Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  j 
January,  19 19.  J 
Editorial. 
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issued  by  the  Committee  on  Education  and  Special  Training  of  the 
War  Department.  Among  other  things  you  state,  "  There  is  no 
denying  the  fact  that  there  has  been  a  deliberate  shaping  of  this 
movement  in  such  a  manner  as  to  be  favorable  to  the  interests  of 
those  schools  of  pharmacy  who  are  allied  to  universities  and  to  dis- 
criminate against  those  schools  who  have  so  far  kept  aloof  from 
such  affiliation.  This  is  but  another  evidence  of  that  factional  spirit 
that  has  been  so  energetically  developed  in  the  conference  named 
and  which  if  persisted  in  may  result  in  making  that  body  a  "  dis- 
sociated association."  You  go  further  and  imply  throughout  your 
editorial  that  the  university  colleges  of  pharmacy  took  an  undue 
advantage  and  used  the  "tactics  of  politicians,  narrowmindedness 
and  schism  to  serve  as  a  fractional  advantage." 
As  director  of  a  college  of  pharmacy  connected  with  a  univer- 
sity and  a  member  of  the  committee  called  to  Washington  for  this 
conference,  my  duty  demands  that  I  refute  these  false  accusations 
and  implications. 
This  editorial  plainly  shows  that  the  editor  did  not  know  the 
facts  in  the  case  before  rushing  into  print  with  a  fancied  grievance. 
Under  date  of  October  14,  I  submitted  to  Dr.  Koch,  Chairman  of 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Conference,  a  report  of  this  con- 
ference in  Washington  that  he  might  send  it  to  the  members  of  the, 
A.  C.  Ph.  F.    The  following  is  a  copy  of  my  letter  to  Dr.  Koch  1 
"  October  14,  1918. 
"  Professor  Julius  A.  Koch, 
"  Pittsburgh  College  of  Pharmacy, 
"  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
"My  dear  Professor  Koch: — I  am  sending  you  herewith  a  brief 
report  of  the  Conference  held  at  Washington.  On  September  26,  1 
received  the  following  wire  from  Washington :  4  It  is  hoped  that  you 
will  be  able  to  attend  a  Conference  at  10  A.M.,  Sunday,  October 
29,  Room  152,  Old  Land  Office  Building,  Washington,  D.  C,  for 
the  purpose  of  discussing  the  relation  of  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  to 
the  Student  Army  Training  Corps.  Signed — MacLaurin,  Educa- 
tional Director/ 
"  Complying  with  the  request  in  the  above  wire,  I  attended  this 
conference.  There  were  present  representatives  from  a  number  of 
colleges  of  pharmacy,  Dr.  McLaurin,  Educational  Director,  Colonel 
Arnold  and  Captain  Waite.    The  Committee  on  Education  and 
