Am.jout,  Pharm.  |  ^  Dream  of  the  Future  699 
TO  RECAPITULATE. 
Pharmacy,  if  it  is  to  progress,  will  have  to  move  forward  with 
the  advance  of  general  education  and  of  applied  science.  If  it  is  to 
take  up  its  position  with  other  professional  bodies  it  must  bring  its 
final  qualification  up  to  University  and  Continental  standards.  If 
we  cannot  differentiate  between  the  druggist  and  the  dispensing 
pharmacist  we  can  at  least  endeavor  to  evolve  a  higher  type  of 
pharmacist  on  the  lines  suggested. 
You  will  doubtless  says  that  to  carry  all  these  things  into  effect 
will  require  an  earthquake  or  a  volcano.  You  will  remind  me  that 
volcanoes  are  now  extinct  in  this  country,  or  regulated  by  formula 
to  erupt  only  with  mild  propriety.  But,  at  any  rate,  they  may  be 
considered  as  some  of  the  "possibilities  of  the  future,"  and  an  at- 
tempt can  be  made  to  bring  them  nearer  to  the  realm  of  today.  The 
President  of  the  Society  has  outlined  in  his  recent  memorandum  a 
scheme  for  organizing  its  members  and  associates  into  properly  con- 
stituted associations  which  shall  function  as  local  branches  of  the 
Society.    Two  important  objects  of  these  local  branches  are : 
(1)  To  watch  the  professional  interests  of  pharmacists. 
(2)  To  promote  papers  upon  scientific,  technical,  and  educa- 
tional subjects. 
It  is  just  here,  in  these  local  associations,  that  the  professional 
spirit  of  pharmacy  should  be  reawakened  and  discussions  encouraged 
upon  various  topics  initiated  by  the  Society,  and  possibly  assisted  by 
official  speakers.  To  mention  a  few  of  these  subjects  the  following 
might  be  cited: 
(1)  Elementary  education  required  for  registration. 
(2)  Conditions  of  apprenticeship. 
(3)  The  curriculum  of  study  for  the  Qualifying  examination. 
(4)  The  future  scope  of  the  Major  examination. 
(5)  The  question  of  granting  a  Fellowship  of  the  Society  to 
those  who  proceed  to  the  Major  examination. 
(6)  The  work  of  the  Ministry  of  Health  and  the  duties  phar- 
macists should  be  called  upon  to  render. 
(7)  The  separation  of  prescribing  from  dispensing. 
(8)  The  representation  of  pharmacists  upon  the  Pharmacopoeia 
Revision  Committee. 
