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Correspondence. 
{Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
October,  1910. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Editor  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy. 
Dear  Sir:  Your  attention  is  called  to  the  action  of  the  Indiana 
Board  of  Pharmacy  with  a  view  to  its  publication  in  the  interests 
of  pharmaceutical  education. 
The  influence  of  the  syllabus  is  apparent  and  its  bringing  of  the 
schools  and  the  boards  together  is  not  one  of  the  least  of  its  purposes. 
The  criticism  that  the  amount  of  work  should  require  more  than 
iooo  hours  is  one  that  is  uniformly  made  by  those  that  give  close 
consideration  to  the  subject,  but  the  facts  should  be  recalled  that 
the  campaign  for  even  iooo  hours  was  long  and  arduous  and  that 
many  have  not  fully  recovered  from  the  effects  of  this  standard. 
"  The  Indiana  Board  of  Pharmacy  at  its  meeting  on  the  14th  of 
this  month  (July)  called  a  conference  of  all  the  schools  of  phar- 
macy in  the  State,  each  of  which  sent  a  representative.  After  a 
lengthy  discussion  the  schools  with  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  adopted 
the  syllabus  as  the  standard. 
"  The  criticism  of  all  was  that  the  standard  was  rather  low  and 
that  the  amount  of  work  should  require  more  than  iooo  hours." 
The  Regents  on  the  recommendation  of  the  New  York  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy  advanced  the  requirements  in  New  York  State 
to  1 100  hours,  500  recitations  and  600  laboratory. 
Handbook  No.  11  entitled  Pharmacy  has  just  been  printed  by 
the  Department  and  copies  may  be  secured  without  expense  on  appli- 
cation to  the  Education  Department,  Albany,  N.  Y.  It  contains 
the  new  law,  the  rules  of  the  Board,  notes  on  the  law,  the  schools 
registered  by  the  Regents  or  accredited  by  the  Department,  and 
the  synopsis  showing  the  statutory  requirements  for  the  practice  of 
pharmacy  throughout  the  United  States. 
Chairman  Engstrom  of  the  Chemistry  Branch  of  the  Syllabus 
Committee  has  addressed  a  letter  to  his  subcommittee  for  sugges- 
tions of  improvement. 
He  calls  attention  to  the  incomplete  character  of  the  work  and 
the  criticisms  that  have  reached  him. 
The  pharmaceutical  press  will  confer  a  favor  on  the  Executive 
Committee  by  calling  attention  to  any  suggestions,  corrections,  or 
discussions  that  appear  in  its  columns.  The  letter  head  gives  the 
names  and  addresses  of  the  members  of  the  Executive  Committee. 
Respectfully  yours,  H.  L.  Taylor. 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  August  1,  19 10. 
