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The A.PH.A.'s Student Section*
The A.PH.A's Student Section* by R oy A. B owerst HE most important single activity of any T national society is its annual convention. In fact, these annual meetings determine the policies upon which societies carryon their activities. Executive committees and executive staffs function for the membership between conventions. Without annual meetings, organizations would cease to be of maximum usefulness to their membership because the individual members would be deprived of a direct voice in the management of society affairs. Complex organizations such as the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION are divided into individual groupings according to membership interest within the objectives and purposes of the organization as a whole. In this manner each individual member is provided the means by which he may participate in the ASSOCIATION on the national level. The Student Section is the place where pharmacy students as Associate Members come together once a year to meet with delegates and representatives from each of the Student Branches to further collectively the desires and aspirations of those entering the profession. The Student Section is unique as compared with other A.PH.A. Sections in that it represents a highly organized, nation-wide network of student organizations in all of the colleges of pharmacy in the country. The Student Section ties together all of the Student Branches for the common betterment of the individual unit and thereby demonstrates the national character of student affiliation. The parent organization is fully cognizant of the tremendous value of the Student Branch movement by providing a national standing committee to assist the students in their own Branches, regional meetings of Branches, and in the Student Section. This Committee on Student Branches, which is composed of five interested faculty members selected on a geographic basis,l provides the liaison between students and the parent organization. The Committee functions on the philosophy
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Pres~nted to the Student Section, A.PH,A. Detroit, Convention , April 1956. t pean, College of Pharmacy, Rutgers-The State UniversIty , Newark, N.J., and Chairman, A.PH.A. Student Branch Committee. I 1956-57 members are Dean Roy A. Bowers, Chairman; P~of. Lyman. D. Fonda, Deans John F. McCloskey and LInwood F. Tlce, and Dr. Ewart A. Swinyard.
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that vigorously active and productive Student Branches in the colleges of pharmacy should provide for the ASSOCIATION a continuous flow of substantial numbers of properly motivated, enthusiastic, and well-informed active members. Indeed, the ASSOCIATION is dependent upon the colleges for its members. It is the colleges which will determine, in large measure, who and what kind of individuals the ASSOCIATION'S members shall be. Operating under this philosophy, the Committee considers the Student Branches as an important, integral phase of the student's educational experience in college. The Student Branch is the means by which the students, individually and collectively, can acquire experience and "know-how" in professional selfgovernmen t. Professional men and women must assume full responsibility for identifying and enforcing their social and professional obligations and their moral responsibilities and not turn them over to others. The classroom serves to enlighten the student to the existence of such responsibilities, but there must be a place for him to put into practice these elements of selfgovernment as preparation for the life ahead of him after completing his college studies.
Ob;ective of the Student Section The objective of the Student Section is to breathe life and vitality into the Student Branches. It is hoped that the delegates and representatives who gather once a year in an annual meeting will return to their Branches with renewed vigor and enthusiasm for greater achievement at home. D nless this happens, the Student Section itself will not have accomplished its purpose. It has meaning and purpose only in proportion to the strength it gives the Student Branches themselves. The individual student members must be made conscious of the prestige gained from being a part of a national society which has the respect and acceptance of all other professions represented on a university campus. The Committee on Student Branches thinks the Student Section can achieve this. The following are the by-laws of the Student Section of the A.PH.A. as amended at the Miami Beach meeting of the A.PH.A., May 1955. Minor amendments passed at the Detroit convention in April 1956 have been referred to the A.PH.A. Council for action. Vol. XVII, No. 10
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By-Laws of the Student Section of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION (AS AMENDED AT THE MIAMI BEACH MEETING OF THE A.PH.A., MAY 1955.)
