5o8  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {A ocSSS. ia^rxn" 
than  they  did  a  year  ago,  and  they  urge  the  Association  to  be  very  careful  in 
its  action  on  the  subject. 
"While  many  of  us  have  very  strong  convictions  in  regard  to  the  matters 
referred  to  in  this  resolution,  we  must,  for  the  moment,  allow  these  convictions 
to  remain  unexpressed,  and  strive  to  answer  the  following,  which  is  the  only 
real  question  now  before  us  :  What  position  should  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  take  in  regard  to  Prof.  Hallberg's  resolution  ? 
"The  connection  between  the  Association  and  the  schools  and  colleges  is  one 
entirely  of  courtesy,  and  in  no  sense,  one  of  judicial  authority.  Nevertheless, 
the  connection  is  a  very  strong  one,  and  the  Association  on  the  one  side,  or  the 
schools  on  the  other,  can,  very  materially,  help  or  retard  the  good  work  that  all 
are  doing  in  the  cause  of  pharmaceutical  education.  Now,  what  action  can  the 
Association  take  on  this  subject  that  will  give  the  most  help  to  pharmaceutical 
education,  as  represented  in  this  country  to-day  ?  It  would  seem  to  be  for  the 
best  that  the  Association  should  be  a  common  meeting-ground  for  all ;  that 
there  should  be,  at  all  times,  on  this  common  meeting-ground,  such  full  and 
friendly  discussion  of  methods  as  shall  stimulate,  benefit  and  teach,  without 
producing  friction  or  bitterness  of  feeling. 
"  It  is  very  plain  that  the  Association  has  no  judicial  rights  to  exercise.  While 
most  of  the  active  workers  in  the  schools  are  members  of  the  Association,  they 
are  members  simply  in  their  personal  capacities,  and  not  by  virtue  of  their 
connection  with  their  schools.  Nor,  can  it  be  said  that  the  Association  is  an 
association  of  schools.  It  is  simply  a  body  made  up  of  individual  members. 
Therefore,  it  would  seem  that  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  has  no 
right  to  set  itself  up  as  a  judge  of  what  should  be  considered  a  regular,  or  rec- 
ognized, or  reputable,  or  good  or  bad,  college  of  pharmacy.  Should  the  col- 
leges and  schools  of  the  country,  acting  in  concert,  present  the  question  to  the 
Association  for  answer,  then  we  might,  very  properly,  take  a  decided  position 
in  regard  to  it.  But  for  us  voluntarily  to  pass  a  resolution  of  such  a  strong  and 
positive  character,  censuring  the  course  pursued  by  pharmaceutical  schools 
standing  high  in  the  work  of  pharmacy,  would,  in  the  judgment  of  your  Com- 
mittee, be  very  doubtful  policy. 
"  The  Committee,  however,  believe  that  the  position  of  the  Association  is  such 
that  resolutions  of  a  suggestive  or  advisory  character,  if  passed  by  a  two-thirds 
or  three-fourths  vote,  may  be  of  great  help  to  the  various  schools,  because  such 
resolutions  would  probably  express  the  prevailing  opinions  of  the  majority  of 
the  best  men  engaged  in  our  line  of  work  in  this  country,  and  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  is,  practically,  the  only  medium  through  which 
such  information  can  be  obtained. 
' '  Your  Committee,  therefore,  recommend  that  the  resolution  offered  by  Prof. 
Hallberg  be  not  adopted. 
"  They  also  recommend  that  the  Association  adopt  one  of  the  following  resolu- 
tions, provided  that  three-fourths  of  all  the  votes  cast  shall  be  in  the  affirmative: 
FIRST  RESOLUTION. 
"Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
that  the  cause  of  pharmaceutical  education  would  be  advanced,  should  all  phar- 
maceutical schools  that  confer  the  degree  of  graduate  in  pharmacy,  adopt  the 
folio  wing  suggestions  : 
