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the  work  being  done  by  medical  men.  But  at  the  1840  Convention 
the  Philadelphia  College  oi  Pharmacy  presented  for  consideration 
"a  complete  revised  copy  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  elaborated  with  abil- 
ity and  great  industry,  and  the  Committee  accepted  after  deliberate 
examination,  nearly  all  the  suggestions"  (U.  S.  P.  IX,  X)  ;  and  thus 
was  paved  the  way,  logically,  for  the  representation  of  pharmacists 
in  all  subsequent  revisions,  and  in  all  of  these  the  College  has  been 
most  ably  represented.  Twelve  of  the  thirty-three  present  pharma- 
ceutical members  of  the  Committee  of  Revision  are  P.  C.  P.  men,  and 
the  last  three  Revision  Committee  chairman — Remington,  La  Wall 
and  Cook — have  been  (or  are)  members  of  the  faculty  of  the  Col; 
lege. 
The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which  stands  for 
the  highest  ideals  of  pharmaceutical  practice,  and  is  the  backbone  of 
professional  pharmacy  in  this  country,  was  organized  in  the  Philadel- 
phia College  of  Pharmacy  in  1852,  its  first  president  being  Daniel  B. 
Smith,  the  then  president  of  the  College;  and  from  the  time  of  its 
organization,  the  members  and  graduates  of  the  College  have  been 
so  active  in  its  work,  occupying  many  important  official  positions,  and 
in  the  various  State  and  local  pharmaceutical  associations,  in  the 
State  Boards  of  Pharmacy,  and  as  teachers  in  many  schools  of 
pharmacy,  that  the  College  has  often  been  referred  to  as  the  "The 
Mother  School  of  American  Pharmacy." 
What  of  the  future?  The  past  is  yesterday  and  the  future  is 
tomorrow !  We  have  been  given  a  glorious  heritage  and  must  main- 
tain the  traditions  of  the  fathers  and  justify  their  faith  in  us.  How 
can  this  best  be  done?  It  seems  to  me  that  five  things,  chiefly,  are 
essential:  (1)  Better  education,  (2)  better  legislation,  (3)  better 
practice,  (4)  better  relations  with  the  medical  profession,  and  (5) 
better  research  work. 
We  must  have  better  education,  that  is,  higher  entrance  require- 
ments, better  facilities  for  instruction,  including  a  drug*  plant  garden, 
and  better  courses  of  instruction.  Beginning  with  1923-24,  the  Col- 
lege will  require  high  school  graduation,  or  its  equivalent,  for  en- 
trance, and  we  are  now  working  for  better  facilities  and  advanced 
instruction. 
And  it  may  be  possible  for  the  College  to  give  a  pre-medical 
course  for  medical  students  provided  such  course  is  organized  on 
a  scholastic  basis  and  approved  by  the  Association  of  American 
