THE NEW YORK JOURNAL OF PHARMACY 



the degree is doing g-ood work, and while 

 a certain degree from a certain college 

 may be a real distinction, the same de- 

 gree from another college may be a joke. 

 That both the registered pharmacist cer- 

 tificate and the college diploma are con- 

 sidered important, is shown by the fact 

 that provision is made that the "member 

 of the Institute" shall be the possessor 

 of both documents, but greater than these 

 should be the title ^'M. I. P.," since it 

 will show all, notably the prescription- 

 writing physician, that here is a man to 

 whom prescriptions are of the first im- 

 portance, a man who by the vote of his 

 fellows, is shown to be a real pharmacist.- 

 Once launched, the Institute itself will 

 be in a position to devise plans of co- 

 operation that will be of financial advan- 

 tage to each of its members, but that is 

 a detail that cannot be discussed in this 

 paper. 



In conclusion, some one may say that 

 the American Institute of Prescription- 

 ists (A. I. P.) is an attempt to ape after 

 the American Institute of Surgery, which 

 in turn according to some of its critics. 

 is an imitation of the Royal College of 

 Surgeons. Of course, the primal thought 

 of organization in the mind of the writer 

 resembles to some extent the basic prin- 

 ciples of the institute of surgery, but in 

 detail the Institute of Prescriptionists no 

 more resembles the surgeons' organiza- 

 tion that it does the American Confer- 

 ence of Pharmaceutical Faculties or the 

 association of certified public account- 

 ants, both of which are self-constituted 

 private organizations frankly designed to 

 sift the excellent from the inferior. And, 

 if the American Institute of Prescrip- 

 tionists can accomplish that purpose in 

 retail pharmacy, it will more than justify 

 its existence. 



- GEORGE R. M. EWING. * * 



John Ewing, of 313 West 105th Street, 

 Xew York City, died at his summer resi- 

 dence, "Bramble Brae," Glen Spey, Sul- 

 livan County, New York, on Wednesday, 

 July 29th, 1914. Mr. Ewing was born 

 at Cathcart, near Glasgow, Scotland, on 

 May 2ist, 1848, and was the son of John 

 Drew Ewing and Mary Burnside Ewing. 

 In 1 85 1 his family came to reside in New 

 York City. After joining the New York 

 College of Pharmacy, Mr. Ewing, in 

 1874, entered the drug business in Jersey 

 City, N. J., and soon was the junior part- 

 ner in Doyle and Ewing. In 1877 he 

 parted with Mr. Doyle and started out 

 under his own name. Becoming asso- 

 ciated with his brother-in-law, Mr. Alex- 

 ander Mackenzie, the firm of Ewing & 

 Company was formed, and this firm con- 

 tinued until it was dissolved in ]\iay, 

 1895, owing to the desire of both part- 

 ners to retire from active business and 

 also to the fact that Mr. Ewing had 

 changed his residence to New York City. 

 Mr. Ewing was the sixth pharmacist to 

 register in the State of New Jersey and 

 was a member of the New Jersey Phar- 

 maceutical Association, the New York 

 State Pharmaceutical Association, Cres- 

 cent Lodge, No. 402, F. & A. M., and 

 Hugh De Pay ens Commandery, No. i. 



On October 3, 1876, he was married 

 to Miss Grace Mackenzie, daughter of 

 George R. Mackenzie, President of the 

 Singer Manufacturing Company, of Jer- 

 sey City, N. J. 



He is survived by his. wife; one son, 

 George R. M. Ewing; two grandsons. 

 George R. M. Ewing, Jr., and Alexander 

 L. Ewing; one sister. Mrs. Agnes Ditt- 

 mar of New York City, and one brother, 

 William Ewing of Keyport. New Jersey. 

 The funeral was held at his summer 

 home on August ist. 



