Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-09-07
COLLEGES OF PHARMACY
GIVEN aY
THE DRUGGISTS.
This Mornings session of the
Pharmaceutical Convention
Last Nights Reception at Ken.
ilwOrth-PerAOnal NOtelets.

| s"OAAA-E CEoOutSA VOSCkCVo.
A question Of the honesty of some col
legcs of pharmacy occupied the attention
of the American Pharmaceutical associa-
tion for some time this morning at the
meeting at the Battery Park hotel. At
the Chicago meeting last year Prof. Hall
berg of Chicago introduced a resolution
meant to tie down the colleges and work
some reforms that Hallberg thought
were needed at once. His resolution
provided the following requirements for
graduates: CD Age, 81 years; (2) Ex-
perience in pharmacy, four years, includ-
ing time at college; (3) Two courses of
at least six months each, extending over
more than one year.
Prof. Hallberg's idea was that with
the great multiplication of colleges of
pharmacy in the United States in the
last 10 years their status has become
exceedingly questionable compared to
what it was before 1880. He called at
tention to the fact that as the result of
some new ideas some colleges graduate
students within ten months from the
time of entrance and he declared it to he
absurd to claim that young man with
little knowledge of pharmacy or training
can learn enough to qualify him to grad
uate in such short time. Prof. Hall
berg said there was a necessity for put
ting stop to those institutions which
claim recognition for the graduates
turned out in this way.
There were many delegates " no agreed
with Prof. Ilallbcrg, but in response to
a sentiment that was aroused this rcso-
luton was rtt tcrrcd to committee made
up of S. A. ID, Sheppard Of Boston, VII
liam Simon OF Baltimore and Charles Nj.
Ford of Denver.
This committee reported at this morn
lug 3 session of the section on education
at the Battery Park and showed itscll
firmly convinced that Hallbcrgs rcsolu-
tion was in the nature of an exercise of
functions With which the association
has nothing to do 1t was suggested that
the association could not run the col
leges, and IIallberg's resolution was
given an adverse report simply
for this reason. They modified
the Chicago professor idea to the cx-
tent OF offering two substitutes for his
resolution, one of which gave some sug-
gestions to the colleges, the other pro
viding for a committee from the associa-
tion and the colleges to reach some
agreement Action was deferred till
tonight.
A paper on the question Can a min
imnm standard OF pharmaceutical edu-
cation be adopted?" was read by Prot.
O:car Oldbcrg of Chicago, and Answers
to queries" was the name OF Il paper by
Prof M. Good OF st. Louis.
Yesterday Afternoon.
Papers read at yesterday afternoons
scientific section were as follows: Com
parisOn of various methods of testing
pepsin." by E. II. BARLEY of BROOKLYN;
"Pharmaceutical Bacteriologv." by DR..
Eccles of Brooklyn; Demonstration OF a
new suppository mold" by Prof. Cas-
pari of Denver; additional experiments
with datura stramonium" and Relative
value of two kinds of ipecac roots"
by a X. l.. Dohme Of Baltimore; Official
process for spirits OF nitrate ether" by
Chas. NJ. Ford Of Denver; Further notes
on taraxacum dandclior." by Prot.
Sayre OF Lawrence, Kas; Powdered cx-
tracts" by Prof. Hallberg OF Chicago.
The remaining papers were read by
title only and referred to the publication
committee.