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regularly  as  a  matter  of  duty,  but  it  has  ceased  to  be  a  pleasure.  Under  these 
circumstances,  I  desire  to  carry  out  an  intention  entertained  for  several  years, 
and  withdraw  from  the  editorship. 
In  order  to  give  the  College  time  to  select  a  successor,  I  have  deemed  it  best 
to  offer  this  my  resignation  at  this  meeting,  to  take  effect  at  the  annual  meeting 
in  March,  when  the  stated  time  for  electing  an  editor  arrives 
Meanwhile  every  effort  will  be  made  to  introduce  the  new  order  of  things 
adopted  at  the  special  meeting  of  the  present  month,  and  to  start  the  Journal 
as  a  Monthly  in  its  three  first  numbers,  hoping  that  the  College  will  then  be 
ready  to  release  me  from  further  duty. 
I  need  hardly  say  that  it  has  required  some  effort  on  my  part  to  thus  volun- 
tarily resign  a  position  fraught  with  so  many  pleasant  memories,  and  which  has 
brought  me  in  contact  with  a  large  number  of  professional  brethren  beyond 
the  pale  of  our  College,  yet  after  deliberate  consideration  I  believe  duty  to 
myself  requires  the  step  to  be  taken,  not  doubting  that  under  the  auspices  of  a 
new  editor  the  Publishing  Committee  will  be  able  to  report  a  flourishing  condi- 
tion of  the  Journal  at  the  end  of  the  coming  year. 
Respectfully, 
William  Procter,  Jr. 
December  21th,  1870. 
The  resignation  of  the  editor  of  the  Journal  gave  occasion  to  expressions  of 
regret  at  the  prospect  of  losing  the  able  hand  which  had  for  so  many  years 
guided  the  first  and  most  widely  known  exponent  of  Pharmaceutical  science  in 
America;  and,  while  feeling  what  the  loss  to  the  College  would  be,  the  mem- 
bers who  were  acquainted  with  Mr.  Procter's  earnest  wish  to  be  released  from 
the  editorship  could  not  solicit  from  him  a  farther  continuance  of  the  labors  of 
the  office,  and  while  accepting  his  resignation  are  unable  to  express  their  sense 
of  the  services  he  has  rendered — a  just  estimate  can  better  be  found  in  the 
twenty-one  volumes  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  which  bear  his  name 
as  editor. 
On  motion  of  Robert  Shoemaker,  the  resignation  of  William  Procter,  Jr., 
was  then  accepted. 
On  motion  of  Charles  Ellis,  the  Chair  appointed  the  following  Committee  to 
bring  forward  at  the  next  meeting  the  name  of  a  suitable  person  for  editor,  viz., 
Charles  Ellis,  Wm.  Procter,  Jr.,  John  M.  Maisch,  Charles  Bullock. 
Frames  for  the  engraving  of  Jacob  Bell,  and  of  the  photograph  of  Plough 
Court  Laboratory,  received  from  Daniel  Hanbury,  at  the  last  stated  meeting, 
were  presented  by  Wm.  Procter,  Jr. 
On  motion  then  adjourned. 
Charles  Bullock,  Secretary. 
The  minutes  of  the  two  social  meetings  hele  in  November  and  December  will 
be  presented  in  our  February  number,  and  regularly  thereafter  during  their 
continuance. — Editor. 
