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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1904
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278 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. [April 28, A communication from Dr. Francis Dickinson was read and referred to the Committee on College of Medicine, together with the Business Manager, Professor Shattuck, for investigation and report. The Secretary presented the correspondence which had passed between Professor Shattuck and the Chicago College of Dental Surgery with regard to the claim of the College for certain funds, and the correspondence was laid on the table. President Hatch presented several communciations from various sources recommending eminent gentlemen, each of whom, in the estimation of the writers, would make a suitable president for the University of Illinois. These letters were read and referred to the Committee on the Presidency for its consideration in connection with the canvass for a successor to President Draper, whom they expect to reccommend in the near future. President Hatch announced his withdrawal from the Committee on Instruction, and the appointment of Mrs. Evans to fill the vacancy. Mr. Bullard offered the following resolutions with reference to the School of Pharmacy. The resolutions were read, and referred to the regular June meeting of the Board for further consideration. COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. WHEREAS, By resolution of this Board passed May 25, 1896, a t which time the transfer of the Chicago College of Pharmacy was completed and confirmed, i t was decided that the Pharmacy department should be called " T h e School of Pharmacy of the University of I l l i n o i s / ' and that the original name of the Chicago College of Pharmacy should " b e continued for some time upon the signs, stationery, and publications t h e r e o f ; ' ' and WHEREAS, The School of Pharmacy has enlarged and broadened its curriculum, and extended and made more thorough its courses of study; and WHEREAS, I t is the purpose of this Board to advance the department of Pharmacy till it is the equal of any other in the University; therefore, to aid in the promotion of this end, Eesolved, That the Pharmacy Department shall hereafter be denominated the College of Pharmacy of the University of Illinois. Resolved, That the salaries of the corps of instruction hereafter be made independent of the income from the fees of the department; and the President is requested to consider duly this change in annually reporting on the corps of instruction of the department. WHEREAS, The statutes of the State of Illinois require that a person in this state shall have four y e a r s ' practical experience in compounding drugs in a drug store before he may claim the title of Eegistered Pharmacist, and be given the certificate of that qualification by the State Board of Pharmacy, and WHEREAS, The statutes of Illinois make no discrimination in favor of the technical education and college attainments of applicants for the position of registered pharmacist, but place the graduate of the College of Pharmacy on the same level of qualifications as the beginner in a drug store, but alike requires both to assist in a store for four years before they may apply for examination by the state board, and WHEREAS, The University of Illinois is not alone interested in the education of the youth of this state and in fitting them for various responsible duties of life, but is thoroughly desirous of having the value of education recognized in
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