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tistics  and  references  to  the  new  pharmacy  laws,  was  read  and 
adopted. 
A  report  by  E.  G.  Eberle  on  "  The  Antinarcotic  Legislation  of 
the  Year  "  was,  on  motion,  read  by  title. 
The  report  of  the  special  committee  on  a  Model  Graduation  Pre- 
requisite Law  was  presented  by  the  chairman,  J.  H.  Beal,  and  after 
considerable  discussion  was  adopted  as  read.  The  report  em- 
bodied the  following  resolution : 
Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  the  Section  on  Education  and  Legislation 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  that  when  graduation  from  a  col- 
lege of  pharmacy  is  required  as  a  prerequisite  to  registration,  the  college 
course  should  be  preceded  by  a  general  education  at  least  the  equivalent  of 
one  year  in  a  high  school,  and  that  Boards  of  Pharmacy  should  increase  this 
standard  to  that  of  high-school  graduation  as  rapidly  as  conditions  in  the  sev- 
eral States  will  permit. 
The  report  of  the  special  Committee  on  Pharmaceutical  Degrees, 
which  was  a  majority  report,  was  presented  by  the  chairman, 
Charles  Caspari,  Jr.  Action  on  the  report  was,  however,  postponed 
until  after  certain  papers  having  a  bearing  on  the  subject  under  con- 
sideration had  been  presented.  These  were :  "  Why  the  Doctorate 
Degree  should  be  settled  upon  in  Pharmacy,"  by  Henry  P.  Hyn- 
son ;  "  Why  the  Doctorate  Degree  should  not  be  settled  upon  in 
Pharmacy,"  by  Edward  Kremers,  and  one  of  similar  purport  by  J.  T. 
McGill,  supplementing  the  committee's  report.  After  considerable 
discussion  two  of  the  three  recommendations  made  by  the  commit- 
tee were  adopted.    They  are  as  follows  : 
(1)  It  is  recommended  that  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy 
(Ph.G.)  be  granted  by  colleges  that  comply  with  the  minimum  re- 
quirements adopted  by  the  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties 
at  its  last  session,  September  8,  1904. 
(2)  It  is  also  recommended  that  the  degree  of  Pharmaceutical 
Chemist  (Ph.C.)  be  granted  on  the  following  conditions  :  The  college 
desiring  to  confer  the  degree  should  require  as  a  minimum  for  en- 
trance two  years  of  complete  work  in  a  high  school,  or  its  equiva- 
lent. College  work  to  consist  of  at  least  750  hours  of  lectures  and 
recitations  and  900  hours  of  laboratory  work. 
A  substitute  for  the  third  recommendation  of  the  committee, 
offered  by  Henry  P.  Hynson,  was,  after  an  amendment  by  E.  H. 
Bartley,  adopted.  This  was  to  the  effect  that  it  was  the  sense  of 
the  Section  that  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy  should  be 
