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Commencements — The  commencement  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy will  be  held  at  the  Academy  of  Music.  March  13.  Prof.  Bridges  has 
been  invited  to  deliver  the  valedictory  address,  in  the  place  of  Prof.  Procter, 
deceased.  The  commencement  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  will 
take  place,  at  Association  Hall,  March  3ist,  and  Prof.  Bedford  will  deliver  the 
valedictory. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — Mr.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  who  had 
been  Professor  Procter's  assistant  at  his  lectures,  has  been  appointed  to  con- 
duct the  examination  of  the  candidates  for  graduation  in  pharmacy.  The  Ex- 
amining Committee,  of  which  both  Prof.  Procter  and  Mr.  Remington  were 
members,  was  then  constituted  as  follows  : 
W.  J.  Jenks,  S.  S.  Bunting,  Wm.  Mclntyre,  A.  P.  Brown  and  Prof.  J.  M. 
Maisch. 
On  the  evening  of  Feb.  11th,  a  meeting  of  the  students  was  held  to  take 
action  in  regard  to  the  death  of  the  late  Professor  Procter.  The  class  was 
deeply  impressed  with  the  loss  they  had  sustained  in  the  death  of  their  valued 
teacher,  whose  genial  disposition  and  faithful  instruction  had  endeared  him  to 
all  who  came  in  contact  with  him.  The  following  preamble  and  resolutions 
were  unanimously  adopted  : 
Whkreas,  It  has  pleased  an  All- Wise  Providence  to  suddenly  remove  from 
our  midst  our  worthy  and  beloved  Professor  Wm.  Procter,  Jr.,  who  has  so 
faithfully  filled  the  chair  of  "  Pharmacy"  in  this  College;  therefore,  be  it 
Resolved,  Thft  we  tender  to  the  afflicted  family  of  the  deceased  our  heartfelt 
sympathy  in  their  great  bereavement. 
Resolved.  That  the  students  of  the  College,  who  have  listened  with  so  much 
interest  to  bis  able  and  instructive  lectures,  and  who  feel  so  deeply  indebted 
therefor,  shall  ever  cherish  in  sacred  remembrance  his  many  deeds  of  kind- 
ness and  arduous  attempts  to  engraft  in  them  the  knowledge  of  our  profession 
which  he  so  largely  possessed. 
Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  our  esteemed  Professor,  who  has  so  suddenly- 
been  taken  from  us  in  the  mid^t  of  his  duties,  we,  the  students,  have  suffered! 
an  irreparable  loss,  and  the  College  has  lost  an  able  and  devoted  fellow- member.. 
Resolved,  That  we  attend  the  funeral  at  the  residence  in  a  body,  and  that  a 
committee  be  appointed  to  accompany  the  remains  to  their  final  resting  place- 
Resolved  That  this  preamble  and  resolutions  be  published  in  the  different 
journals  of  pharmacy  and  in  two  of  the  city  papers,  and  a  copy  be  sent  to  the* 
family  of  the  deceased,  and  another  to  the  Trustees  of  the  College. 
W.  L  Harrison,  Chairman;  H.  B.  liutchiuson,  Geo.  C.  Lescher,  D.  Ack- 
erman,  Jr.,  J.  T.  Seal,  Committee. 
Fred.  B.  Power,  Secretary  of  the  meeting.. 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, held  February  24th,  1874,  Samuel  M.  Colcord,  President  of  the  College^ 
arose  and  said  : 
