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conclusion  that  if  we  "  get  a  good  view  of  any  situation  as  it  actu- 
ally exists  we  shall  not  be  misled  by  expressions  of  unbaked  ideas 
by  others." 
In  the  course  of  this  editorial  I  have  found  one  paragraph  that 
serves  my  purpose  as  a  text  in  the  writing  of  this  paper,  which 
follows : 
"  Regarding  the  colleges  of  pharmacy  and  what  they  teach  and 
do  not  teach,  we  are  glad  to  be  able  to  say  that  we  Joelieve  the 
usual  course  given  in  The  Average  College  of  Pharmacy,  backed 
up  by  the  three  or  four  years  of  practical  experience  required  by 
most  of  the  boards  of  pharmacy,  fits  a  man  or  woman  of  ordinary 
intelligence  and  education  for  the  work  usually  required  of  a 
pharmacist." 
This  statement  leads  up  to  the  query  what  constitutes  an 
"  average  college  of  pharmacy  "  ? 
The  same  journal  in  its  issue  for  April,  1913,  contains  another 
editorial  in  which  reference  is  made  at  some  length  concerning  the 
action  taken  by  the  New  York  Education  Department  in  its  annual 
revision  of  colleges  of  pharmacy  to  be  recognized  in  that  state,  in 
the  course  of  which  the  statement  appears  "  The  last  time  the  list 
was  revised  the  names  of  three  or  four  schools  were  dropped, 
among  them  being  that  of  the  oldest,  perhaps  the  largest,  and  by 
many  considered  the  best  college  of  pharmacy  in  the  country." 
Now  while  the  fact  as  stated  remains,  the  recognized  list  carries 
the  names  of  many  obscure  schools  of  pharmacy  located  in  various 
states  extending  all  the  way  from  Maine  to  Nebraska.  So  that 
to  find  an  average  college  of  pharmacy  one  is  called  upon  to  go 
far  afield  in  the  search.  The  right  to  graduate  from  a  college  of 
pharmacy  is  contingent  upon  the  percentage  of  good  marks  made 
by  the  student  in  the  opinion  of  the  examiners  of  the  particular 
school  from  which  graduation  is  sought.  The  right  to  become  reg- 
istered in  any  state  as  a  pharmacist  is  based  upon  the  percentage 
made  in  the  tests  submitted  by  the  respective  boards  of  pharmacy. 
Now  those  who  constitute  the  examiners  in  colleges  of  pharmacy 
and  those  who  serve  on  boards  of  pharmacy  are  men  of  like 
calibre  and  similar  attainments,  approximately,  at  least,  hence  the 
same  wide  differences  of  opinion  as  to  the  fitness  of  students  for 
graduation  may  exist  as  we  find  mentioned  in  a  very  excellent 
editorial  appearing  in  the  Bulletin  of  Pharmacy  in  its  issue  for 
April,  1913,  from  which  we  make  this  quotation: 
