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NEWS  ITEMS  AND  PERSONAL  NOTES. 
TkstimoniaIv  Dinner  to  Prof.  Cook. — The  members  of  the 
Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
and  friends  of  Prof.  E.  Fullerton  Cook  tendered  him  a  testimonial 
dinner  at  the  City  Club  of  Philadelphia  on  Friday  evening,  May  28th, 
in  honor  of  his  being  elected  chairman  of  the  U.  S.  P.  Committee 
of  Revision.  Many  of  the  members  were  accompanied  by  their 
wives.  The  presence  of  Mrs.  Cook  and  likewise  the  Rev.  Cook  and 
Mrs.  Cook,  father  and  mother  of  the  guest  of  honor,  added  greatly 
to  the  sentiment  and  en  joy  ability  of  the  occasion. 
Prof.  Julius  W.  Sturmer  acted  as  toastmaster  and  introduced  the 
speakers  of  the  evening. 
Dr.  Harvey  W.  Wiley,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  President  of  the 
Pharmacopoeial  Convention  for  the  Ninth  Revision  of  the  U.  S.  P., 
was  the  first  speaker.  He  made  a  very  happy  and  witty  talk  in 
which  he  paid  a  glowing  tribute  to  the  sacrificing  work  of  the  late 
Prof.  Remington  and  congratulated  the  Pharmacopoeia  upon  the 
selection  of  such  an  able  and  virile  new  chairman  for  whom  he  pre- 
dicted a  very  successful  career  in  connection  with  the  work  of  re- 
vision. 
Prof.  Charles  H.  LaWall  and  Prof.  H.  C.  Wood  as  former  Acting 
Chairmen  of  the  Committee  of  Revision,  expressed  their  appreciation 
of  the  selection  of  Prof.  Cook  as  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  for 
the  Tenth  Revision  and  upon  the  successful  inauguration  of  the 
work  and  the  progress  that  has  already  been  made  under  his  leader- 
ship. 
The  Rev.  Cook  expressed  his  gratification  that  his  son  had 
developed  by  reason  of  the  training  of  his  mother  into  a  professional 
gentleman  with  a  promising  and  useful  career  and  he  was  pleased 
and  gratified  to  see  the  honor  and  the  tributes  which  were  paid  to 
him  upon  this  occasion. 
George  M.  Beringer  was  introduced  as  the  preceptor  of  Prof. 
Cook  when  he  was  a  pharmacy  student  at  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy  and  spoke  very  highly  of  E-  Fullerton  Cook's  personal 
characteristics  when  a  student  and  assistant  in  his  store.  The  ease 
with  which  he  made  and  held  friends  and  his  courteous  treatment  of 
customers  by  which  he  immediately  gained  their  confidence,  were 
among  the  qualifications  that  were  early  demonstrated  in  his  store 
experience,  and  this  as  well  as  his  earnestness  and  perseverance 
