502    CONVENTION  RELATIVE  TO  PHARMACEUTICAL  EDUCATION. 
Shall  there  be  an  uniform  scale  of  fees  ? 
II  Shall  any  diploma  be  recognized  that  is  not  based  upon  a  regular  ap- 
prenticeship as  an  apothecary  ? 
Prof.  Procter  inquired  if  the  final  action  of  this  Convention 
was  to  be  recommended  to  the  several  bodies  for  their  adoption, 
and^subject  to  their  action  thereon. 
The  President  replied  that  such  was  understood  to  be  the 
intent  of  this  Convention. 
BI|On  motion,  it  was  resolved  that  the  queries  prepared  by  the 
Committee  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  should  be 
taken  up  seriatim. 
The  first  query,  "  Shall  there  be  an  educational  standard 
established,  to  be  verified  by  an  examination  exacted  from  all 
proposing  to  learn  the  profession  of  Pharmacy  ?"  was  then  taken 
up. 
Mr.  Taylor  offered  the  following  substitute  : 
Resolved,  That  there  be  an  educational  standard  established  prior  to 
the  admission  of  any  student  to  attendance  on  the  lectures  of  Oollegea 
of  Pharmacy. 
Prof.  Procter  offered  the  following  amendment,  which  was 
carried : 
Resolved,  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  Convention,  more  attention  to 
the  preliminary  education  of  those  who  propose  to  enter  the  business  of 
pharmaceutists  is  needed,  and  it  is  earnestly  recommended  to  the  Col- 
leges and  Societies  of  Pharmacy  to  urge  their  members  and  the  profes- 
sion of  the  United  States  generally  to  give  greater  care  to  this  subject 
in  taking  apprentices. 
Mr.  Sargent  moved  that  a  term  of  service  of  four  years  in  a 
dispensing  drug  store  be  recommended  to  be  exacted  from  stu- 
dents in  Pharmacy  before  coming  up  for  final  examination. 
Carried. 
Resolved,  That  we  recommend  that  apprentices  shall  not  be  taken  un- 
der sixteen  years  of  age,  and  shall  be  twenty-one  years  of  age  before 
being  entitled  to  receive  their  diploma. 
Carried. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Sargent,  a  Committee  was  appointed  to  take 
into  consideration  the  propriety  of  making  this  a  permanent  or- 
ganization, to  hold  its  meetings  at  the  same  time  and  place  as 
the  meetings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Carried. 
