Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
October,  1920. 
Book  Reviews. 
Chemists,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  founders,  member  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  National  Drug  Trades  Conference, 
Director  of  the  State  Industrial  Safety  Council,  member  of  the 
Advisory  Council  of  the  State  Industrial  Commission  through 
appointment  by  Governor  Whitman,  member  of  the  Council  of 
National  Defense,  national  counsellor  to  the  United  States  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  etc. 
He  was  always  prominent  in  advancing  uniform  and  just  national 
drug  legislation,  preventing  fradulent  practices  in  the  drug  trade  and 
in  insuring  just  rewards  of  initiative,  discovery  and  invention  in  the 
drug  and  chemical  field.  His  natural  qualifications  fitted  him  to 
become  a  leader  in  the  industrial  world  and  his  close  study  of  condi- 
tions, his  sympathetic  comprehension  of  the  other  man's  viewpoint, 
his  unfailing  geniality  and  his  democratic,  unassuming  ways  earned 
for  him  the  respect  and  good  will  of  leaders  in  industry  everywhere. 
By  his  own  efforts  he  climbed  to  the  pinnacle  of  his  life's  ambition, 
occupying  not  only  a  commanding  position  in  the  pharmaceutical 
world,  but  what  was,  to  him,  of  far  greater  importance,  viz.,  enjoying 
the  respect,  confidence  and  esteem  of  a  nation-wide  circle  of  warm 
friends. 
Mr.  Stofer  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  two  children,  a  daughter, 
Helen,  and  a  son,  Dr.  M.  W.  Stofer,  who  is  Medical  Director  of  the 
company  to  which  his  father  gave  the  best  years  of  his  life. 
BOOK  REVIEWS. 
"How  TO  Pass  THE  Board."    By  D.  Chas.  O'Connor.    435  pages. 
Published  by  the  Spatula  Publishing  Co.,  Boston. 
Any  one,  who  has  come  in  contact  with  numbers  of  applicants  for 
registration  by  a  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  must  realize  the  eager- 
ness with  which  many  of  these  applicants  will  hail  the  appearance  of  a 
book  with  such  a  title. 
Approaching  the  work  with  the  needs  both  of  the  examiner  and 
of  the  applicant  in  mind,  and  finding  that  the  author  cautions  the 
student  against  preparing  only  to  pass  the  examinations  and  not  for 
the  future,  the  reviewer  is  inspired  with  the  hope  that  here,  at  last, 
may  be  a  book  of  this  character  more  worthy  than  those  heretofore 
available.    But,  alas,  the  hope  is  blasted  by  a  more  extended  survey. 
A  book  of  this  kind  can  hardly  be  expected  to  be  an  example  of 
literary  perfection.     It  should,  however,  conform  to  the  common 
