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whether  a  food  or  a  drug,  the  properties  of  which  can  be  shown  to 
correspond  with  Professor  Wiley's  chart,  my  conversion  to  his  faith 
will  be  so  thorough  that  the  rest  of  my  life  will  be  devoted  to  undo- 
ing all  that  my  efforts  have  done  in  favor  of  the  use  of  preservatives. 
NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION  OF  BOARDS  OF  PHARMACY 
AND  THE  AMERICAN  CONFERENCE  OF 
PHARMACEUTICAL  FACULTIES. 
Report  of  Joint  Committee  on  Arrangements  and  Proposed  Program,  Joint 
Conference  at  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  in  September,  1906. 
Your  committee  appointed  at  the  Atlantic  City  meeting  of  1905 
submits  the  following  report  which  is  published  and  distributed  at 
this  early  date  in  order  that  all  who  are  directly  interested  may 
have  ample  time  to  carefully  consider  the  several  propositions  here- 
with submitted  before  the  Joint  Conference  meets.  Discussion  and 
action  at  the  Indianapolis  meetings  will  thus  be  facilitated  and 
rendered  fruitful. 
We  believe  that  the  harmonious  co-operation  of  the  Boards  and 
Schools  of  Pharmacy  in  the  promotion  of  sound  progress  and  greater 
uniformity  in  the  educational  requirements  for  license  to  practice 
pharmacy,  is  universally  desired.  Such  co-operation  will  surely 
benefit  our  ancient  and  honorable  profession  and  elevate  the  posi- 
tion and  services  of  the  pharmacist  to  higher  dignity  and  value. 
Pending  the  amendment  of  existing  laws  in  all  States  where 
amendment  is  necessary,  the  immediate  object  which  it  seems  to  us 
desirable  to  attain,  if  possible,  should  be  the  adoption  of  some 
definite  and  reasonably  satisfactory  general  principles  and  minimum 
requirements  which  may  be  accepted  by  the  great  majority  as 
entirely  practical  and  practicable.  These  principles  and  minimum 
requirements  should  be  applied  in  practice  as  rapidly  as  possible  in 
all  parts  of  our  country  where  higher  standards  do  not  already 
obtain,  in  order  that  substantial  progress  toward  improved  condi- 
tions may  be  begun  with  a  fair  promise  of  success.  The  ultimate 
attainment  of  uniform  standards  should  be  held  steadily  in  view. 
Each  Board  and  each  School  is  asked  to  digest  these  propositions 
before  the  Indianapolis  Conference  takes  place.  But  the  pharma- 
ceutical profession  of  the  whole  country  is  directly  interested  in  these 
