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important  part  in  fostering  and  bringing  to  pass  this  change  of 
opinion,  the  Conference  as  a  body  has  not  taken  the  part  it  should 
in  molding  opinion  and  bringing  about  results.  Now  that  the 
formative  period  has  been  passed,  the  efforts  of  the  Conference 
should  be  directed  outward,  in  an  aggressive  manner.  There  are 
four  points,  more  or  less  connected,  to  which  attention  should  be 
directed.  First  is  publicity.  A  large  majority  of  the  pharmacists 
of  the  country  never  heard  of  the  American  Conference  of  Pharma- 
ceutical Faculties  and  therefore  do  not  know  its  aims  and  purposes. 
Nearly  all  of  the  large  body  of  young  people  who  enter  colleges 
and  schools  of  pharmacy  each  fall,  select  the  institutions  which  they 
will  attend  without  reference  whatever  to  the  things  for  which 
we  stand.  Therefore,  we  should  devise  means  whereby  our  existence, 
our  aims  and  purposes,  should  become  widely  known  and  such 
knowledge  should  be  kept  constantly  before  those  who  are  likely  to 
be  interested  or  benefited  thereby. 
The  second  point  is  membership.  It  is  highly  probable  that  ot 
the  sixty  institutions  that  are  not  of  us  there  are  some  that  would 
do  us  credit.  When  we  will  have  secured  the  membership  of  all  the 
worthy  institutions  then  we  will  have  the  power  to  wield  an  influ- 
ence upon  those  schools  that  are  not  with  us.  Having  such  a  mem- 
bership we  could  reasonably  ask  recognition  at  the  hands  of  the 
Boards  of  Economy. 
Our  relations  with  the  Boards  of  Pharmacy  is  the  third  point  to 
which  attention  should  be  given.  These  should  be  close  and  most 
cordial,  and  we  can  then  justly  ask  and  readily  obtain  a  special  recog- 
nition at  their  hands.  At  present  one  State  and  one  Territory  have 
granted  this  recognition  voluntarily.  Other  boards  have  fixed 
minimum  standards  for  schools  whose  students  shall  receive  credit 
from  them.  We  should  not  neglect  the  opportunity  afforded  us  in 
the  simultaneous  meetings  of  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of 
Pharmacy  and  this  Conference  now  in  session  here,  of  working 
together  in  harmony  and  in  a  spirit  of  co-operation. 
Finally,  the  enactment  of  laws  making  graduation  a  prerequisite 
for  registration  is  the  chief  factor  that  will  enable  us  to  put  into 
effect  a  high  standard  of  qualification.  A  remarkable  change  in 
sentiment  in  this  particular  is  taking  place.  It  seems  that  in  no  way 
can  the  Conference  better  serve  the  purposes  of  its  organization  than 
by  throwing  all  possible  energy  in  this  direction. 
