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Educational  Development. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
April,  1895. 
this  way  the  scope  of  its  usefulness  was  extended.  In  the  course  of 
time  the  work  of  the  college  attracted  the  attention  of  the  lovers  of 
progress  outside  of  the  city  and  the  State,  and  before  many  years  it 
became  apparent  to  all,  that  provision  must  be  made  for  the  needs  of 
students  who  were  eager  to  avail  themselves  of  its  courses  of 
instruction. 
Many  of  those  who  came  had  already  served  the  necessary  four 
years  in  the  drug  business,  and  necessarily  desired  to  employ  their 
whole  time,  during  their  sojourn  in  the  city,  in  their  college  work. 
To  accommodate  these,  laboratories  were  established,  largely 
through  the  efforts  of  the  Alumni  Association,  and  this  work  was 
successful  from  the  beginning.  Students  who  were  employed  in 
city  stores,  realizing  the  advantages  that  the  laboratories  afforded, 
applied  for  admission,  and  these  soon  became  taxed  to  their  utmost 
capacities. 
Up  to  this  time  such  instruction  was  optional,  but  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  being  thoroughly  convinced  of  the  value  of  laboratory 
work,  decided  that  all  candidates  for  the  degree  should  possess  such 
knowledge.  This  did  not  necessarily  compel  students  to  attend  the 
laboratories,  but  as  a  matter  of  fact  the  great  majority  knew  that 
they  could  obtain  this  knowledge  far  more  thoroughly  at  the  college 
than  elsewhere.  As  the  methods  of  teaching  gradually  developed 
and  improved,  it  soon  became  apparent  that  the  student  could 
obtain  far  more  valuable  instruction  in  certain  branches  by  making 
preparations  and  conducting  experiments  himself,  than  by  seeing 
such  performed  by  the  professors  on  the  lecture  table.  The  enlarge- 
ment of  the  laboratories  necessarily  followed,  until,  at  the  present 
time,  there  are  three  in  successful  operation,  the  last  one  to  be 
established  being  devoted  to  the  practical  study  of  pharmacognosy 
and  microscopy. 
The  college  has  undoubtedly  reached  such  a  period  in  its  devel- 
opment that  it  must  be  recognized  that  more  time  must  be  required 
of  the  student  if  he  wishes  to  thoroughly  grasp  and  assimilate  the 
vastly-augmented  accumulations  of  facts  which  modern  pharmacy 
demands.  It  might  be  supposed,  from  a  superficial  view  of  the  sit- 
uation, that  more  intense  application  on  the  part  of  the  student  dur- 
ing two  years  of  college  life  would  meet  the  requirements,  but  the 
experience  of  our  universities,  particularly  those  devoted  to  the 
study  of  medicine,  during  the  list  decade  has  demonstrated  beyond 
