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Minutes  of  the  College. 
}Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov.,  1877. 
from  which  institutions  credentials  had  failed  to  reach  the  Conference.  The  officers  of  the  preceding 
year  were  re-elected,  Mr.  Chas.  A.  Tufts  president  and  John  M.  Maisch  secretary. 
The  subjects  for  discussion,  prepared  by  the  Colleges  of  New  York  and  California,  referred  to  regu- 
lations concerning  the  admission  of  students,  examinations  and  requirements  for  graduation,  with  the 
view  of  making  them  as  uniform  as  possible  in  all  the  Colleges.  The  various  propositions  were  freely 
discussed,  and  afterwards  adopted  in  the  following  form,  the  votes  being  in  nearly  all  cases  unanimous  : 
1.  The  matriculation  and  lecture  tickets  shall  be  taken  out  by  each  student  in  person,  and  must  be 
endorsed,  the  former  within  fifteen,  the  latter  within  thirty  days,  from  the  beginning  of  the  lecture  course. 
2.  One  course  of  lectures  attended  at  another  recognized  College  of  Pharmacy  or  corresponding  insti- 
tution where  the  same  branches  are  taught— there  being  no  regular  College  of  Pharmacy  in  the  same 
locality — shall  be  accepted  as  such,  but  the  last  course  shall  always  be  taken  at  the  College  where  the 
student  intends  to  graduate. 
3.  At  the  time  of  the  final  examination  for  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  the  candidate  must 
have  had  at  least  three  and  a  half  years'  practical  experience;  but  he  shall  not  receive  his  diploma  until 
he  shall  have  completed  the  term  of  four  years'  service. 
4.  Candidates  for  graduation  shall  be  subjected  to  a  written  or  oral  and  a  practical  examination. 
a.  The  examination  shall  embrace  questions  in  theoretical  and  pharmaceutical  Chemistry,  Botany, 
Pharmacognosy  and  Materia  Medica,  a  knowledge  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  of  the  various  systems 
of  weights  and  measures,  of  the  maximum  doses  of  powerful  remedial  agents,  of  the  antidotes  to  poisons, 
and  the  translation  of  Latin  prescriptions. 
b.  The  practical  examination  should  comprise  the  analysis  as  to  identity  and  purity  of  simple  medi- 
cinal chemicals,  the  actual  compounding  of  prescriptions  requiring  skill  and  judgment,  the  identification 
of  specimens  in  the  several  department,  and  the  making  of  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  preparations. 
5.  No  special  examinations  shall  be  held,  but  only  one  regular  examination  at  the  end  of  the  regular 
course. 
6.  Candidates  must  present  an  original  thesis,  written  in  English,  and  also  pass  their  examination  in. 
English. 
7.  Certificates  will  be  granted  to  all  candidates  under  twenty-one  years  of  age  who  have  passed  a 
satisfactory  examination,  setting  forth  this  fact.  On  producing  evidence  that  they  have  complied  with 
all  the  requirements  as  to  time  of  service  and  age,  they  shall  receive  their  diploma  as  Graduates  in 
Pharmacy. 
A  proposition,  fixing  the  percentage  of  merit  marks  obtainable  as  necessary  for  graduation,  was 
indefinitely  postponed  as  being  impracticable;  but  it  was  agreed  that  examination  papers  from  the  various 
Colleges  be  selected  for  comparison  at  the  next  annual  Conference,  to  ascertain  the  views  and  judgment 
of  the  examiners  as  to  the  requisite  knowledge  for  passing  and  rating  the  candidates.  The  Philadelphia 
College  was  requested  to  make  suggestions  to  the  other  Colleges. 
The  Colleges  of  Massachusetts  and  St.  Louis  were  selected  to  prepare  questions  for  discussion  at  the 
next  Conference. 
The  ninth  Conference  of  the  Schools  of  Pharmacy  will  convene  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  September  3,  1878, 
at  10  oclock  A.  M.,  preceding  the  first  session  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Respectfully  submitted, 
JOHN  M.  MAISCH. 
JOSEPH  P.  REMINGTON. 
CHARLES  BULLOCK. 
Mr.  Bullock  presented  a  photograph  of  William  Elliot,  President  of  the 
Ontario  College  of  Pharmacy,  which  was  accepted  with  thanks. 
Professor  Maisch  called  the  attention  of  members  to  the  death  of  Hugh  A. 
Weddell,  M.  D.,  an  honorary  member  of  the  College,  which  occurred  at  Poitiers, 
France,  July  22d,  1877.  In  his  remarks  Professor  Maisch  alluded  to  his  services  as 
an  author,  and  to  his  botanical  investigations  of  the  Cinchonas,  the  substance  of 
which  remarks  will  be  found  in  an  obituary  notice  on  page  528,  of  this  volume. 
This  being  the  semi-annual  meeting,  an  election  for  eight  trustees  and  a  com- 
mittee of  three  on  deceased  members  was  ordered.  E.  M.  Boring  and  Charles  L. 
Mitchell,  acting  as  tellers,  reported  the  following  gentlemen  elected  to  the  respective 
positions,  viz.  : 
