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Minutes  of  the  College. 
Am.  Jour  Pharm. 
Oct.,  1876. 
3.  Botany  and  Materia  Medica — Morphology,  histology  and  organology  :  systematic  botany ;  description 
of  medicinal  herbs  and  flowers. 
SECOND,  or  ADVANCED  COURSE. 
1.  Chemistry — Systematic  Chemistry,  both  inorganic  and  organic. 
2.  Pharmacy — Pharmaceutical  Chemistry  and  its  application  to  the  various  processes. 
3.  Materia  Medica — Special  pharmacognosy. 
It  was  the  opinion  of  the  committee  that,  while  such  a  course  of  instruction  was  very  desirable, 
the  time  had  not  yet  arrived  when  it  could  be  successfully  introduced  in  all  the  Colleges  ;  a  practical 
substitute  would  under  the  present  system  of  instruction  be  found 
1.  In  the  increase  of  the  number  of  lectures,  whereby  the  lecturer  can  devote  more  time  to  the 
elementary  subjects ;  and 
2.  -  In  holding  annually  an  examination  of  the  first-course  students,  such  examination  to  be  optional 
with  them ;  and  thus  stimulating  them  to  further  study  and  preparation  for  the  second  course.  These 
examinations  might  embrace  such  subjects  as  would  be  embraced  in  the  elementary  course  referred  to. 
The  report  was  freely  discussed  in  its  various  bearings,  and  a  resolution  was  then  passed  recommend- 
ing to  the  Colleges  the  introduction  of  such  first-course  examinations,  with  the  request  to  report  to  a 
future  conference  on  the  success  of  the  same. 
The  committee  on  the  second  query  reported  as  follows  : 
"  Believing  that  the  grand  aim  and  object  of  establishing  schools  of  Pharmacy  was  to  furnish  the 
public  with  able  and  skillful  exponents  of  the  science,  and  that  to  secure  this  end,  practical  instruction 
is  of  the  highest  importance  ;  and  whilst  the  didactic  system  of  teaching  is  undoubtedly  useful  [experience 
having  proved  it],  yet  they  would  recommend  a  practical  course  of  instruction  which  would  so  instruct 
the  student  that  he  would  be  prepared  to  stand  an  examination  embracing  questions  which  would  compel 
him  to  have  sufficient  knowledge  of  analytical  chemistry  to  qualitatively  determine  a  'Pharmacopoeia' 
chemical ;  of  the  preparation  of  such  chemicals  as  can  readily  be  produced  in  a  retail  pharmacy ;  of  the 
preparation  of  any  pharmaceutical  preparation  of  the  '  Pharmacopoeia,'  and  so  thorough  an  acquaintance 
with  extemporaneous  pharmacy  that  he  would  have  no  difficulty  in  producing  creditable  specimens  of 
skill  in  the  various  branches  of  this  portion  of  science  before  a  competent  board  of  examiners ; 
"And  they  do  further  recommend  that  as  a  practical  plan  to  stimulate  the  acquisition  of  this  kind  of 
pharmaceutical  knowledge,  the  student  be  required,  as  part  of  his  examination,  to  prepare  himself,  before 
the  professors  and  examining  committee,  suitable  evidences  of  his  practical  knowledge." 
After  a  full  interchange  of  views  the  Conference  passed  a  resolution  recommending  to  the  Colleges  to 
establish  laboratories  for  the  practical  instruction  in  chemistry  and  pharmacy;  and  then  adopted  the 
report  of  the  committee,  with  the  view  of  recommending  the  practical  examinations. 
A  query  referring  to  the  advisability  of  subjecting  pharmaceutical  students  to  a  preliminary  examina- 
tion previous  to  admitting  them  to  the  College  courses,  was  introduced  and  after  some  discussion  laid 
upon  the  table,  the  same  question  having  been  disposed  of  by  the  conferences  of  1870  and  1873. 
Questions  relating  to  matriculation,  the  procuring  of  lecture  tickets  and  other  routine  business  of  the 
Colleges  were  discussed  to  some  extent,  with  the  view  of  securing  uniformity  by  all  institutions. 
The  Colleges  of  New  York  and  of  California  were  selected  to  prepare  questions  for  consideration  at 
the  next  Conference,  and  after  resolving  that  the  eighth  Conference  convene  at  ten  o'clock  on  the  morning 
preceding  the  first  session  of  the  twenty-fifth  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the 
Conference  finally  adjourned. 
JOHN  M  MAISCH. 
JOSEPH  P.  REMINGTON. 
ROBERT  BRIDGES. 
This  being  the  semi-annual  meeting,  an  election  for  eight  trustees  and  a  Com- 
mittee on  Deceased  Members  was  ordered. 
Samuel  S.  Bunting  and  Wm.  B.  Webb,  acting  as  tellers,  reported  the  following 
gentlemen  elected  to  fill  the  positions  for  one  year,  viz.  : 
Trustees— Dr.  Wilson  H.  Pile,  William  C.  Bakes,  William  Mclntyre,  Albert  P. 
Brown,  Edward  C.  Jones,  Richard  V.  Mattison,  Robert  England,  A.  W.  Miller. 
Committee  on  Deceased  Members — Charles  Bullock,  Alfred  B.  Taylor,  Joseph  P. 
Remington. 
There  being  no  further  business  then,  on  motion,  adjourned. 
William  J.  Jenks,  Secretary. 
