THE  AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY 
NOTES  ON  THE  NEW  PHARMAi 
By  W.  M.  Searby^Q> 
Before  proceeding  to  discuss  the  Pharmacopoeia,  which  is  to  be 
my  principal  theme  this  morning,  I  want  to  say  a  few  words  to  the 
members  of  the  Junior  Class.  Some  of  you  have  perhaps  come 
here  under  the  impression  that  the  work  is  very  easy,  and  that  the 
Faculty  and  Instructors  will  do  most  of  it  for  you.  Others  are 
impressed  with  the  opposite  view,  that  the  work  is  attended  with 
much  difficulty,  and  that  only  very  bright  students  have  a  good 
chance  to  graduate.  Let  me  say  to  you  that  both  of  these  views 
are  erroneous.  The  work  in  college  is  not  so  easy  that  any  of  you 
can  do  it  without  effort,  and  graduate  with  credit.  The  Faculty 
will  give  you  every  assistance  in  their  power  to  acquire  the  knowl- 
edge which  you  have  come  here  to  obtain.  They  will  render  the 
pursuit  thereof  as  easy  as  it  is  wise  to  make  it,  perhaps  as  easy  as 
possible,  but  there  is  a  great  deal  that  they  cannot  do.  They  do 
not  demand  much  of  you  in  the  way  of  memorizing,  but  nevertheless 
there  are  some  things  which  must  be  committed  to  memory,  and 
this  the  Faculty  cannot  do  for  you.  There  is  also  a  certain  amount 
of  reading  and  thinking  which  has  to  be  done  if  you  would  have  a 
comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  various  subjects  which  will  be 
presented  to  you.  The  Faculty  cannot  do  your  reading,  they  can- 
not do  your  thinking,  and  it  is  not  all  so  very  easy  that  anybody 
can  do  it  with  half  trying.  The  work  must  be  done  systematically, 
promptly,  day  by  day,  if  you  would  have  a  clear  understanding  of 
all  matters  submitted  to  you,  grasp  them  thoroughly,  and  make 
1  An  address  delivered  before  the  student  body  of  the  California  College 
of  Pharmacy,  September  7,  1906. 
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