CHAPTER I-NAME AND OBJECTS Article 1. Name. This organization shall be known as the Student Section of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. Article 2. Objects. The objectives of this Section shall be to aid the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION in: 1. Promoting the interest of associate members in the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. 2. Bringing together at the annual meeting of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION those students and representatives of Student Branches in attendance for the purpose of discussing matters of common interest and encouraging their participation in the program of the ASSOCIATION. 3. Providing an avenue whereby appropriate resolutions pertaining to student affairs may be submitted to the House of Delegates of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION for its consideration. 4. Strengthening the program whereby associate members, upon their graduation from college, become full members of the ASSOCIATION and continue to participate in its program for the advancement of pharmacy.
CHAPTER II-MEMBERSHIP Article 1. Membership and Voting. Attendance upon meetings of the Section shall be open to any member or associate member of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. All associate members in good standing shall automatically be considered members of this Section. All voting shall be by Branches and each Branch represented at the meetings shall be entitled to one vote.
CHAPTER III-OFFICERS Article 1. Officers. The officers of the Section shall be a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, a SecretaryTreasurer, a Delegate to the House of Delegates of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION, and three Alternate Delegates to the House of Delegates of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION, each selected from the members of the Section.
CHAPTER IV-ELECTION OF OFFICERS Article 1. Election of Officers. The Chairman shall appoint, any time before or at the first session of the Section, a nominating committee of three members of the Section. At the final business session of the Section, this committee shall report one nominee for each office to be filled. Additional nominations may then be made from the floor. Election shall be conducted by ballot according to parliamentary procedure. The elected members shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and installed. Article 2. Vacancies and Absences from the Annual Meeting. Any vacancies occurring among the officers shall be filled by the Chairman. In the event of the death, resignation, or absence from the annual meeting of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman shall assume the duties of that office. In the event that neither the Chairman nor Vice Chairman can
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the Annual Meeting, a Chairman pro tem shall be appointed to preside by the Chairman ' of the Committee on Student Branches of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. In case of absence of the Secretary-Treasurer from the Annual Meeting, he shall send his report and material to the Chairman of the Section before the Annual Meeting. The Chairman shall then appoint a SecretaryTreasurer pro tem who shall read the report and otherwise carryon the duties of the SecretaryTreasurer during the meetings of the Section.
CHAPTER V-DUTIES OF THE OFFICERS Article 1. Duties of the Chairman. The Chairman shall preside at the business sessions of the Section and shall perform the customary and parliamentary duties established by usage. He shall also assist the Secretary-Treasurer in his duties of arranging the program for the Section at the Annual Meeting. Article 2. Duties of the Vice Chairman. The Vice Chairman shall preside at those sessions of the Section when the Chairman is either absent or temporarily incapacitated. Article 3. Duties of the Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep a record of all meetings of the Section, retain copies of the records and documents of the Section and shall transmit these records to the incoming Secretary-Treasurer of the Section. Immediately after the Annual Meeting, the Secretary-Treasurer shall transmit to the Secretary of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION, for publication and safe keeping, the minutes of each meeting, together with all documents, reports and papers which belong to the Section. He shall transmit to the Secretary of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION the names of the officers elected and the committees appointed, as well as any changes in the personnel of the committees. He shall send to the members such notices as the business of the Section may require. Prior to the Annual Meeting, he shall mail to the members of the Section a request for papers and an announcement of the latest date on which they will be accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting. He shall, as Secretary-Treasurer, prepare and deliver to the Section an annual report of the activities of his office. He shall collect the Section dues, transact the fiscal affairs of the Section, pay necessary Section expenses, and keep a record of the finances of the Section. He shall prepare and transmit the annual report of the Section to the House of Delegates.
