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ments  of  the  Conference  regarding  the  number  of  hours  of  instruc- 
tion given,  the  colleges  agreeing  to  raise  their  requirements  to  900 
hours  for  the  session  of  1907-08,  1,000  hours  for  the  session  of 
1908-09,  and  1,100  hours,  the  Conference  requirement,  in  1909-IO. 
The  committee  to  which  was  referred  the  President's  address,  re- 
ported favorably  on  most  of  the  recommendations  contained  therein 
and  the  same  were  adopted.  Among  them  was  the  recommendation 
to  raise  the  annual  dues  to  $5.00  per  year,  another  appointing  three 
delegates  to  represent  the  Conference  at  the  coming  N.A.R.D.  con- 
vention, and  one  providing  for  a  Syllabus  Committee  to  submit  a 
syllabus  of  a  course  of  instruction.  The  chairman  of  this  syllabus 
committee  was  instructed  to  confer  with  the  representative  of  each 
of  the  following  named  bodies  :  The  Pharmacy  Council,  the  Board 
of  Pharmacy,  and  the  Education  Department  of  the  State  of  New 
York  and  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy,  as  to 
the  practicability  of  outlining  a  minimum  syllabus  of  study  to  pre- 
pare for  the  Board  examinations. 
There  were  a  number  of  applications  for  admission  to  membership 
in  the  Conference,  but,  owing  to  insufficient  information  concerning 
most  of  the  schools  applying  for  membership,  the  matter  was  de- 
ferred and  a  ballot  upon  these  applications  will  be  taken  by  mail. 
Action  on  the  question  of  degrees  was  again  deferred,  W.  T. 
McGill  submitting  the  following  : 
Resolved,  That  the  American  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Fac- 
ulties recommends: 
(1)  A  minimum  preliminary  educational  requirement  of  secondary 
£  e.,  high-school  work  of  four  years  for  the  degree  of  Doctor  in 
Pharmacy,  Phar.  D.;  two  years  for  the  degree  of  Pharmaceutical 
Chemist,  Ph.  C. ;  and  one  year  for  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Phar- 
macy, Ph.  G., 
which  was  made  a  special  order  of  business  for  the  next  meeting. 
The  Nominating  Committee,  consisting  of  George  B.  Kauffman, 
J.  A.  Koch,  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  and  Francis  Hemm,  presented  a 
list  of  nominees  for  the  ensuing  year  and  the  following  officers  were 
elected  : 
President,  James  H.  Beal ;  Vice-President,  J.  T.  McGill;  Secretary- 
Treasurer,  J.  O.  Schlotterbeck.  Executive  Committee :  H.  B.  Hyn- 
son,  F.  J.  Wulling,  and  W.  A.  Puckner,  chairman. 
