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Conducted by Prof. H. H. Rosby. 



DISCONTINUANCE OF FOOD 

 AND DRUG COURSE. 



With the close of the session of 1915- 

 16 the Food and Drug- Course of the 

 College will be discontinued. At the 

 time of the establishment of a o^raduate 

 course, based upon high school gradua- 

 tion, there were many graduates from 

 the ordinary pharmacy course who de- 

 sired to pursue graduate studies but who 

 were unable to present the necessary 

 credentials for admission to the regular 

 graduate course. For such students, the 

 Food and Drug Course was established, 

 and it has proved of great service to 

 them. At the present time, with a three- 

 year course leading to the degree of Ph. 

 Ch., and one of four years leading to 

 that of B. S. in Phar., with still fur- 

 ther opportunity for work leading to 

 the degree of Phar. D. an.d with ample 

 provisions for summer school work 

 and evening classes, it seems neither 

 desirable nor expedient to maintain 

 still another course of study, for 

 those who have not made proper 

 preparation, now that an abundance of 

 time has been allowed for so doing. The 

 steady trend of American phannacy 

 schools in the direction of increased en- 

 trance requirements militates strongly 

 against providing advanced work and 

 degrees for those who have not com- 

 pleted their secondary school work. 



Suitable certificates will be awarded to 

 all students who successfully complete 

 anv of the evening courses. 



Full announcements regarding the eve- 

 ning and summer courses will be printed 

 in the next number of the Journal. • 



Beginning with the session of 1916-17, 

 the tuition fees of the first and second 

 year students will be increased from 

 Si 20 to $125 per term, and no extra 

 charge will be made to the students for 

 the supplies used in the pharmaceutical 

 accounting course. 



Members of the Alumni Association 

 who take an interest in. College aflFairs 

 .should become members of the College 

 organization. The initiation fee has been 

 abolished, the annual contribution re- 

 quested being Five Dollars per year. A 

 certificate of membership will be issued 

 to any member without charge, upon 

 request. 



The Trustees are hopeful that all 

 those who received their pharmaceutical 

 education at the Xew York College of 

 Pharmacy will become members as soon 

 as they are in a position to do so. Ap- 

 plications for membership should be 

 sent to the Chairman of the Membership 

 Committee, Mr. Frederick K. James, 247 

 West 46th Street, Xew York. About 

 fiftv new members have been elected 

 during the present year, and it is the 

 ambition of those in charge of the mat- 

 ter to double this number before the end 

 of the present session. 



