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smattering  of  general  principles.  Even  if  we  grant  that  the  in- 
struction in  pharmacy  in  the  typical  B.  S.  course  of  the  schools  of 
pharmacy  and  science  is  more  than  is  actually  needed  by  the  physi- 
cian, it  would  require  much  argument  to  make  me  believe  that  a 
knowledge  of  geology  or  calculus  is  more  valuable  to  a  doctor  than 
a  knowledge  of  pharmacy. 
We  should  perhaps  bear  in  mind  in  this  discussion  the  student 
who  is  willing  to  spend  four  years  in  order  that  he  may  have  a  college 
degree  and  give  some  thought  to  the  senior  years  of  a  college  of 
pharmacy  and  science.  In  some  of  the  institutions  of  this  nature 
there  is  considerable  variety  in  the  subjects  that  are  offered  in  senior 
years.  The  student  may  fit  himself,  for  example,  for  an  immediate 
position  in  industrial  chemistry,  or  for  the  practice  of  pharmacy  in 
one  of  its  numerous  branches.  If,  at  the  end  of  his  sophomore  year 
he  is  still  intent  upon  the  study  of  medicine,  he  has  offered  to  him 
a  variety  of  subj-ects  such  as  materia  medica,  bacteriology,  pharma- 
ceutical chemistry,  etc.,  which  will  be  of  direct  assistance  in  his  future 
medical  career,  that  are  not  obtainable  in  the  ordinary  college  of 
arts  and  science. 
In  conclusion  I  may  sum  up  my  views  in  the  statement  that 
while  the  courses  leading  to  Bachelor  of  Science  in  Pharmacy  are 
comparatively  new  and  not  yet  developed  to  their  highest  efficiency 
the  day  is  not  far  distance  when  medical  colleges  and  legislators  will 
no  longer  be  justified  in  their  discrimination  in  favor  of  the  college 
of  arts  and  science  as  against  the  college  of  pharmacy  and  science. 
SOME  MUCH  NEEDED  CHANGES  IN  THE  PRACTICAL 
EXPERIENCE  REQUIREMENT  OF  MANY  PHAR- 
MACY LAWS. 
By  Lucius  L.  Walton,  Ph.  G.,  Ph.  M.,  Pharm.  D. 
President,  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy. 
We  have  heard  much  of  late  in  condemnation  of  the  drug  store 
experience  required  under  our  pharmacy  laws,  prerequisite  to  becom- 
ing licensed  as  pharmacist.  A  few  writers  would  abolish  this  re- 
quirement altogether  and  substitute  therefor  a  course  in  a  college  of 
pharmacy,  while  others,  recognizing  that  the  college  does  not  and 
cannot  replace  the  shop  in  every  relation  in  which  practical  exper- 
