ic6         Standards  in  Pharmaceutical  Education.  {AmMJa?ch,i9o:.rm^ 
its  separate  existence.  In  the  first  place  they  should  not  admit  into 
apprenticeship  young  men  who  are  deficient  in  preliminary  educa- 
tion, for  quite  naturally  they  hope  sooner  or  later  to  enter  the 
schools  of  pharmacy.  Indeed  to  admit  such  as  these  into  apprentice- 
ship is  not  only  an  injustice  to  them  but  also  to  the  colleges  of 
pharmacy,  and  this  may  be  considered  as  one  of  the  fundamental 
tests  as  to  whether  the  pharmacist  has  the  true  interests  of  his  call- 
ing at  heart.  Pharmacists  can  at  this  point  be  of  real  service  to 
these  young  men  by  encouraging  them  and  advising  them  to  con- 
tinue their  education  in  the  public  schools  or  to  acquire  it  in  some 
other  way. 
The  second  duty  of  the  pharmacist  is  to  endeavor  to  conduct  his 
business  in  such  a  manner  that  the  educated  young  men  will  be 
attracted  to  it  (for  undoubtedly  there  is  no  more  interesting  work 
than  that  connected  with  the  profession  of  pharmacy),  and  find 
something  to  repay  them  for  their  pains,  and  to  appeal  to  their 
aspirations  as  professional  men. 
The  third  duty  of  the  pharmacist  is  to  the  physician.  If  the 
physician  is  willing  to  rely  upon  the  pharmacist  and  to  help  him  in 
maintaining  and  re-establishing  the  profession  of  pharmacy  by 
prescribing  only  the  preparations  and  medicines  in  the  Pharma- 
copoeia and  National  Formulary,  and  the  new  and  non-official 
remedies  approved  by  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of 
the  American  Medical  Association,  then  should  the  pharmacist  aim 
to  eliminate  as  rapidly  as  possible  patent  medicines,  nostrums  and 
sundry  articles  not  used  as. medicines,  or  as  aids  to  the  sick,  or  even 
as  toilet  preparations,  and  prepare  to  give  his  undivided  attention 
to  his  profession,  which  alone  by  training,  education  and  experience 
he  is  qualified  to  conduct. 
In  briefly  summing  up  my  remarks  I  may  say  that  I  have 
endeavored  to  emphasize  the  essential  principles  which  we  must 
bear  in  mind. 
(1)  A  good  preliminary  education  is  essential  to  an  apprentice 
and  student  of  pharmacy. 
(2)  The  least  that  a  college  or  school  of  pharmacy  should  do  is 
to  send  forth  graduates  that  are  masters  of  every  detail  of  the  U.  S. 
Pharmacopoeia  and  the  National  Formulary. 
(3)  It  is  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  determine  what 
