The Portland daily press., 1894-06-29
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY.
Some Excellent Reasons Why There
Should be One in Maine.

The State College Already Has Nearly all
the Teaching Force Required-Hieh
Standard Now Required for Pharma-
cists in Maine.
mat ter of much Importance will be
brought before the memb of the
Maine Pharmaceutical Association to-
day. 1t is well known that under the
present state law , the State Board
of Pharmacy has set it's standard of ad-
mission very high. At recent exami-
nation, out of twelve candidates, only
three got certificates, and one of these
was for the second grade. There is no
school Of pharmacy east of Boston, and
the expenses of attending it are high 1t
is we'll known that the expenses of at
tending the State College at Orono are
very moderate indeed, amounting to hard
ly more than the cost of board. That
Institution already has all the teaching
force required for school of pharmacy,
with the exception of one professorship.
AT a cost of not over $500 yearly, pro-
censorship in the theory and practice of
Pharmacy could be established. A
well known Portland druggist, Mr.. T.
J.Stevens, is thorough believer in the
feasibility of a Maine School of Phar-
macy, and today intends to introduce at
the Pharmaceutical meeting, the following
resolutions:
Whereas, the last catalogue of the Maine
State College announces two courses in Phar-
macy, one of four years and one of two years;
to be inaugurated in the fall of 1895.
Resolved that this Association views with
great satisfaction and approval. this effort to
provide for the thorough technical education
of the young men of the State who wish to en-
ter the pharmaceutical profession.
Resolved, that the members of the ASSocia-
ton should use their best endeavors to bring
the advantages of the courses to those of our
acquaintance who should take advantage of
them.
Resolved, that this Association will, through
its officers or members, give to the college Off
GERS such assistance. as may be possible, i'll
making the work OF the course success.
Mr.. Stevens gives the following reasons
for the establishment of this course in
Pharmacy:
1. 1t is centrally located in the State of
Maine.
9. There is no Pharmaceutical School
east of Boston.
3. 1t offers advantages that no other
College of Pharmacy does. namely In
having two regular courses. (a) A
four years. course, which while complete
in its pharmaceutical studies includes
others of general nature. Giving it's
graduates greater breadth OF culture
than the ordinary courses in Pharmacy.
(b) A two years. course similar in all
respects to the course offered by ordi-
nary schools of Pharmacy
4. Special or selected courses for young
men, who not only wish for the purely
pharmaceutical studies, but desire to
take up extra work in some special
branch-many of which are offered by
the college.
5. Short or partial courses for those
who have already had some practical
work in drug stores.
6. The college is well equipped and
an excellent course may be started with
much less expense than at any other in
stitution.
Z. This college is a School of Tech
nology or Applied Science, and it would
only be development Of this system of
education to introduce course in phar-
macy.
s. The expenses would be much less
than in similar colleges il Boston, New
York or Philadelphia. A four years.
course at Orono not costing much more
than two years. course taken out of
the State.
9. 1t will tend to keep our young men
within the State.
10. Its tendency will be to elevate the
standard of the profession, as it will be-
coms imposs ible for an incompetent per-
son to become pharmacist
II. Being in the State, it will receive
it's support from the pharmacists of
Maine, who may, at all times, avail
themselves of its benefits as well as in.
vestigate into its workings.