CHAPTER VI-COMMITTEES Article 1. Committees. The following committees shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Section at the first session of the Section at the Annual Meeting: 1. Committee on Nominations 2. Committee on Resolutions 3. Auditing Committee 4. Committee on Constitution and By-Laws
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Student Section Officers 1956-57. Seated (left to right): David A. Hill, University of Cincinnati Cyice Chairman); Joann J. Johnson, University of Kansas City (Secretary-Treasurer)..- and Donald J. ¥tlle~, University of North Carolina (Chairma.n). Standing: Jack N. Frost, Universzty of Southern qalif?rma (alternate delegate); Van Rosa, Universlty of Arkansas (alternate delegate); James M. Gentry, UntVersl~y of South Carolina (delegate); and Dave Millar, University of Buffalo (alternate delegate). (19.56 Conventwn. )
Article 2. Committee on Nominations. The Committee on Nominations shall present a ballot giving one nominee for each office of the Section at its last session at the Annual Meeting. Article 3. Committee on Resolutions. The Committee on Resolutions shall study the recommendations presented in reports and/or by members of the Section and suggest action to be taken on these by the Section. Article 4. Auditing Committee. The Auditing Committee shall audit the accounts of the Secretary-Treasurer and make its report at the last session of the Section. Article 5. Committee on Constitution and ByLaws. The Committee on Constitution and ByLaws shall study and formalize the notices of any amendments presented in accordance with Chapter IX, Article 1, and suggest action to be taken on these by the Section.
CHAPTER VII-MEETINGS Article 1. Time of Meeting. The Annual Meeting of the Section shall be held at the same time and place as that of the Annual Convention of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. Article 2. Duration of Sessions and Quorum. The program shall be planned so as to limit each session, if possible, to not more than three hours. Fifteen members shall constitute a quorum. Article 3. Number of Sessions. The number of sessions to be held at anyone Annual Meeting shall be determined by the Secretary-Treasurer in cooperation with the Secretary of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. The sessions shall be so arranged that they will conflict as little as possible with sessions of other Sections, and that no session shall be held simultaneously with any General Session of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL AssoCIATION.
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CHAPTER VIII-EXPENSES Article 1. Appropriations. Appropriations provided by the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL AssoCIATION to the Section shall be used only to defray expenses for which the appropriation is made. Article 2. Dues. There shall be no dues required of individual members of the Section but each Student Branch of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION will be asked to make a contribution of $10.00 (ten dollars) per annum in support of the Section. Article 3. Expenses of Officers. Where considered expedient and necessary, the expenses of the Chairman and the Secretary-Treasurer incurred in attending the Annual Meeting would be paid from the funds of the Section. This expenditure shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary and General Manager of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL AssoCIATION.
CHAPTER IX-AMENDMENTS Article 1. Amendments. These By-Laws may be amended at any business session of the Section at the Annual Meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present, provided notice of such amendment is given together with the text thereof at any previous session held at that Annual Meeting. Amendments may also be approved by mail ballot by two-thirds of those voting. Amendments must finally be accepted by the Council of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION as not in conflict with the Constitution and By-Laws of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION.
CHAPTER X Article 1. Miscellaneous. Questions not specifically covered by these By-Laws must always be decided in accord with the Constitution and ByLaws of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATIoN.
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Pres~nted to the Student Section, A.PH,A. Detroit, Convention , April 1956. t pean, College of Pharmacy, Rutgers-The State UniversIty , Newark, N.J., and Chairman, A.PH.A. Student Branch Committee. I 1956-57 members are Dean Roy A. Bowers, Chairman; P~of. Lyman. D. Fonda, Deans John F. McCloskey and LInwood F. Tlce, and Dr. Ewart A. Swinyard.
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that vigorously active and productive Student Branches in the colleges of pharmacy should provide for the ASSOCIATION a continuous flow of substantial numbers of properly motivated, enthusiastic, and well-informed active members. Indeed, the ASSOCIATION is dependent upon the colleges for its members. It is the colleges which will determine, in large measure, who and what kind of individuals the ASSOCIATION'S members shall be. Operating under this philosophy, the Committee considers the Student Branches as an important, integral phase of the student's educational experience in college. The Student Branch is the means by which the students, individually and collectively, can acquire experience and "know-how" in professional selfgovernmen t. Professional men and women must assume full responsibility for identifying and enforcing their social and professional obligations and their moral responsibilities and not turn them over to others. The classroom serves to enlighten the student to the existence of such responsibilities, but there must be a place for him to put into practice these elements of selfgovernment as preparation for the life ahead of him after completing his college studies.
