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(  February,  1921. 
the  common  fund  of  knowledge  is  created  and  we  draw  on  this 
heritage  while  giving  something  thereto  for  others.  Macaulay  has 
stated  this  succinctly :  "Every  generation  enjoys  the  use  of  a  vast 
hoard  bequeathed  to  it  by  antiquity,  and  transmits  that  hoard,  aug- 
mented by  fresh  acquisitions,  to  future  ages."  That  is  one  of  the 
points  it  is  endeavored  to  bring  out  in  this  paper. 
You  assemble  at  these  monthly  meetings  to  exchange  views  on 
various  subjects,  to  communicate  the  results  of  your  observations, 
of  comparing  these  and  then  to  combine  them  or  abstract  from  them 
for  your  profit  and  that  of  others.  Your  own  worth  is  greater  by 
observing  the  reception  of  your  teachings  and  the  application  of 
them  by  the  students,  and  their  knowledge  is  more  firmly  fixed  when 
observation  accompanies  their  study  and  work. 
The  complexity  or  diversity  of  knowledge  is  illustrated  in 
modern  pharmacy — pharmacy  is  a  science  and  an  art,  and  as  con- 
ducted in  the  United  States,  and  almost  every  other  country  for 
that  matter,  is  a  business  and  profession.  Quite  naturally  the  Amer- 
ican Pharmaceutical  Association,  Avhich  considers  related  matter  in 
the  programs  of  the  annual  meetings,  is  a  representative  organiza- 
tion of  pharmacy,  though  some  would  have  us  think  otherwise. 
There  is  an  inter-relation  of  our  work  and  investigations  that  have 
part  "in,  many  lines  of  research.  There  is  a  branching  from  subjects 
that  interest  us  into  many  industrial  problems  and  promotions ; 
some  are  of  more  importance  to  us,  while  others  find  far  wider 
application  elsewhere.  That  Herman  Frasch  worked  in  the  labora- 
tories of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  under  Professor 
John  M.  Maisch  has  its  significance;  the  results  of  his  later  work 
concerned  the  world.  Scheele's  discoveries,  while  primarily  for 
pharmacy,  had  a  large  part  in  the  development  of  the  chemical  in- 
dustries. When  we  think  of  Pasteur,  his  aid  to  medical  and  surgical 
practice  impresses  us,  along  with  his  achievements  for  silk  culture, 
preservation  of  the  grape  culture  of  France,  and  industries  in  which 
knowledge  of  fermentation  is  greatly  concerned. 
When  we  study  the  system  of  training  and  education  begun 
nearly  one  hundred  years  ago  in  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy, we  are  made  aware  that  this  institution  can  be  credited,  in 
part,  with  the  plan  of  vocational  education  in  public  schools,  which 
the  director  of  practical  arts  and  vocational  education  in  public 
