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EVENING COURSES COLLEGE OF PHARMACY 



COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 



As a part of the work of Extension Teaching at Columbia University, the 

 New York College of Pharmacy offers the followitig evening courses for 

 the year jgiy-iy, extending from Tuesday, October j, to Thursday, April 

 26, exclusive of the the holidays. 



Chemistry, Tuesday evening, 7.30 to 10.30. 

 Pharmacy, Wednesday evening, 7.30 to 10.30. 

 Materia Medica, Thursday evening, 7.30 to 10.30 



The demand for evening instruction in all 

 lines of University work has steadily in- 

 creased for many j-ears past in and about 

 this city, until it now far exceeds the ca- 

 pacity of the several institutions that have 

 been established to meet it. During recent 

 years the pressure upon this College to 

 furnish such instruction has been increas- 

 ingly great. During the past year an at- 

 tempt was made to meet this demand by 

 opening laboratories for a single evening 

 weekly, the work of the dififerent depart- 

 ments proceeding synchronously. It was 

 found that many students desired instruc- 

 tion in more than one department, which 

 was not possible under that arrangement, 

 and it was decided to enlarge the provisions 

 of the course by devoting a separate 

 evening to the work of each department. 

 It was also decided to correlate this work 

 with the regular Extension Teaching of the 

 University. 



Under this arrangement, no fixed en- 

 trance requirements are established, but it 

 will be the duty of the instructor in charge 

 to see that each student is properly quali- 

 fied to engage in the work selected. The 

 curriculum has been made very elastic, sev- 

 eral different courses having been arranged 

 in each department, in order to meet the 

 wants of different classes. Special care has 

 been taken to provide instruction for those 

 whose work has no connection with phar- 

 macy, in addition to that speciallj' applicable 

 to the different departments of pharma- 

 ceutical service. 



Upon the completion of any course, the 

 successful student will receive a certificate 

 stating the value and amount of the work 



performed. University credit for such work 

 will be accorded under the rules of the 

 Department of Extension Teaching. For 

 information on this subject, the Bulletin of 

 that department should be consulted. 



It must be clearly understood that the 

 rules of the Education Department and of 

 the Board of Pharmacy of this State do not 

 permit the awarding of pharmaceutical de- 

 grees for work performed in evening 

 courses of instruction. There are, however, 

 hundreds of pharmacists in and about New 

 York who, although they have passed the 

 Board examination and secured their 

 licenses, recognize their inability to per- 

 form many important kinds of work, such 

 as urine analysis, testing and assaying, de- 

 termining the purity of water, milk and 

 other foods, analyzing the stomach con- 

 tents, manufacturing in special lines, pre- 

 paring and dispensing the newer remedies, 

 especially those of the latest editions of the 

 Pharmacopoeia and Formulary, employing 

 the microscope as required in the examina- 

 tion of many articles. Such men, although 

 unable to repeat the regular pharmacy 

 course under modern conditions, can fre- 

 quently arrange to devote one or more 

 evenings per week to the pursuit of some 

 special line of work. Special care has been 

 taken in the arrangement of the following 

 syllabi to meet the needs and the con- 

 venience of this class of students. In addi- 

 tion to' the special courses here announced, 

 classes of beginners in the work of the sev- 

 eral departments will be organized. 



The fee for any one of these courses is 

 $30.00. A special deposit of $5.00 must be 

 made in advance to cover breakage. Any 



