Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-15

Demand Exceeds Supply.
1.-THE demand for graduates of the
School of Pharmacy has constantly ex-
ceeded the supply, and while in Illinois
and most of the western states technical
training is not compulsory. because state
boards of pharmacy license all those who
are able to pass their examinations. yet
there Is a movement which is steadily
gaining strength. and which aims to re-
quire evidence of thorough technical
training before a license to practice phar-
macy is granted. The pharmacy laws in
New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island
have recently been amended so as to in
ciude this provision. and 1t seems likely
that the same change will be made in
the laws of the other states.
The University of Illinois has con-
stantly and insistentiy upheld the ideals
Of education. cooperation and service.
Its alumni have taken prominent part
In the movements for the betterment Of
pharmaceutical practice and the advance
ment of pharmaceutical education. 1t is
worthy Of note that during the past year
the meetings of not less than five state
pharmaceutical associations were pre-
sided over by graduates of our school,
The alumni list also includes members Of
several boards of pharmacy, two deans Of
prominent schools OF pharmacy. editors
OF three pharmaceutical journals, the
secretary OF the council OF pharmacy and
chemistry Of the American Medical AS
ISOLATION and vice president OF the
American Pharmaceutical Association.
Among the students in the school in
the first session after the great Chicago
fire was youth from Minnesota, Henry
s. Welcome. who after finishing his
course at Philadelphia organized one Of
the largest pharmaceutical manufacture
don. England. Mr.. Welcome has founded
several laboratories for scientific re-
search. notably in connection with the
Gordon Memorial College. at Khartum.
British Africa, under the auspices Of
King Edward.
such efficient aid to the work of rescue
and investigation at the time of the re-
cent disaster at the st. Paul mine. Cher
ry Hill, ILL.,, was established at the Uni
versity Of Illinois in March. 1909. under
the joint auspices Of the United States
geological survey. the Illinois geological
survey and the University of Illinois.
Planned to Aid Miners.
Besides giving instruction to students
the university endeavors by such means
as the rescue station to render efficient
aid direct to the people OF the state
The object of the station is to bring the
attention OF the inspectors, operators and
miners to advantages that may be OBJ
tanned from the use Of oxygen helmets
The station Is to serve as a training point
for mine workers from Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri, Indiana, western Kentucky and
Michigan coal fields. The men trained in,
this station are expected to train others
upon their return to their homes.
THE station is a sheet-iron building in
the mechanical laboratory. Inside are ar
rangements necessary for conducting the
usual rescue work, such as carrying OF
bodies over distractions. placing of tim
bers, etc. When in use the chamber Is
flledswith sulphur gas and the workers
wear the Draeger rescue helmets. They
are given also instruction In the use of
the Hubble electric portable safety lamps
The apparatus the men carry weighs
thirty-eight pounds and is proof against
deadly gases. They could work for hours
in comparative safety in mine devoid Of
air. This Is only one of the many ways
in which Illinois University seeks to rem
der service direct to the people of the
state.
Some of the other departments that
seek to render the same sort Of service
are the agricultural and engineering ex-
pertinent stations, the state laboratory of
natural history, the school Of ceramics
and the state water survey"