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Entrance  Requirements. 
(Am,  Jour.  Pharm. 
I      August,  1904. 
Kraemer  (A.  J.  P.,  1904,  page  223)  that  it  will  only  be  necessary  to 
refer  to  the  facts  at  the  present  time. 
One  other  of  the  early  journals  that  should  be  mentioned  is  the 
Journal  of  the  Franklin  Institute.  This  was  first  published  in  1826, 
and,  like  the  preceding,  still  enjoys  an  enviable  reputation  in  its  own 
particular  field. 
WHEN  SHALL  HIGH-SCHOOL  GRADUATION,  OR  ITS 
EQUIVALENT,  BE  ENFORCED  BY  COLLEGES  OF 
PHARMACY  AS  A  CONDITION  OF  ENTRANCE? 
By  W.  M.  Seakby. 
I  do  not  deem  it  necessary  at  this  time  to  show  by  facts  or  argu- 
ment the  desirability  of  higher  entrance  requirements  for  admission 
to  colleges  of  pharmacy.  This  I  believe  to  be  so  universally  con- 
ceded that  it  does  not  need  any  further  enforcement ;  neither  shall 
I  attempt  to  show  that  it  is  desirable  that  the  minimum  requirement 
should  be  graduation  from  a  high  school  (or  the  equivalent  thereof), 
for  this,  I  believe,  is  also  practically  conceded ;  nor  will  I  go  over 
the  ground  which  I  traversed  in  my  paper  before  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1902,  in  which  I  endeavored  to  show 
that  high-school  graduation  was  not  only  desirable,  but  feasible 
within  a  very  few  years,  if  concerted  action  could  be  secured  by  a 
few  of  the  largest  colleges.  I  wish  to  show  in  this  paper  that  the 
time  has  actually  arrived  when  decisive  action  should  be  and  could 
be  taken,  so  that  high-school  graduation  would  be  actually  demanded 
and  enforced  within  a  few  years  from  the  present  date,  considering, 
first,  when  shall  the  advance  be  made  toward  this  end,  and,  sec- 
ondly, how  shall  it  be  done  ? 
The  advantages  to  be  secured  by  such  a  course  would,  in  my 
opinion,  include  the  following  : 
(1)  A  more  intelligent  and  studious  student  body. 
(2)  Greater  uniformity  of  attainment  by  the  students. 
(3)  More  satisfactory  progress  by  the  students  while  in  college, 
and  higher  attainments  at  graduation. 
(4)  A  higher  order  of  class  and  college  spirit. 
(5)  A  more  cultured  and  more  highly  respected  graduate  body. 
I  think  the  advance  should  be  made  now,  and  that  it  should  be 
made  gradually.    I  believe  the  majority  of  colleges  now  admit  stu- 
