Am.  jour.  Pharm. )    Centenary  of  Pharmaceutical  Education. 
February,  1921.    J  J  1 
83 
we  have  an  institution  of  our  own,  train  our  own  apprentices  and 
ourselves  supervise  the  qualifications  of  those  seeking  admission  to 
our  ranks?"  It  is  *old  that 
they  concluded  that  this  was 
a  feasible  idea,  and  they  pro- 
ceeded to  call  on  those  en- 
gaged in  the  wholesale  and  in 
the  retail  drug  trade  and 
presented  their  suggestion. 
The  intensity  of  the  opposi- 
tion to  the  project  of  the  Uni- 
versity, and  the  favorable  ac- 
ceptance and  of  the  new  idea 
was  quite  evident.  A  meeting 
of  the  druggists  and  apothe- 
caries of  the  City  and  Liber- 
ties of  Philadelphia  was  called 
to  meet  at  Carpenters'  Hall, 
on  February  23,  1821.  At 
this  meeting,  Stephen  North 
was  called  to  the  chair  and 
Peter  Williamson  was  ap- 
pointed Secretary.  The  reso- 
lutions adopted  by  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  University  at  their  recent  meeting  had  been  printed 
in  Poulson's  American  Daily  Advertiser.  These  were  read  and  reso- 
lutions offered  by  Henry  Troth  were  adopted.  These  objected  to  the 
University  instituting  a  school  of  pharmacy,  and  set  forth  that  the 
method  proposed  by  the  trustees  of  that  body  was  not  suited  to  cor- 
recting the  alleged  abuses  in  the  drug  and  apothecary  business.  A 
committee  of  nine  was  appointed  to  consider  the  subject  and  report 
on  a  proper  mode  of  procedure  at  a  subsequent  meeting.  This 
committee,  remarkable  for  the  personnel  and  the  ability  of  its  mem- 
bers, consisted  of  Samuel  Jackson,  Daniel  B.  Smith,  Robert  Milnor, 
Peter  Williamson,  Stephen  North,  Henry  Troth,  Samuel  Biddle, 
Charles  Allen  and  Frederick  Brown. 
The  second  meeting  was  held  on  March  13,  1821,  and  the 
minutes  record  that  this  committee  made  a  report  setting  forth  that 
abuses  had  occurred  of  deteriorated  drugs  being  introduced  into 
the  shops ;  and  valuable  remedies  in  daily  use  being  adulterated 
