Qfttaiol department. 
Register. — About a year ago the Philadelphia College of Phar- 
macy, in view of the difficulties often experienced by members of 
the College in obtaining assistants or apprentices, and by these in 
obtaining situations, determined to establish a Register under the 
superintendence of the Secretary of the Board of Trustees, whereby, 
applicants, by recording their names, residences, and such hints of 
qualifications as they deemed proper, would have theii wishes for- 
warded. 
It must be evident that such a record, by exhibiting to employers 
the names and qualifications of a number of applicants, is a great 
advantage, inasmuch as. to a certain extent, they can select from 
the list before seeing the party. 
Another advantage, incidental to the Register, is, that the Registrar 
takes the trouble to mention to each applicant the terms of apprentice- 
ship recognizee! by liie College, and oilier information bearing on 
his object. 
The principal class of applicants consists of those who have had 
from six months to two or three years experience, and are, therefore, 
expecting salaries. The great number of such that are to be met 
with is a serious evil, indicating a disposition on the part of the young 
men to avoid that preparatory education, so imperatively necessary 
in our profession to qualify its votaries for their duties. 
The Registrar has very properly discouraged those seeking places 
from any such short terms of apprenticeship, and has held up the 
importance of a regular and systematic study of the business, includ- 
ing attendance at the school of Pharmacy, which is now considered a 
condition of apprenticeship of members of the college. 
All persons entering their names for apprenticeship are understood 
to desire a term of at least four years, with the intention of becoming 
Graduates of Pharmacy. 
The Register is kept at the store of the Registrar, Edward Par- 
rish, N. W. corner of Chesnut and 9th streets, to whom applicants 
for situations may apply without expense. 
General Index to the American Journal of Pharmacy. — In view 
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