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amount  of  work  required  for  similar  academic  degrees  required  by 
reputable  colleges  and  universities. 
This  report  was  the  subject  of  prolonged  and  earnest  discussion. 
No  action  was  taken  with  reference  to  the  report  except  that  it  was 
laid  on  the  table  and  the  following  resolution  by  Professor  Kremers 
was  made  a  special  order  of  business  at  the  next  annual  meeting : 
Resolved,  That  it  be  the  sense  of  the  American  Conference  of 
Pharmaceutical  Faculties  that  the  institutions  herein  represented 
should  strive  to  make  the  Bachelor's,  Master's  and  Doctor's  degrees 
in  pharmacy  the  educational  equivalent  of  similar  academic  degrees 
as  rapidly  as  the  advancement  in  pharmaceutical  education  in  this 
country  will  permit. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year : 
President— H.  M.  Whelpley. 
Vice-President — C.  Lewis  Diehl. 
Secretary-Treasurer — -J.  O.  Schlotterbeck. 
Executive  Committee — W.  A.  Puckner,  chairman;  Wm.  Searby, 
H.  H.  Rusby. 
A  joint  meeting  of  the  American  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical 
Faculties  and  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy  was 
held  at  the  Islesworth  Hotel,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  September  6,  1905. 
Mr.  I.  A.  Keith,  of  the  South  Dakota  Board  of  Pharmacy,  was 
elected  chairman,  and  Professor  H.  M.  Whelpley  as  secretary. 
A  committee  of  five,  consisting  of  Prof.  O.  Oldberg  (Illinois), 
chairman ;  and  Prof.  Geo.  B.  KaufTman  (Ohio),  Z.  B.  Hopkins  (Ver- 
mont), F.  B.  Lillie  (Oklahoma),  and  I.  A.  Keith  (South  Dakota), 
was  appointed  to  arrange  a  programme  for  the  annual  joint  meeting 
for  1906. 
It  was  voted  that  the  joint  meetings  be  open  to  all  interested 
parties. 
It  was  also  voted  that  a  copy  of  the  minutes  of  this  and  of 
subsequent  joint  meetings  be  incorporated  as  a  part  of  the  printed 
proceedings. 
J,  O.  Schlotterbeck, 
Secretary. 
