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Professional  Training. 
5  Am.  Jour,  Pharm. 
(      Dec,  1921. 
ing.  For  the  period  between  these  two  examinations,  such  schemes 
usually  postulate  three  separate)  disciplines : — 
(1)  A  training  in  pure  science; 
(2)  A  pupilage  in  pharmacy;  and 
(3)  A  course  of  professional  studies. 
The  President  of  the  Society  supplemented  this  interesting 
statement  by  explaining  that  in  your  School  it  had  been  the  policy 
of  the  Society  to  reverse  the  sequence  of  the  two  preliminary  disci- 
plines. That  circumstance  is  an  encouragement  to  me.  Much  of 
my  official  work  during  thirty-five  years  has  been  overtaken  with 
the  help  of  horticultural  colleagues  trained  in  accordance  with  the 
policy  so  long  observed  by  the  Pharmaceutical  Society.  For  six- 
teen years  I  have  been  closely  associated  with  the  training  of  stu- 
dent-gardeners in  pure  and  applied  science  as  a  sequel  to  pupilage 
in  the  practice  of  their  craft. 
*      PROFESSIONAL  TRAINING  IN  GENERAL. 
The  fact  that  the  sequence  of  these  preliminary  disciplines  has 
been  the  subject  of  thought  on  the  part  of  your  profession  as  anx- 
ious as  that  bestowed  on  the  question  by  gardencraft  may  perhaps 
serve  as  my  excuse  if  my  remarks  this  afternoon  relate  to  pro- 
fessional training  in  general. 
Callings  whose  work  involves  the  possession  of  "skilled  hands" 
and  a  "trained  eye"  are  often  subjects  of  discussion  as  to  the  rela- 
tive merits  of  "theory"  and  "practice."  Though  such  comparisons 
are  always  legitimate,  they  are  not  often  useful.  They  may,  when 
instituted  by  members  of  the  craft  concerned,  lead  to  improvement 
in  practice  and  enlightenment  as  to  principles.  Critics  to  whom  the 
practice  of  a  craft  is  unfamiliar,  display  a  tendency  to  think  of 
"practice"  and  "theory"  as  being  antagonistic.  Experts  in  particular 
vocations  know  that,  so  far  as  their  own  work  is  concerned,  con- 
flict between  "theory"  and  "practice"  is  impossible.  Thanks  to  this 
saving  circumstance,  such  discussions,  even  when  they  fail  to  do 
good,  do  no  real  harm. 
There  are  certain  crafts  whose  exponents  seem  to  accomplish 
their  allotted  tasks  without  visible  effort  to  master  the  principles 
that  guide  their  acts.  This  does  not  affect  the  existence  of  these 
principles,  and  there  is  no  calling  in  which  the  most  consummate 
