AFebruar'yPi19i?'^  Memorial  Meeting  to  Professor  Remington.  101 
Prof.  E.  Fullerton  Cook,  associate  director  of  the  pharma- 
ceutical laboratory  of  the  college,  voiced  his  appreciation  as  follows : 
In  paying  tribute  to  the  memory  of  my  friend,  Joseph  Price 
Remington,  I  need  not  cite  his  achievements  or  his  services  to 
pharmacy.  These  you  know.  I  might  speak  of  his  affable  manner, 
his  keen  insight  into  character  and  motives,  his  courage  in  standing 
unwaveringly  for  what  he  thought  to  be  right,  his  infinite  pains  to 
attain  perfection  in  the  work  in  hand,  his  strong  sense  of  duty  when 
responsibility  was  accepted,  and  of  other  notable  qualities ;  but  these 
are  to-day  builded  into  permanent  record,  into  this  college  he  loved, 
into  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  of  four  decades,  into  his  own  publica- 
tions, and  best  of  all,  into  the  memories  we  hold.  They  speak  for 
themselves. 
The  world  I  wish  to  give,  therefore,  is  more  personal ;  the  im- 
pressions from  an  intimate  relationship  of  many  years,  almost  as 
close  as  that  of  father  and  son.  One  of  the  outstanding  facts  soon 
recognized  was  that  Professor  Remington  was  deeply  religious. 
His  Quaker  training  had  left  a  lasting  impression.  In  deciding 
small  or  large  questions,  he  would  frequently  speak  of  '  waiting  for 
the  voice/  with  perfect  faith  in  its  right  guidance.  This  belief 
powerfully  influenced  his  action  and  kept  it  true  to  high  ideals. 
Another  quality  which  I  believe  I  may  speak  of  here,  espe- 
cially since  at  times  he  was  misunderstood,  was  the  entire  absence 
of  a  spirit  of  revenge.  He  was  not  small  in  his  dealings  with  men. 
Yet  he  was  not  weak  or  afraid,  for  if  he  believed  a  policy  pursued 
by  someone  or  a  group  of  men  was  not  for  the  best  interests  of 
the  profession  he  did  not  hesitate  to  attack  it,  but  he  did  it  openly 
and  without  underhand  or  political  pressure  methods.  To  have  it 
insinuated  that  he  was  unfair  or  had  taken  advantage  of  his  posi- 
tion, hurt  him  keenly,  and  he  would  frequently  go  far  out  of  his  way 
to  show  special  consideration  to  those  who  seemed  to  want  to  believe 
him  unfair  and  in  his  official  positions  he  voluntarily  set  for  himself 
a  standard  of  action  which  was  above  reproach  and  even  considered 
extreme  and  unnecessary  by  some  of  those  who  knew  his  customs 
and  convictions. 
One  of  the  charms  of  his  personality  was  his  appreciation  of 
humor  and  his  stories  are  repeated  broadcast,  but  those  who  came 
into  intimate  contact  with  him  were  soon  impressed  by  the  elevated 
