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have  an  assay  method,  particularly  to  show  the  amount  of  the  vola- 
tile oils  present.  Also  the  following:  Solution  cresol  compound, 
liniments  of  Belladonna  and  chloroform;  ointments  of  belladonna, 
tannic  acid,  boracic  acid,  mercury,  ammoniated  mercury,  mercury 
nitrate,  iodine,  iodoform,  stramonium,  sulphur  and  zinc  oxide ;  mer- 
cury oleate;  pulv,  ipecac  and  opium  and  cerate  cantharides. 
TECHNICAL  EDUCATION  AND  METRICS. 
By  H.  V.  Arny,  Ph.D. 
It  is  a  great  privilege  to  bring  to  the  National  Association  of 
Manufacturers  of  Medicinal  Products  the  greetings  of  the  American 
Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties. 
This  organization,  over  which  I  had  the  honor  of  presiding  last 
year,  consisting  of  42  of  the  best  schools  of  pharmacy  in  this  country, 
was  organized  in  1900  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  the  cause  of 
pharmaceutical  education.  It  has  performed  its  work  well  in  the 
past.  It  has  a  greater  mission  for  the  future,  and  this  mission  is  of 
personal  interest  to  every  member  of  the  Association  of  Manufac- 
turers. 
In  the  past  much  of  our  work  has  been  the  very  important  task 
of  fitting  young  men  for  retail  pharmacy  in  a  course  of  instruction 
covering  two  years.  This  always  has  been  and  always  will  be  a 
vital  function  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy.  Of  scarcely  less  im- 
portance, however,  is  the  training  of  young  men  for  technical  posi- 
tions in  your  manufacturing  plants  in  a  course  covering  four  years. 
Are  we,  the  colleges  of  the  conferences,  doing  our  duty  to  you  in 
this  direction?  If  we  are  not,  you  practical  and  energetic  business 
men  should  cooperate  with  us  in  making  courses  in  technical  phar- 
macy what  they  should  be. 
There  are  three  ways  in  which  the  pharmaceutical  industries 
should  cooperate  with  the  colleges  in  making  these  four  year  tech- 
nical courses  a  success. 
Two  of  the  three  ways  are  already  in  vogue  to  a  certain  extent. 
These  are:  (a)  Permitting  experts  from  your  plants  to  give  one  or 
more  special  lectures  in  the  courses  on  chemical  technology  given  in 
our  colleges;  (b)  permitting  our  technical  students  to  visit  your 
plants. 
