150  Procter  Fund— New  Laboratory.  {^^Xm™' 
college  to  help  forward  the  shorter-hour  movement,  reported  that 
he  was  encouraged  by  the  results  that  had  already  been  attained. 
Florence  Yaple,  Secretary  pro  tern. 
PROCTER  MONUMENT  FUND. 
GENEROUS  SUBSCRIPTION. 
Just  as  we  are  going  to  press  Professor  Remington  informs  us  that 
Mr.  John  Wyeth,  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy, of  the  class  of  1854,  has,  for  himself,  his  firm  and  his  brother, 
subscribed  the  sum  of  $2,000  to  the  Procter  Monument  Fund. 
Mr.  Wyeth  has  a  warm  appreciation  of  the  services  of  Professor 
William  Procter,  not  only  to  the  cause  of  education,  but  to  every- 
thing which  tended  to  the  advancement  of  pharmacy,  particularly 
his  researches  on  percolation  and  fluidextracts.  It  is  confidently 
hoped  that  Mr.  Wyeth's  example  will  be  followed  by  others  who 
have  equally  profited  by  the  labors  of  the  Father  of  American 
Pharmacy. 
THE  NEW  FOOD  AND  DRUGS  LABORATORY. 
The  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  is  about  to  erect  a  new 
laboratory,  designed  to  give  instruction  in  analytical  chemistry, 
technical  microscopy,  and  other  branches  of  science,  especially 
adapted  for  students  who  desire  to  fit  themselves  for  chemists  under 
the  Food  and  Drugs  Act. 
The  College  purchased  a  property  a  number  of  years  ago,  upon 
which  a  school-house  had  been  erected  in  1825  f°r  the  Aimwell 
School  Association.  This  historic  building  will  be  entirely  demol- 
ished and  a  new  laboratory  erected  covering  the  whole  lot,  40  x  60 
feet.  Plans  are  being  prepared  and  it  is  fully  expected  that  it  will 
be  ready  for  occupancy  in  the  early  fall.  A  roster  is  being  drawn 
up  for  the  courses  for  the  students  in  the  Food  and  Drug  Labora- 
tory, which  will  be  available  shortly. 
The  College  has  had  in  contemplation  for  a  number  of  years  a 
plan  for  extending  the  instruction  in  this  department,  and  the 
passage  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  has  caused  such  a  demand  for 
chemists,  that  immediate  steps  have  been  taken  to  put  the  plans  in 
execution. 