Ob;ective of the Student Section The objective of the Student Section is to breathe life and vitality into the Student Branches. It is hoped that the delegates and representatives who gather once a year in an annual meeting will return to their Branches with renewed vigor and enthusiasm for greater achievement at home. D nless this happens, the Student Section itself will not have accomplished its purpose. It has meaning and purpose only in proportion to the strength it gives the Student Branches themselves. The individual student members must be made conscious of the prestige gained from being a part of a national society which has the respect and acceptance of all other professions represented on a university campus. The Committee on Student Branches thinks the Student Section can achieve this. The following are the by-laws of the Student Section of the A.PH.A. as amended at the Miami Beach meeting of the A.PH.A., May 1955. Minor amendments passed at the Detroit convention in April 1956 have been referred to the A.PH.A. Council for action. Vol. XVII, No. 10
PRACTICAL PHARMACY EDITION
By-Laws of the Student Section of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION (AS AMENDED AT THE MIAMI BEACH MEETING OF THE A.PH.A., MAY 1955.)
CHAPTER I-NAME AND OBJECTS Article 1. Name. This organization shall be known as the Student Section of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. Article 2. Objects. The objectives of this Section shall be to aid the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION in: 1. Promoting the interest of associate members in the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. 2. Bringing together at the annual meeting of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION those students and representatives of Student Branches in attendance for the purpose of discussing matters of common interest and encouraging their participation in the program of the ASSOCIATION. 3. Providing an avenue whereby appropriate resolutions pertaining to student affairs may be submitted to the House of Delegates of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION for its consideration. 4. Strengthening the program whereby associate members, upon their graduation from college, become full members of the ASSOCIATION and continue to participate in its program for the advancement of pharmacy.
CHAPTER II-MEMBERSHIP Article 1. Membership and Voting. Attendance upon meetings of the Section shall be open to any member or associate member of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. All associate members in good standing shall automatically be considered members of this Section. All voting shall be by Branches and each Branch represented at the meetings shall be entitled to one vote.
CHAPTER III-OFFICERS Article 1. Officers. The officers of the Section shall be a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, a SecretaryTreasurer, a Delegate to the House of Delegates of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION, and three Alternate Delegates to the House of Delegates of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION, each selected from the members of the Section.
CHAPTER IV-ELECTION OF OFFICERS Article 1. Election of Officers. The Chairman shall appoint, any time before or at the first session of the Section, a nominating committee of three members of the Section. At the final business session of the Section, this committee shall report one nominee for each office to be filled. Additional nominations may then be made from the floor. Election shall be conducted by ballot according to parliamentary procedure. The elected members shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and installed. Article 2. Vacancies and Absences from the Annual Meeting. Any vacancies occurring among the officers shall be filled by the Chairman. In the event of the death, resignation, or absence from the annual meeting of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman shall assume the duties of that office. In the event that neither the Chairman nor Vice Chairman can
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the Annual Meeting, a Chairman pro tem shall be appointed to preside by the Chairman ' of the Committee on Student Branches of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. In case of absence of the Secretary-Treasurer from the Annual Meeting, he shall send his report and material to the Chairman of the Section before the Annual Meeting. The Chairman shall then appoint a SecretaryTreasurer pro tem who shall read the report and otherwise carryon the duties of the SecretaryTreasurer during the meetings of the Section.
