The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-10
State Board of Pharmacy Still
Requires Examination.
AN APPARENT DISCRIMINATION
While Graduates From Other Insfi-
tutions Are Allowed to Register
~ Pharmacists i'm This state,
Those of the University OF WASH
signs No Reason for It's Decision.

The state bard OF pharmacy has The
appearances az least OF diScounting the
work done IN the University OF Washing
ton Il has distinctly declined TO recognise
the diploma of graduates in pharmacy
from the university as emitting the holder
70 registration as a pharmacist without
examination by the state board.
The decision OF The board came about
through the applica>io Of Frank Z. Giles,
VINO graduated from the university last
May, taking the full course in pharmacy
ana receiving the degeee of Pm. q. There
were TWO others who graduated with him,
VIZ; A W. Barton and Miss r L. Crane
OF the three Mr.. Giles had had the longest
practical experience n a drug store. and
MS application would seem 10 afford as
strong a test case as could well be presented.
hiss application was fled ar the last meet
ing OF the state board Of pharmacy, held
In Spokane July II and -. In his letter, a
copy OF which he showed the reporter last
night, ne stated 10 The board that he had
had nearly ten years practical experience,
and besides being a graduate OF the uni
Nersity, held also an assistants certificate
granted by the state board in 1884, To this
ne received the following reply:
The board OF pharmacy at ifs recent
meeting held in Spokane considered your
application for registration by graduation
ana decided that they could not recognize
etSaNdA0S 1iOIi4 AHS SCnOQi OF pharmacy OF
HE State University OF Washington
wv. III. T. BARNES, Secretary"
Il have no criticism 20 make of the
poard motives said Mr.. Giles last night
IN presenting my application for 3 gls-
tration. of course. l thought my acqui e.
ments fairly entitled me 10 il Besidss my
diploma. pr seuted CERTIFICATES from the
druggists for whom l had work d. I
WORKED three years for +. T. Van Ostrand.
OF Aliegan, Mich, and here is a letter
from him. | work eighteen months for
g. O. Guy, of this city, and here is a state
ment from him. / worked five years for
fIeeoorn q Co.. OF Seattle, and here is
what they have 10 say.
OF course | do not contend that the
pharmaceutical curriculum at the Uni
versity Of Washington is fully up TO the
standard set by some of the Older inSii-
tuaons or the Eastern states. Still the
course we took was a right thorough one-
u extended through two full sessions. The
iirst year we had botany five hours a week.
studying cryptogramic botany The first
term and field botany. with practical work.
the second term. In chs mis- ry we had two
hours week Of theoretical study and six
hours week Of laboratory and
this we had an elementary course
in various pharmaceutical tories,
with laboratory work five hours week.
During the second session we took q
course In materia medica, embracing tox-
Zoology and study of poisons. In phar-
macy proper we had one lecture a week,
with two hours a week for quiz and five
hours % laboratory. In theoretical chem
istry we had two hours week, and we
spent six hours week In the chemical
laboratory.
mo. / do not know the reasons which
Influenced the board 10 decide against my
application. l know that they have al
lowed graduates from other institutions
outside the state TO register without ex-
animation, but do not know where they
draw the line. I know, however. that not
a member OF the state board of pharmacy
has visited the University of Washing ION,
although the members OF the board have
been invited to do 500
The members of the board are as fol-
lows: A. NJ Stewart, OF Tacoma. pred-
dent; ". II. T. Barnes. OF Seattle. secre-
tary; C. F. Krum. OF Spokane, l.. d. p.
Collins of New Whatcom. and J. II. Day.
of Dayton Mr.. Collins was not present at
the recent meeting in Spokane