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Correspondence. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharm, 
I  September,  1904. 
I  believe  we  should  have  as  much  uniformity  as  possible  through- 
out the  different  States ;  that  the  regulations  should  be  made  through 
legislative  enactment  rather  than  simple  agreement ;  that  the  original 
law  should  not  provide  for  raising  the  requirements  annually,  but 
this  important  matter  be  left  for  consideration  after  the  effect  of  the 
first  requirements  is  known,  and  that  the  diploma  of  such  colleges 
as  maintain  the  regulations  be  required  as  a  prerequisite  to  examina- 
tion by  a  board  of  pharmacy. 
Very  truly  yours, 
Wm.  C.  Anderson. 
Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy. 
August  ii,  1904. 
Dear  Professor  Kraemer : 
Would  that  we  could  say  in  answer  to  Professor  Searby's  ques- 
tion, "  When  shall  high-school  graduation  be  enforced  by  colleges 
of  pharmacy  as  a  condition  of  entrance?  "  "  This  instant."  Such, 
I  believe,  is  the  feeling  of  every  honest  teacher  of  pharmacy. 
But  the  question  is,  can  we  afford  such  a  stand  at  this  moment, 
when  men  rejected  by  the  schools  because  lacking  a  high-school 
education,  can  "  bone  up  "  by  some  other  agency,  and  make  the 
registered  pharmacist  examination,  with  no  questions  asked  by  the 
board  as  to  preliminary  training  ? 
I  am,  therefore,  forced  to  answer  the  query  :  "  Either  when  none 
but  graduates  are  permitted  to  take  the  registered  pharmacist  exam- 
ination, or  else  when  the  board  demands  high-school  training  of 
non-graduates." 
My  views  on  this  subject  are  set  forth  at  length  in  the  enclosed 
paper.1  Sincerely  yours, 
H.  V.  Arny. 
Cleveland  School  of  Pharmacy. 
1  Midland  Druggist,  January,  1902,  pp.  413-415.  In  this  paper  Professor 
Arny  says,  among  other  things  :  "  Let  no  man  be  given  the  registered  phar- 
macist certificate  unless  he  possesses  a  diploma  of  a  reputable  college,  one  an- 
swering all  the  requirements  laid  down  by  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion. Of  course,  the  candidate  must  also  pass  an  examination  of  the  board, 
and  the  harder  this  examination  is  made  the  better  will  the  conscientious 
teacher  be  pleased.  This  will  insure  thoroughly  educated  pharmacists  in  the 
new  generation  ;  this  will  lessen  the  number  of  druggists  and  drug  stores  to 
the  point  where  the  calling  will  again  be  one  of  fair  profit." 
