50  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties.     { A  janSiry^wS^' 
It  was  voted  that  the  recommendations  in  the  President's  address 
be  taken  up  as  a  special  order  of  business.  After  considerable  dis- 
cussion by  many  of  the  delegates  present  it  was  voted  that  an 
invitation  be  extended  to  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of 
Pharmacy  to  meet  in  joint  session  with  the  American  Conference  of 
Pharmaceutical  Faculties. 
The  Executive  Committee  was  instructed  to  prepare  a  statement 
explaining  what  the  American  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Facul- 
ties is,  its  aims  and  objects,  and  mail  to  the  members  of  the  Con- 
ference for  approval  the  approved  draft  to  be  inserted  in  the 
catalogues  of  the  institutions  which  are  members  of  the  Conference. 
The  report  of  the  Treasurer  showed  expenditures  of  $\  10.20  for 
the  year,  leaving  a  cash  balance  in  the  treasury  of  $1 11.64. 
Several  amendments  to  the  Constitution  and  By-laws  of  minor 
importance  were  adopted.  A  section  of  the  By-laws  providing  for 
the  withdrawal  of  members  was  adopted  as  well  as  one  providing 
for  the  taking  of  votes  by  mail. 
The  School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Washington,  Seattle, 
Wash. ;  The  School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Oklahoma, 
Norman,  Okla. ;  and  the  Department  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Alabama 
Polytechnic  Institute,  Auburn,  Ala.,  were  elected  to  membership  in 
the  Conference. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  "  What  Degrees  should  be  con- 
ferred by  Colleges  of  Pharmacy?"  was  read  by  the  chairman  of  the 
committee,  Professor  Caspari,  as  follows : 
(1)  That  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  (Ph.C.)  be  granted 
or  conferred  by  colleges  that  comply  with  the  minimum  requirements 
adopted  by  the  American  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties, 
at  the  regular  session  held  in  Kansas  City,  September  8,  1904. 
(2)  The  degree  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemist  (Ph.C.)  to  be  conferred 
by  colleges  and  schools  of  pharmacy  on  the  following  conditions : 
(a)  As  entrance  requirement  two  years  of  completed  high-school 
work  or  its  equivalent  and  satisfying  the  other  requirements  specified 
in  the  first  recommendation. 
(b)  The  college  work  to  consist  of  at  least  750  hours  of  lecture 
and  recitations  and  900  hours  of  laboratory  work. 
(3)  That  the  degrees  Bachelor  in  Pharmacy,  Master  in  Pharmacy, 
and  Doctor  in  Pharmacy  be  not  conferred  unless  they  represent  an 
