and opportunity for such work, and that it is considered of special value, for in this way only can the elementary teaching really be kept alive and the advanced courses maintained abreast with the times. Thus, too, will the best of our students be induced to pursue the study of chemistry and its applications which are constantly increasing in importance. Respectfully submitted, LOUIS KAHLENBERG, Director, Course in Chemistry. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE COURSE IN PHARMACY Dean E. A. Birge, College of Letters and Science. Dear Sir: The biennium to be covered briefly in this report has been a noteworthy one so far as the Course in Pharmacy is concerned. In 1881 the druggists of the state were organized into the Wisconsin Pharmaceutical Association. The first endeavors of this organization were directed toward the enactment of a pharmacy law controlling the practice of pharmacy for the benefit of the public. The second important step taken was to secure, through legislative enactment, the establishment of a Department of Pharmacy at the University in order that the pharmacist of the future might be educated up to the standards desired by the founders. Unfortunately, the hopes entertained by the men of 1881 were not realized and for a time disappointment seemed to give way to despondency. The druggist of Wisconsin had to learn that improvement could not be brought about by legislative enactment alone but depended largely on the much slower process of education. It is in this necessarily slow process that the pharmaceutical graduate of the University has played an important role. His university ideal of education has given him some of that broader outlook which is so essential to cope with the present complex and perplexing situation. Hence it was with his initiative, that the third important piece of constructive pharmaceutical legislation was undertaken in 1912 by the Wisconsin Pharmaceutical Association. Upon the recommendation of the association, the last Legislature established the first Pharmaceutical Experiment Station. This station is to do for pharmaceutical practice in the state what the Department of Pharmacy has done for pharmaceutical theory. Although the appropriation of $5,000.00 asked for by the State Pharmaceutical Association was cut in two by the finance committee, thanks to its close affiliation with the University, the station has been in a position to do considerable work, some of which was directly helpful to the pharmaceutical practitioner. A report of the activities during the first twelvemonth may be published before the close of this calendar year. The introduction of the bill establishing the station, known as 247 S, attracted considerable attention. The actual establishment of the station has given rise to favorable editorial comments in the pharmaceutical press. As Michigan and Wisconsin set the example of pharmaceutical education by the state, so the hope is now expressed that, in the course of time, every state will have its pharmaceutical experiment station. As one of the most important features of station activity, the co-operative experiment in the cultivation of medicinal plants between the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture and the University has received a new impetus. Heretofore all aspects but that of mere cultivation of the medicinal herb garden had to be sadly neglected. With the improvement of Regent Street by the City, the Tenth Ward association had requested the City, the Park and Pleasure Drive Association, the Illinois Central Railway and the University to improve their respective properties at the intersection of Regent Street and Breese Terrace in accordance with. the general plan for improvement suggested by Landscape Architect Simonds at the instigation of the Park and Pleasure Drive Association. The Tenth Ward Association has further suggested that these properties be treated as a unit and be named The Hollister Gardens and that the income from the Hollister Fund to the Park and Pleasure Drive Association be utilized in improving and maintaining these gardens. Some time during the year 1913 there was paid to the Board of Regents the sum of $5,000.00 by the Hollister Estate. The income for this fund became available with the present fiscal year and thus enabled the faculty to recommend the first Hollister Scholar for the year 1914-15. This scholarship ought to be supplemented at an early date by a University fellowship in pharmacy and pharmacognosy. It is in both of these departments that we have the greatest difficulty in securing adequate assistants and instructors. Now that practically all of the science departments of the College of Letters and Science have been provided with departmental fellows, the time ought to be opportune to provide at least a joint fellowship for pharmacy and pharmacognosy. The State Historical Society has also received a sum of money, viz: $12,000.00, from the Hollister Estate for the establishment of a pharmaceutical library. If the income from this fund is spent in accordance with the wishes of the donors, historical research in pharmacy ought to supplement scientific research in pharmacy at the University in the future. The opportunity is as splendid as it is unusual, and it is to be hoped that the most will be made thereof. Through the Department of Pharmacy, the University has continued to co-operate with the State Board of Pharmacy. The board holds its four examinations of the year in the departmental laboratories. This form of co-operation cannot result otherwise than in the elevation of pharmacy and hence must accrue to the benefit of the state at large. Respectfully yours, EDWARD KREMERS, Director, Course in Pharmacy. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE COURSE FOR THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS Dean E. A. Birge, College of Letters and Science. Dear Sir:--The fourth biennial report of the Course for the Training of Teachers, covering the period June 30, 1912 to June 30, 1914, is herewith presented in accordance with your request. The several sections of the report are presented under the following headings. I. STATISTICAL EXHIBITS 1. Registration 2. University Teachers Certificates 3. Major Preparation for Teachers Certificates 4. Enrollment: Departmental Teachers Courses 5. Registration: Advanced Course for the Training of Teachers 6. Certificates Granted: Advanced Courses for the Training of Teachers II. PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS DURING THE BIENNIUM 1. Wisconsin High School 2. Requirements for the University Teachers Certificates 3. Training of Teachers in Industrial Subjects III. MISCELLANEOUS COMMENTS 1. Departmental Teachers Courses 2. Department of Education 3. Teaching Fellowships 4. Co-operation with the Madison Public Schools 5. Advanced Course for the Training of Teachers IV. PROBLEMS: ANTICIPATIONS. V. SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS. It is obvious that the limitations of space imposed upon this biennial report permit merely the briefest treatment of each of the items indicated. |