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American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
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results  of  the  examinations  he  has  passed,  and  an  average  of  these  several 
factors,  each  assigned  its  appropriate  value,  should  be  adopted  as  the  passing 
grade. 
(8)  Definite  and  uniform  conditions  of  efficiency  should  be  adopted 
which  all  pharmaceutical  schools  must  comply  with  in  order  to  receive  recog- 
nition by  the  Boards  of  Pharmacy  in  all  cases  where  students  and  graduates 
of  such  schools  receive  credit  in  any  form  for  the  courses  they  have  com- 
pleted or  for  the  time  of  attendance  at  such  schools,  these  conditions  of  effi- 
ciency to  be  made  public  and  to  be  applied  equally  to  all  schools. 
The  conditions  of  efficiency  prescribed  for  the  recognition  of  schools  of 
pharmacy  should  relate  solely  to  matters  affecting  the  character  of  their 
educational  work. 
(9)  Special  education  for  the  practice  of  pharmacy  is  in  this  age  a  neces- 
sity and  should  as  rapidly  as  possible  be  made  compulsory,  and  the  rules  of 
the  Boards  of  Pharmacy  should  be  such  as  to  promote  and  encourage  it  in 
all  practicable  ways. 
The  special  pharmaceutical  education  required  should  include  substantial 
laboratory  courses. 
(10)  A  Syllabus  of  Pharmacy  Examinations  should  be  prepared  which 
shall  indicate  the  subjects  to  be  included  in  the  Board  examinations  as  well  as 
in  the  courses  of  instruction  in  the  pharmaceutical  schools,  with  the  view  to 
the  attainment  of  a  reasonably  uniform  standard  of  minimum  requirements 
which  may  be  adopted  by  all  Boards  and  Schools. 
(11)  A  national  Committee  on  Examination  Questions  should  be  appointed 
by  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy,  which  committee  should 
consist  of  members,  including  experienced  specialists  in  the  subjects 
mentioned  in  the  Syllabus  of  Pharmacy  Examinations,  who  shall,  under  the 
direction  of  the  said  Association,  prepare  questions  suitable  for  the  examina- 
tions to  beheld  by  such  State  Boards  of  Pharmacy  as  may  avail  themselves  of 
the  services  of  said  Committee. 
(12)  We  recommend  to  all  concerned  that  the  foregoing  principles  and 
standards  be  adhered  to  in  any  amendments  to  the  pharmacy  laws  hereafter 
proposed  in  order  that  national  uniformity  may  be  ultimately  attained.  The 
minimum  requirements  indicated,  and  especially  the  preliminary  general 
education,  should  be  increased  from  time  to  time  as  circumstances  permit. 
We  further  strongly  urge  that  the  Boards  of  Pharmacy  employ  the  dis- 
cretionary powers  already  theirs  under  the  existing  laws  to  improve  the  edu- 
cational status  of  the  pharmacists  of  the  future. 
The  Joint  Conference  adjourned  subject  to  a  call  for  reorganiza- 
tion at  the  next  annual  meeting  of  the  conference  of  Teaching 
Faculties  and  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy. 
First  Session. — The  first  session  of  this  section  was  held  on 
Thursday,  September  6,  1906.    The  address  of  the  chairman  con- 
SECTION  ON  SCIENTIFIC  PAPERS. 
Charges  E.  Caspari,  Chairman. 
M.  I.  WiivBERT,  Secretary,  pro  tern. 
