Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-08-05
DRUGGISTS DOINGS.
Organizing a Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation.
Stale Treasurer Gueniher's address.

The pharmacists of Wisconsin
met pursuant to call, in the assem-
bly, chamber, and, calling Mr.. A. ii.
HOLSTER, of this city, to the front
as temporary chairman. and Mr.. E.
B. Heimstreet as temporary secre-
tary, proceeded to the business OF
organizing on permanent basis.
Mr.. Fenton moved that the chair
appoint committees as follows: On
constitution and bylaws; on the
nomination of officers, and on cre-
Gentials.
The FLOWING gentlemen were
appointed:
On Constitution and By Laws-F. F.
Prentice, GAINESVILLE, A. Conrath, Milw aukee;
|. N. White, Waukesha; w. p. Clarke,
Milton; o. q. Woodward, Clinton; A. A.
Pardee, Madison.
Committee on Nominatlon-F. s. Fenton,
Beloii; H. Allen, Richland Center; A. J.
Roberts, GAINESVILLE; II. G. Schrank, Milwau
kee; G. w. Wright, platteville; Geo. Won
ner. Meuomonee; Z. Summer, Madison.
On CTedentials-F. Robinson, Kenosha;
Pending the reports of the vari-
Gus committees the meeting accept.
ed with applause) an invitation to
moonlight excursion on the lake
for the e0miEg evening. after which
Mr.. Holistes read some portions
from an editorial from the Chicago
Druggist pertinent to the objects of
the meeting, and Mr.. Heimstreet
read congratulatory letters from
Geo. w. Sloan, President of the
American Pharmaceutical Associa-
ton, and others.
Upon the return of the commit
tees the constitution and bylaws
reported by the committee was
adopted with slight notifications.
The committee on nomin atoms
reported the names of the following
gentlemen for the various offices of
the society:
President John A. Dadd, Milwaukee.
Vice Presidents A. H. Hollister, Mil
waukee; G. w. yonner, Menomonee; ]. C.
Huber, Fond du Lac: John Bouman, Osh-
kosh; G. w. Wright, Plattevilie; H. B.
Allen, Richland Center; Geo. Howard, La
Crosse; John Robinson, Green Bay.
Secretary-E. b. Heimstreet, GAINESVILLE.
Treasurer--A. J. Roberts, GAINESVILLE.
On motion of Mr.. Sauerhering,
the ticket was elected viua Uoce.
The initiation fee was fixed at two
dollars, and the annual dues at one
dollar. Forty-two gentlemen signed
the constitution and bylaws,
and the Wisconsin Pharmaceutical
Society was ushered into existence.
The president, Mr. Dadd, was
conducted 10 tho chair with ap>
plause, and, after a few remarks,
introduced the Hon. Richard Guen-
Their, who delivered the following
address of welcomG:
Having been requested by the local COM
mittee to address few words to you, | com
ply with this honorable and pleasant duty-the
more pleasant as | have worked in your
ranks for nearly two decades-I extend 10
you in behalf OF the owners OF this building,
the citizens of Wisconsin, most hearty
welcome, and assure you that the people of
this great commonwealth will endorse every
effort on your part devoted to human progress
and to the interest of science, and the dis
seminatlon of good. The main purpose of yonr
meeting is to organize a State Pharmaceuti-
cal Association, and its motive to more fully
develop the professional spirit, TO elevate the
members of your profession TO a higher
standard Of perfection in every branch of the
art and science of pharmacy, to place the
apothecary, who has TO prepare and dispense
the agents, by which the sick expect to re-
gain the greatest boon of life, health and
yigor, above the mere level of a vender OF
drugs
A pharmacist in order to deserve his title,
must keep step with the advancement of his
profession, he must keep his mind in con-
slant training, he must study assiduously, he
must possess a comprehensive knowledge Of
Latin, Botany, Chemistry, Pharmacology,
Microscopy and Materia Medica. If not he
will only be dealer in merchandise called
drugs.
We witness every day meetings of pro fes-
siona men. of physicians, journalists, teach
ers, clergymen, jurists, engineers, OF bankers,
and so on. They all perform their part on
the great stage of intellectual life, forming
separate columns 10 the grand march of pro-
gress, which carries as nearer and nearer to
human perfection The more we advance
on the rugged path of science, the greater
and more numerous become the obstacles we
encounter, and the more il becomes necessary
to divide our forces and train them for special
work.
At the time of Hippocrates, and even up to
the last century,the physicians not only treat
ed every ailment Of the human body and
mind but lso prepared the elixirs, potations,
and other remedies. But to-day we behold
the many subdivisions of medicine and to
single man Of eminence devote the studies of
life time. Pharmacy is one of them and
only by the exercise of all ones energies,
by constant study and faithful research, one
can merit the title of pharmacist in its true
sense.
If, by your example and your teachings,
you can induce the young man entering your
profession TO strive to attain that degree of
excellence which ought to be the ann of
every apothecary, and your efforts will have
not been in vain, and the words of Goethe,
''He who hath satisfied his ages peers
Hath done for all the futures mighty years"
will not only apply to them but a lso TO you.
Again gentlemen welcome you to the
capitol of our state, and trust that your DELHI
GRAFTON will be crowned by success.-Madison