510  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {  ^iEt™' 
under  disadvantages  by  studying  in  college  and  working  in  a  store  simulta- 
neously depends  upon  circumstances.  With  a  good  preceptor,  in  a  large  city, 
there  are  unquestionable  advantages.  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg  referred  to  the  value 
of  habits  referred  to  in  the  address  of  Dr.  Eccles — habits  of  cleanliness,  neat- 
ness, accuracy,  adaptability,  etc.,  which  are  to  be  formed  only  in  the  shop.  He 
remarked  how  difficult  pharmacists  found  it  to-day  to  secure  clerks  with  such 
habits,  that  they  can  adapt  themselves  to  store  work.  When  the  degree  is 
given,  the  graduate  should  have  had  his  practical  experience.  No  prelimi- 
naries of  experience  should  be  secured  before  theoretical  education,  and  the 
advanced  experience  might  go  hand-in-hand  with  the  theory.  S.  A.  D.  Shep- 
pard  showed  the  practicableness  of  having  the  student  in  touch  with  the 
store  during  his  entire  course.  A.  B.  Ebert  argued  that  the  first  requirement 
of  a  student  should  be  that  he  must  possess  two  or  three  years'  practical  expe- 
rience in  a  drug-store.  After  that  the  clerk  is  ready  for  theoretical  instruction. 
The  older  countries  are  an  example  to  us  in  this  direction.  Dr.  Dohme  con- 
tended that  the  requirements  to-day  of  a  pharmacist  are  higher  than  those 
required  twenty  years  ago.  O.  Oldberg  believed  that  store  experience  is  neces- 
sary, but  that  the  college  is  not  the  place  to  secure  it.  One  thing  only  can  be 
acquired  at  a  time.  Dr.  Dadd  believed  that  the  young  man  is  not  educated  in 
the  store  of  to-day,  and  that  it  is  necessary  for  him  to  go  to  college.  Prof. 
Patch  related  his  experience,  that  he  knew  of  many  students  who  received 
more  instruction  in  one  year  in  practical  pharmacy  in  a  college  than  in  ten 
years  in  a  store. 
It  was  moved  by  H.  R.  Slack  that  "graduates  in  pharmacy  be  required  to 
pass  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  examination  before  being  registered."  This 
was  seconded  and  carried.  Mr.  Simpson,  presented  to  the  association  the 
resolution  passed  by  the  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress,  and  after 
being  seconded  by  O.  Oldberg  was  unanimously  approved.  Upon  motion  it 
was  ordered  that  a  copy  of  the  resolution  be  sent  to  the  secretary  of  each  state 
association. 
"Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  association  that  no  person  should  be 
admitted  as  an  apprentice  in  pharmacy  unless  he  shall  have  given  evidence  by 
satisfactorily  passing  a  preliminary  examination  or  otherwise,  that  he  possesses 
a  general  education  sufficient  for  such  apprenticeship,  and  as  advanced  as  the 
conditions  of  the  practice  of  pharmacy  in  the  United  States  permit,  and  his 
term  of  apprenticeship  in  pharmacy  should  in  no  case  be  counted  so  far  as  it 
may  antedate  such  evidence  of  sufficient  preliminary  education. 
"  Resolved,  That  the  period  of  apprenticeship  in  pharmacy  ought  not  to  be 
less  than  four  years,  including  the  time  devoted  by  the  apprentice  to  regular 
attendance  upon  the  courses  of  instruction  in  a  pharmaceutical  school. 
i%  Resolved,  That  this  association  approves  the  establishment  of  a  compulsory 
curriculum  of  pharmaceutical  education  and  holds  that  no  person  should  be 
regarded  as  a  qualified  pharmacist  who  has  not  pursued  to  completion  a  sys- 
tematic course  of  instruction  in  chemistry,  pharmacognosy  and  pharmacy." 
A  resolution  was  framed  by  Mr.  Payne  relative  to  securing  increased  stand- 
ing for  the  pharmacist  employed  by  the  United  States  Government.  This  was 
referred  to  the  Association  and  favorably  acted  upon. 
Officers  for  the  ensuing  year  of  this  section  are  : 
