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MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
Resolved,  That  in  the  opinion  of  the  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  profession 
of  the  United  States  generally,  to  give  greater  care  to  this  subject  in 
taking  apprentices. 
Resolved,  That  we  recommend  that  apprentices  should  not  be  taken 
under  sixteen  years  of  age,  and  shall  be  twenty-one  years  of  age  before 
being  entitled  to  receive  their  diploma. 
Resolved,  That  the  branches  to  be  taught  in  Colleges  of  Pharmacy 
should,  at  least,  include  lectures  on  general  chemistry,  elementary  botany, 
materia  medica,  and  the  general  facts  and  principles  of  pharmacy,  and, 
when  practicable,  opportunity  should  also  be  provided  for  instruction  in 
practical  aud  analytical  chemistry. 
Resolved,  That  it  is  earnestly  recommended. that  whatever  method  [of 
examination  for  graduation]  be  adopted  should  include  questions,  both 
oral  and  written,  and  that  particularly  a  familiarity  with  the  physical 
properties  of  specimens  should  be  insisted  on. 
•  Resolved,  That  diplomas  should  not  be  recognized  as  evidence  of  suf- 
ficient qualification  unless  based  on  four  years'  practical  service  in  the 
dispensing  shop. 
Resolved,  That  each  college  be  requested  to  take  action  on  the  ques- 
tions presented  at  this  Convention,  and  report  to  this  body  at  its  next 
meeting. 
The  Convention  adopted  a  resolution  looking  to  a  permanent  organiza- 
tion to  meet  annually  at  the  time  and  place  of  the  meetings  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association,  with  a  President  and  Secretary  as 
officers." 
T.  S.  Wiegand,  chairman  of  the  Sinking  Fund  Committee,  informed  that 
the  committee  had  nothing  to  report  since  last  meeting. 
The  Comriittee  on  Deceased  Members  read  the  following  sketch  of  our 
late  member  Alexander  Fullerton,  Jr. 
"  Alexander  Fullerton,  Jr.,  was  the  only  son  of  Alexander  Fullerton,  a 
respectable  Philadelphian  of  the  old  school.  He  was  born  September 
24,  1796,  was  educated  in  his  native  city,  and  being  designed  for  the  bu- 
siness of  a  druggist,  was  placed  in  the  store  of  W.  Heyl,  205  High  street, 
with  whom,  and  his  partner  Mr.  Wykofif,  he  completed  the  usual  term  of 
his  apprenticeship,  and  remained  for  some  years  after  attaining  his  ma- 
jority.  About  the  year  1823  he  established  himself  in  business  with 
John  Claxton,  under  the  firm  of  Fullerton  &  Claxton,  and  after  the  year 
1835,  continued  on  his  own  account  at  the  well  remembered  stand  174 
Market  street,  (old  number,)  until  he  was  succeeded  by  the  firm  of 
Moyer  &  Hazard. 
His  strict  attention  to  business,  and  well  known  integrity,  brought  him 
a  large  share  of  trade,  but  increased  competition  and  the  gradual  change 
