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PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES. 
The  Colleges  of  Pharmacy,  located  east  of  the  Rock}'  Mountains,  have  opened 
their  lecture  rooms  about  October  1st,  the  attendance,  as  far  as  we  have 
learned,  being  equal  to,  or  exceeding  that  of  former  years.  While  it  is  grati- 
fying to  notice  the  continuous  spreading  of  pharmaceutical  education,  the 
necessity  for  it  is  doubtless,  even  at  the  present  time,  not  as  fully  appreci- 
ated as  it  should  be ;  for  we  have  learned  that  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmacy 
Board  at  the  examinations  held  during  the  early  part  of  October  found  it 
necessary  to  refuse  registration  to  forty  out  of  seventy  three  applicants ; 
only  thirty  three  of  the  candidates,  or  about  forty  five  per  cent,  were  suffici- 
ently prepared  for  passing  the  examination.  It  is  evident  from  such  a 
record,  that  there  must  be  still  a  considerable  number  of  aspiring  young 
men,  who  consider  shop  routine,  perhaps  supplemented  by  a  process  of 
coaching  or  cramming,  as  being  quite  sufficient  for  becoming  a  pharmacist 
at  the  present  time. 
On  the  other  hand  it  is  likewise  gratifying  to  observe  the  continually  in- 
creasing number  of  those  devoting  their  whole  time  to  study  in  the  laborator- 
ies and  the  lecture  rooms  of  a  college,  and  extending  their  laboratory  work 
even  to  the  recess  between  the  lecture  seasons.  The  two  courses  of  lectures 
which  are  required  as  the  minimum  time  of  study  are  very  frequently  volun-^ 
taril}^  extended  by  students  to  three  or  four  courses,  and  as  a  rule  to  their  ad- 
vantage. Training  in  the  rudiments  of  science  should,  wherever  possible,  pre- 
cede apprenticeship ;  but  this  advantage  has  usually  not  been  enjoyed  by 
those  who  have  passed  through  a  grammar  school,  or  even  through  the  lower 
classes  of  a  high  school;  to  them  a  division  of  the  college  labor  will  always 
prove  of  vast  benefit,  the  more  so,  in  case  shop  duties  interfere,  more  or  less, 
with  the  study  of  the  subjects  presented  in  the  lectures. 
The  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  semi-annual  meeting  September 
18th,  when  a  large  sum  was  appropriated  for  the  expenses  of  the  institution 
for  the  ensuing  six  months.  The  committee  to  whom  was  delegated  the  trans- 
fer in  trust  of  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  to  the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  reported  that  the  tender  of  the  college  had  been  made  in  due 
form  and  received  by  the  Association.  A  special  committee  was  ap- 
pointed for  the  completion  of  the  object.  The  resignation  of  Mr.  F. 
M.  Schmidt  from  the  Board|  of  Trustees  was  read,  accepted,  and  Mr.  C. 
S.  Hallberg  was  chosen  in  his  place. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Manual  of  Chemistry.  A  guide  to  lectures  and  laboratory  work  for  begin- 
ners in  chemistry.  A  text-book  specially  adapted  for  students  of  phar- 
macy and  medicine.  By  W.  Simon,  Ph.  D.,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Chemistry 
and  Toxicology  in  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  ;  Professor  of 
Chemistry  and  Analytical  Chemistry  in  the  Maryland  College  of  Phar- 
macy.   Second  edition.    Thoroughly  revised  and  greatly  enlarged ;  with 
