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5.  That  the  minimum  course  leading  to  a  degree  from  a  member 
college  in  the  Conference  shall  be  three  years,  beginning  with  the 
class  entering  in  1925. 
Dr.  C.  C.  Pierce,  Assistant  Surgeon  General  of  the  United  States 
Public  Health  Service,  described  the  work  being  done  by  his  de- 
partment to  educate  the  people  of  the  United  States  on  the  serious- 
ness of  the  menace  from  venereal  diseases,  and  he  asked  for  the  co- 
operation of  the  members  of  the  Conference  in  this  work.  After  a 
lengthy  discussion,  it  was  unanimously  voted  to  approve  the  cam- 
paign against  venereal  diseases  and  that  the  Conference  will  co- 
operate in  this  campaign  in  every  way  that  circumstances  governing 
its  member  colleges  will  permit. 
The  report  of  the  Secretary-Treasurer,  Dean  Theodore  J.  Brad- 
ley, of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  showed  that  there 
were  forty-five  member  colleges  in  the  Conference.  The  cash 
receipts  during  the  year  were  $1,126.95  and  the  expenditures  were 
$794.63.  On  April  30,  1920,  there  was  a  balance  of  $993.59  in  the 
treasury. 
Reports  of  the  various  standing  and  special  committees  were 
received  as  follows : 
Executive  Committee — Henry  Kraemer,  of  Michigan,  Chairman. 
National  Syllabus  Committee — T.  J.  Bradley,  of  Massachusetts, 
Chairman. 
Standing  Committee  on  Higher  Educational  Standards — W.  J. 
Teeters,  of  Iowa,  Chairman. 
Standing  Committee  on  Faculties — Zada  M.  Cooper,  of  Iowa, 
Chairman. 
Standing  Committee  on  Curricula  and  Teaching  Methods— C.  B. 
Jordan,  of  Indiana,  Chairman. 
Standing  Committee  on  Activities  of  Students  and  Alumni — 
R.  A.  Lyman,  of  Nebraska,  Chairman. 
Standing  Committees  on  Uniform  College  Bulletins^ — C.  O. 
Lee,  of  Indiana,  Chairman. 
Standing  Committee  on  Relations  of  Pharmacy  Schools  and 
other  Professional  Schools^ — E.  F.  Kelly,  of  Maryland,  Chairman. 
Standing  Committee  on  Examination  Questions — E.  A.  Ruddi- 
man,  of  Tennessee,  Chairman. 
Standing  Committee  on  Research — Albert  Schneider,  of  Ne- 
braska, Chairman. 
Special  Committee  to  Consider  and  Report  on  the  Question  of 
