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J. H. WATTLES. 
inations at the end of one school year, and even the year 
shortened by the late appearance of the student. Could a 
student acquire sufficient knowledge in so limited a time to 
become proficient in our science? The class of men usually 
applying for time allowance is some man that has been in prac¬ 
tice in some small town where there has been no qualified 
practitioner until the appearance of one that has recently grad¬ 
uated from some college, enters the neighborhood, and forces 
the older man to protect himself by gaining a diploma, or else 
thev are forced into college by the action of State laws. My 
experience with this class of men, as students, is that they 
grasp ideas slowly, and make the poorest practitioners when 
out. 
The requirements of the college that I have the honor to 
represent, during the first two years of its existence were the 
same as in other two-year colleges, and I can look back over our 
brief period of existence, and see nothing to regret, except the 
fact that we admitted during our first two years, men who 
had been in practice for some time, and allowed them to ap¬ 
pear for final examination at the end of the first year, happily 
for us, we were soon satisfied with the experiment, and the 
practice was discontinued. We during the same period al¬ 
lowed licentiates and graduates in pharmacy to enter the sen¬ 
ior class, but we soon discovered that the time was too limited 
for them to acquire sufficient knowledge, and this practice 
was also abolished. 
For the past two years our matriculation examination has 
been up to the standard required by this association, conse¬ 
quently we were in no manner disturbed by adopting the rules 
of this body, and unless my judgment is very much at fault, 
there is not a college in America that would not be benefited 
by adopting the same rules, and maintaining a rigid adherence 
to them. 
All applicants for matriculation in this college are now re¬ 
quired to fill out the printed application furnished by the 
school, in which they agree to conform to the established rules. 
All applications for admission are acted upon at a regular 
meeting of the faculty, and the application must be ap- 
