658      Twentieth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  {A 
n.  Jour.  Pharm. 
October,  1919- 
SUMMARY  OF  THE  PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  TWENTIETH 
ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE  AMERICAN  CONFER- 
ENCE OF  PHARMACEUTICAL  FACULTIES. 
Prepared  by  Theodore  J.  Bradley, 
Secretary. 
The  twentieth  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Conference  of 
Pharmaceutical  Faculties  was  held  at  the  Hotel  Pennsylvania,  New 
York  City,  on  August  25-26,  1919.  Delegates  were  in  attendance 
from  about  thirty  colleges  located  in  twenty-four  states.  The  Pres-* 
ident,  Dean  Charles  B.  Jordan  of  Purdue  University  School  of 
Pharmacy,  Lafayette,  Indiana,  presided  at  all  sessions  and  his 
presidential  address  was  one  of  the  features  of  the  meeting.  Of 
the  constructive  recommendations  made  by  the  President,  the  fol- 
lowing were  adopted  after  consideration  and  report  by  a  special 
committee  on  the  address : 
1.  That  the  dues  be  increased  from  ten  dollars  to  twenty-five 
dollars  per  year  for  each  member  college,  and  that  the  entrance  fee 
shall  be  twenty-five  dollars  hereafter. 
2.  That  the  Executive  Committee  prepare  a  budget  showing  the 
amounts  that  can  properly  be  expended  by  the  standing  and  other 
committees  of  the  Conference  for  expense. 
3.  That  the  Executive  Committee  take  steps  to  have  the  Con- 
ference cooperate  with  other  organizations  to  suitably  memorialize 
the  service  rendered  by  pharmacists  in  the  Great  War. 
4.  That  the  Conference  approve  the  exchange  of  lectures  be- 
tween members  of  the  faculties  of  member  colleges. 
5.  That  a  special  committee  be  appointed  to  prepare  a  memorial 
to  the*  Carnegie  Foundation,  requesting  that  an  investigation  be 
made  of  pharmaceutical  education  in  the  Lnited  States,  similar  to 
the  investigations  already  made  of  medical  education,  dental  edu- 
cation, etc. 
6.  That  the  Conference  appoint  a  special  committee  to  collect 
and  distribute  information  on  prerequisite  legislation  to  aid  in  the 
securing  of  such  legislation  in  states  not  yet  having  a  prerequisite  in 
pharmacy,  this  committee  to  act  jointly  with  a  similar  committee  of 
the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy. 
7.  That  the  Conference  reaffirm  its  adoption  of  high  school 
graduation  as  a  requirement  for  entrance  to  all  member  colleges 
