Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1921. 
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products,  the  assayist  and  control  chemist,  the  bacteriologist,  the 
clinical  chemist  and  hospital  technician,  the  distributor  of  sick-room 
appliances, -the  manager  of  the  modern  drug  emporium,  and  the 
merchant  prince  dealing  in  drugs  on  an  extensive  scale. 
So  there  have  been  added  from  time  to  time  courses  of  train- 
ing for  these  specialists;  and  the  founders  would  be  astonished  as 
much  by  the  present-day  diversity  of  functions  of  their  College,  as 
they  would  be  by  the  present-day  appearance  of  their  beloved  Phila- 
delphia, with  its  tall  buildings,  its  trolley  cars,  automobiles,  tele- 
phones, and  electric  light. 
There  comes  now  the  necessity  not  only  for  more  specialization,  ► 
but  for  courses  in  the  basic  sciences,  so  that  our  students  may  have 
the  advantages  of  a  broader  and  stronger  foundation  upon  which  to 
rear  the  superstructure  of  special  training.  This  will  bring  to  them 
greater  possibilities  in  pharmaceutical  research,  for  it  will  provide 
new  methods  of  attack  in  the  solving  of  research  problems. 
To  supply  these  basic  courses,  the  College  must  have  added 
facilities,  which  can  be  provided  only  in  new  and  larger  buildings, 
specially  planned  to  meet  our  needs.  Such  buildings  call  for  an  ap- 
propriate setting,  and  a  proper  environment.  Hence  the  plan  of  new 
buildings  on  the  Parkway,  or  in  the  suburban  districts. 
But  buildings  fill  only  material  needs ;  and  there  are  in  prospect 
accessions  to  the  faculty — men  who  will  administer  the  courses  in 
the  languages,  in  mathematics,  in  physics,  and  in  physical  chemistry, 
and  make  possible  plans  of  study  which  conform  to  the  best  aca- 
demic standards,  and  at  the  same  time  provide  training  for  a  specific 
line  of  activity  in  some  pursuit  associated  with  the  sciences  of  med- 
icine, or  with  health  problems. 
To  direct  the  work  in  an  institution  such  as  this  College  has 
come  to  be,  and  to  fully  develop  its  potentialities,  there  is  needed  a 
man  conversant  with  academic  traditions,  trained  in  science,  experi- 
enced as  an  executive,  and  capable  of  bridging  the  chasm  which  the 
years  have  worn  and  which  now  unhappily  separates  the  medical  in- 
vestigators from  the  group  of  research  workers  dealing  with  the 
pharmaceutical  and  chemical  aspects  of  medicinal  products. 
And  Admiral  William  Clarence  Braisted,  President  of  the 
American  Medical  Association,  who  is  pre-eminently  qualified  to 
render  this  exceptional  service  to  the  College  and  to  pharmacy  and 
medicine,  has  accepted  the  call  of  the  presidency  to  carry  to  a  splen- 
did consummation  the  extensive  educational  program  projected,  and 
