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/Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\      August,  1911. 
prominent  in  the  work  of  the  Congress,  as  of  the  two  Presidents, 
Dr.  Albert  Derneville  and  Dr.  Olivier  Kusnick;  the  Secretary- 
general,  Dr.  Albert  Schamelhout ;  and  the  members  of  the  Committee 
on  Organization. 
While  the  reports  that  have  been  published,  particularly  in  the 
foreign  journals  (see  also  this  Journal,  191  i,  p.  24),  show  that  the 
work  of  the  Tenth  International  Congress  of  Pharmacy  was  emi- 
nently successful,  it  is  still  more  apparent  from  the  Proceedings  at 
hand  that  a  broad  fraternal  and  international  spirit  dominated  the 
entire  meeting,  and  we  feel  sure  that  much  good  must  redound  to 
professional  pharmacists  throughout  the  world.  The  pharmacists  of 
our  country  are  encountering  the  same  difficulties  and  are  attempting 
to  solve  the  same  problems  as  those  of  other  countries.  In  each 
country  some  progress  is  being  made  and  it  is  quite  possible  for  the 
pharmacists  of  one  country  to  proht  by  the  experiences  of  those 
in  other  lands,  and  thus  eventually  the  best  practice  will  be  the 
universal  practice.  It  is  certain  that  we  in  the  United  States  can 
profit  much  by  the  careful  perusal  of  the  deliberations  of  this 
Congress  and,  if  we  endeavor  to  catch  the  stimulating  influence  of 
the  master  minds  who  contributed  to  this  session  at  Brussels,  our 
professional  and  commercial  work  must  be  of  a  higher  and  more 
efficient  character. 
WALLACE  PROCTER,  Ph.M.  (1851-1911). 
Wallace  Procter,  Ph.M.,  was  born  April  i,  1851,  in  Philadelphia, 
at  the  southwest  corner  of  Ninth  and  Lombard  Streets.  He  was  the 
only  son  of  William  Procter,  Jr.,  and  Margaretta,  his  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Bullock.  (She  was  the  first  cousin  of  Charles 
Bullock,  for  many  years  the  President  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy.)  Prof.  William  Procter  had  a  daughter,  Mary  Gold- 
smith Procter,  who  married  Samuel  S.  Green,  and  is  now  living  at 
Barto,  Florida. 
Wallace  was  sent  to  private  schools  by  his  father  for  his  early 
education.  He  then  went  to  the  Friends'  Central  School  and  gradu- 
ated at  the  head  of  his  class.  He  entered  his  father's  store  in  1868, 
and  the  next  year  matriculated  at  the  College  of  Pharmacy.  He 
successfully  passed  the  examinations  in  the  Junior  course,  and  the 
following  year  he  did  not  re-enter  college,  but  acquired  a  practical 
knowledge  of  the  drug  business  in  the  store.    In  October,  1871,  he 
