventions, providing for conferences among the officers of local associations.

The Women's Organization of the National Association of Retail Druggists is now eleven years old and met with the N. A. R. D. at Indianapolis, the week of September 18. The enthusiasm of the members continues unabated. The determination is to

work on lines parallel with the N. A. R. D. and avoid any efforts at cross purposes.

W. O. N. A. R. D. Resolutions

Proposed legislation detrimental to pharmacy will be given particular attention and influence used to defeat the same. The organization is in full accord with the purpose of "Baby Week." An effort is being made to establish State scholarships for, women students. A resolution was adopted against fraudulent "beauty" and cosmetic preparations. The W. O. N. A. R. D. will co-operate with Miss Lathrop of the Children's Bureau. An effort is being made to have pharmacy represented at all vocational conferences The young in different sections of the country. woman making the highest average in the final examinations of a school of pharmacy in any State where the W. O. N. A. R. D. has members will be awarded $25.

W. O. N. A. R. D. Officers Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows:

President, Mrs. Julius H. Riemenschneider, of Chicago, Ill.;

1st vice-president, Miss Clara Hulskamp, of Louisville, Ky.; 2nd vice-president, Mrs. S. A. Eckstein, of Milwaukee, Wis.; 3rd vice-president, Mrs. A. J. Hoenny, of St. Louis, Mo.; 4th vice-president, Miss Nora V. Brendle, of Wilmington, Del.; 5th vice-president, Mrs. R. G. Rutherford, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; financial secretary, Mrs. William Estell Lee, of

Philadelphia, Pa.; corresponding

and recording secretary, Mrs. Leslie O. Wallace, of Auburn, N. Y.; treasurer, Mrs. John C. Otis, of Cincinnati, Ohio; members of the board of directors, Mrs. J. F. Waterhouse, of Newton Highlands, Mass., chairman; Mrs. Louis Emanuel, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. H. E. Rowe, of Rock Island, Ill.; Mrs. R. A. Clarkson, of Springfield, Ill.; Mrs. Oscar Rydstrom, of Buffalo, N. Y.; Mrs. F. E. MacBride, of Youngstown, Ohio; Mrs. W. H. Farley, of Asbury Park, N. J., and Mrs. J. D. Sutton, of Rock Island, Ill.

The N. A. R. D. Exhibits

Exhibits have long been a prominent feature of the N. A. R. D. convention. The excellent facilities offered at Claypool Hotel enable the installing of extensive exhibits accessible to the delegation, but so located that the exhibit feature in no way interThe fered with the sessions of the convention. firms taking part in the exhibit represented a wide range of pharmaceutical interests. Among those having particularly attractive exhibits in the hands of able representatives we mention:

French Lick Springs Hotel Company, French Lick, Ind.; Horlick's Malted Milk Company, Racine, Wis.; John T. Milliken Company, St. Louis; Standard Oil Company of Indiana, and Wilford Hall Laboratories, Port Chester, N. Y.

The United States Pharmacopoeia is Always in Evidence at A. Ph. A. Conventions.-Chairman Joseph P. Remington had an informal conference with the members of the Committee on Revision who were present. It was much in the nature of an experience meeting, as the U. S. P. IX is on the market and the labors of the committee finished as far as that revision is concerned. Four of the seven members of

Governor and State officials will also give manufacturers and retailers until the end of the year to prepare for the standards of the new Pharmacopoeia, which fortunately are but slightly changed from the previous revision.

The American Pharmaceutical Association met in sixty-fourth annual convention at Atlantic City, N. J., September 5-8. The council convened the day previous, but the work of the convention was crowded into four days. Saturday was set apart for recreation. The attendance of four hundred was small compared with what was anticipated. The threatened railroad strike had much to do with preventing many people from going who had anticipated the pleasure and profit. The work of the association covered a large field of pharmaceutical interests and each sectcion reported its part as being satisfactory. The longest list of new members (450) in the history of the A. Ph. A. was added. The N. F. IV was recognized as a great accomplishment by the association. The permanent funds now amount to over $36,000 and are steadily growing. The current fund at the date of the meeting was over $14,000. The publica

Pharmacists in the Government Employ

The standing committee on this subject is headed by Samuel L. Hilton of Washington, whose report was pleasing in nature as well as descriptive of the work of the past year. The government has passed a bill which materially aids pharmacists in the government employ. Treasurer Hilton said in part:

TREASURER SAMUEL L. HILTON

I have talked recently with several members of the hospital corps and they have expressed themselves freely as being well satisfied with what has been obtained for them, and with reference to obtaining a commission for the ranking grade they seem to care for this but little, owing to the social duties incident thereto. Inder the recent act of Congress reorganizing the United States army, the hospital corps becomes the enlisted force of the medical department, two new grades are provided, master hosptial sergeant at $75.00 per month, and hospital sergeant, at $65.00 per month, and allowances. Below these grades come the six former grades, ranking in pay from $15.00 to $50.00 per month for sergeants, first class, and allowances, as heretofore.