CHAPTER V-DUTIES OF THE OFFICERS Article 1. Duties of the Chairman. The Chairman shall preside at the business sessions of the Section and shall perform the customary and parliamentary duties established by usage. He shall also assist the Secretary-Treasurer in his duties of arranging the program for the Section at the Annual Meeting. Article 2. Duties of the Vice Chairman. The Vice Chairman shall preside at those sessions of the Section when the Chairman is either absent or temporarily incapacitated. Article 3. Duties of the Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep a record of all meetings of the Section, retain copies of the records and documents of the Section and shall transmit these records to the incoming Secretary-Treasurer of the Section. Immediately after the Annual Meeting, the Secretary-Treasurer shall transmit to the Secretary of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION, for publication and safe keeping, the minutes of each meeting, together with all documents, reports and papers which belong to the Section. He shall transmit to the Secretary of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION the names of the officers elected and the committees appointed, as well as any changes in the personnel of the committees. He shall send to the members such notices as the business of the Section may require. Prior to the Annual Meeting, he shall mail to the members of the Section a request for papers and an announcement of the latest date on which they will be accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting. He shall, as Secretary-Treasurer, prepare and deliver to the Section an annual report of the activities of his office. He shall collect the Section dues, transact the fiscal affairs of the Section, pay necessary Section expenses, and keep a record of the finances of the Section. He shall prepare and transmit the annual report of the Section to the House of Delegates.
CHAPTER VI-COMMITTEES Article 1. Committees. The following committees shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Section at the first session of the Section at the Annual Meeting: 1. Committee on Nominations 2. Committee on Resolutions 3. Auditing Committee 4. Committee on Constitution and By-Laws
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Student Section Officers 1956-57. Seated (left to right): David A. Hill, University of Cincinnati Cyice Chairman); Joann J. Johnson, University of Kansas City (Secretary-Treasurer)..- and Donald J. ¥tlle~, University of North Carolina (Chairma.n). Standing: Jack N. Frost, Universzty of Southern qalif?rma (alternate delegate); Van Rosa, Universlty of Arkansas (alternate delegate); James M. Gentry, UntVersl~y of South Carolina (delegate); and Dave Millar, University of Buffalo (alternate delegate). (19.56 Conventwn. )
Article 2. Committee on Nominations. The Committee on Nominations shall present a ballot giving one nominee for each office of the Section at its last session at the Annual Meeting. Article 3. Committee on Resolutions. The Committee on Resolutions shall study the recommendations presented in reports and/or by members of the Section and suggest action to be taken on these by the Section. Article 4. Auditing Committee. The Auditing Committee shall audit the accounts of the Secretary-Treasurer and make its report at the last session of the Section. Article 5. Committee on Constitution and ByLaws. The Committee on Constitution and ByLaws shall study and formalize the notices of any amendments presented in accordance with Chapter IX, Article 1, and suggest action to be taken on these by the Section.
CHAPTER VII-MEETINGS Article 1. Time of Meeting. The Annual Meeting of the Section shall be held at the same time and place as that of the Annual Convention of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. Article 2. Duration of Sessions and Quorum. The program shall be planned so as to limit each session, if possible, to not more than three hours. Fifteen members shall constitute a quorum. Article 3. Number of Sessions. The number of sessions to be held at anyone Annual Meeting shall be determined by the Secretary-Treasurer in cooperation with the Secretary of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. The sessions shall be so arranged that they will conflict as little as possible with sessions of other Sections, and that no session shall be held simultaneously with any General Session of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL AssoCIATION.
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CHAPTER VIII-EXPENSES Article 1. Appropriations. Appropriations provided by the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL AssoCIATION to the Section shall be used only to defray expenses for which the appropriation is made. Article 2. Dues. There shall be no dues required of individual members of the Section but each Student Branch of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION will be asked to make a contribution of $10.00 (ten dollars) per annum in support of the Section. Article 3. Expenses of Officers. Where considered expedient and necessary, the expenses of the Chairman and the Secretary-Treasurer incurred in attending the Annual Meeting would be paid from the funds of the Section. This expenditure shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary and General Manager of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL AssoCIATION.
CHAPTER IX-AMENDMENTS Article 1. Amendments. These By-Laws may be amended at any business session of the Section at the Annual Meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present, provided notice of such amendment is given together with the text thereof at any previous session held at that Annual Meeting. Amendments may also be approved by mail ballot by two-thirds of those voting. Amendments must finally be accepted by the Council of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION as not in conflict with the Constitution and By-Laws of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION.
CHAPTER X Article 1. Miscellaneous. Questions not specifically covered by these By-Laws must always be decided in accord with the Constitution and ByLaws of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATIoN.
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