488  Recollections  and  Reminiscences.  {A^c{oberPwoam" 
"  When  the  trustees  were  endeavoring  to  raise  funds  to  pay  for  the 
lot  on  Tenth  Street  and  put  up  a  college  building  to  replace  the  old 
one  that  was  too  small  for  the  increasing  number  of  students,  it  was 
my  privilege  to  canvass  with  him  a  section  of  the  city  allotted  to  us. 
We  spent  many  mornings  together  interviewing  almost  every  retail 
druggist  in  our  district,  and  his  presence  very  largely  influenced  the 
cash  response  to  our  request,  he  backing  up  my  remarks  with  a  few 
judicious  words. 
"  In  all  our  intercourse  when  on  the  Board  of  Trustees  together, 
and  as  members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  when 
we  attended  many  meetings  together,  Professor  Procter  was  the 
same  genial,  considerate  and  cordial  friend  to  the  younger  members 
of  the  profession  and  to  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  We  had 
worked  together  on  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  i860,  and, 
when  attending  my  first  meeting  of  the  American  Association  in 
New  York,  he  nominated  me  as  Secretary  to  the  august  assembly, 
much  to  my  horror. 
"All  his  old  students,  many  of  whom  became  his  fast  friends  after 
graduation,  will  bear  me  out  in  the  opinion  that  the  '  Father  of 
American  Pharmacy '  was  a  most  fatherly  instructor,  unselfish 
advisor  and  that  rarest  of  rare  beings,  a  true  friend. 
"  James  T.  Shinn." 
"  Dear  Sir: — It  is  nearly  forty-four  years  since  I  sat  under  the 
teaching  of  Prof.  William-  Procter.  I  can  hardly  say  that  my 
acquaintance  with  the  Professor  began  upon  my  entering  the  class, 
for  I  had  received  much  instruction  from  the  reading  and  studying 
of  the  *  Practice  of  Pharmacy,'  by  Mohr,  Redwood  and  Procter,  a 
copy  of  which  had  fallen  into  my  hands  some  two  or  three  years 
before  my  entrance  into  the  College. 
"  I  was  quite  a  young  man,  from  what  was  then  considered  the 
West,  and  there  were  very  few  whose  homes  were  farther  west  than 
mine. 
"  Professor  Procter  was  then  in  his  prime,  and  his  lectures  were 
very  instructive — a  plain  statement  of  facts  and  rarely  embellished 
with  the  flashes  of  wit  that  were  frequent  with  Professor  Thomas, 
the  lecturer  upon  materia  medica.  Professor  Procter  was  dark-com- 
plexioned and  at  that  time  his  hair  was  the  color  of  the  raven's  wing. 
"  I  remember  one  topic  upon  which  he  laid  especial  stress,  viz., 
