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Obituary. 
f  Am.  Tour.  Pharm. 
*-     August,  1 918. 
therefore,  should  familiarize  himself  with  the  new,  official  non- 
proprietary names  given  at  the  beginning  of  this  letter. 
Yours  truly, 
Julius  Stieglitz,  Chairman, 
Subcommittee  on  Synthetic  Drugs  National  Research  Council. 
July  15,  1918. 
To  the  Publisher: 
Will  you  kindly  call  attention  through  your  columns  to  the  need 
for  technically  trained  persons  for  the  examining  corps  of  the 
Patent  Office.  Men  or  women  are  desired  who  have  a  scientific 
education,  particularly  in  higher  mathematics,  chemistry,  physics, 
and  French  or  German,  and  who  are  not  subject  to  the  draft  for 
military  service.  Engineering  or  teaching  experience  in  addition  to 
the  above  is  valued.    The  entrance  salary  is  $1,500. 
Examinations  for  the  position  of  assistant  examiner  are  held 
frequently  by  the  Civil  Service  Commission  at  many  points  in  the 
United  States.  One  is  announced  for  August  21  and  22,  1918.  De- 
tails of  the  examination,  places  of  holding  the  same,  etc.,  may  be  had 
upon  application  to  the  Civil  Service  Commission,  Washington, 
D.  C,  or  to  this  office. 
Should  the  necessity  therefor  arise  temporary  appointments  of 
qualified  persons  may  be  made  pending  their  taking  the  Civil  Service 
examination.  Application  for  such  appointment  should  be  made  to 
this  office. 
•  Very  truly  yours, 
J.  S.  Newton, 
Commissioner  of  Patents. 
OBITUARY. 
WILLIAM  LAWRENCE  DEWOODY. 
The  "  Grim  Reaper  "  has  exacted  another  toll  to  his  fateful  list 
of  the  year.  Mr.  W.  L.  Dewoody,  honorary  president  of  the  Amer- 
ican Pharmaceutical  Association,  died  at  his  home  in  Pine  Bluff, 
Ark.,  on  Sunday,  June  30,  in  the  seventieth  year  of  his  age. 
The  deceased  was  born  at  Athens,  Ala.,  on  December  30,  1848. 
His  father  was  a  pharmacist  and  so  William  early  acquired  a  knowl- 
