THE  AMEBIOAN 
JOURNAL,  OF  PHAEMAC 
Forty  years  have  elapsed  since  the  former  editor  of  this  Journal 
passed  away  on  that  fateful"  night  of  February  10,  1874.  During 
these  forty  years  Pharmacy  has  developed  by  leaps  and  bounds ;  new 
and  weighty  problems  have  arisen  and  have  been  solved,  but  many 
more  remain,  and  the  future  gives  promise  of  still  greater  achieve- 
ments in  the  profession  which  Procter  loved. 
To  John  F.  Hancock,  of  Baltimore,  must  be  given  the  principal 
credit  for  inaugurating  and  carrying  to  successful  fruition  the  work 
of  erecting  a  statue  in  bronze  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  this  great 
pioneer  in  professional  pharmacy. 
The  ninety-seventh  anniversary  of  his  birthday  was  celebrated 
at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  on  May  3rd  by  a  special 
meeting  of  his  friends  and  former  students.  Reminiscences  and 
tributes  to  his  memory  were  freely  uttered,  followed  by  a  dinner 
and  a  trip  in  the  afternoon  to  Mount  Holly,  N.  J.,  to  visit  his  summer 
home  and  grave.    Among  those  present  were  the  following: 
JUNE,  1914 
PROFESSOR  WILLIAM  PRO' 
181 7-1874. 
By  Joseph  P.  Remington. 
Dr.  B.  S.  Erwin 
O.  W.  Osterlund 
C.  A.  Weidemann 
Dr.  W.  H.  H.  Githins 
Howard  B.  French 
J.  S.  Beetem 
W.  Estell  Lee 
Thomas  D.  McElhenie 
George  M.  Beringer 
Adolph  W.  Miller 
J.  P.  Remington 
Edward  Berge 
J.  F.  Hancock 
Martin  I.  Wilbert 
C.  B.  Lowe 
C.  H.  La  Wall 
R.  C.  Lippincott 
Otto  Kraus 
Henry  Kraemer 
F.  X.  Moerk 
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