Am  Jour.  Pbarm.  \ 
January,  1905.  J 
William  Procter,  Jr. 
15 
At  this  meeting  of  the'Association  I  made  the  acquaintance  of 
a  distinguished  pharmacist  of  your  city,  whom  I  was  proud  to 
meet,  because  I  had  heard  so  much  of  him.  My  surprise  was  to 
find  him  so  approachable  and  pleasant,  for  I  had  thought  that  his 
high  position  would  remove  him  from  one  so  humble  as  myself 
I  met  him  frequently  after  that  meeting,  and  always  found  him  uni- 
form in  his  demeanor.  Towering  above  most  other  men  in 
ability  and  position,  he  was  kind  to  the  most  humble,  but  always 
maintained  a  mild  and  sympathetic  dignity.  He  was  not  harsh  in 
criticism,  and  his  mildness  of  manner  would  give  encouragement  to 
those  who  were  timid.  He  is  not  visible  with  us  this  evening,  but 
he  lives  in  affectionate  memory  of  those  who  knew  him  personally, 
I  come  to  you  this  evening  to  pay  my  loving  tribute  to  his 
memory.  It  would  be  useless  for  me  to  attempt  to  eulogize  his 
valued  life  before  an  audience  in  this  College.  These  halls  are  sacred 
to  his  memory.  I  come  to  plead  with  you  for  a  public  and  lasting 
recognition  of  his  services  in  the  past,  that  his  example  may  serve 
as  a  beacon,  to  encourage  and  stimulate  the  minds  of  those  who 
would  ennoble  the  duties  of  the  pharmacist,  in  the  present  and 
future.  Let  us  perpetuate  the  memory  of  one  who  has  done  so 
much  for  humanity  by  elevating  his  chosen  calling  to  the  dignity 
of  a  profession,  in  having  qualified  himself  for  its  practice  and  re- 
jecting the  grosser  garb  of  commercial  pharmacy. 
You  have  had  in  your  College,  since  its  organization  in  1 82 1, 
many  examples  of  noble  worth  in  its  membership,  and  in  those 
who,  having  graduated,  have  done  missionary  work  in  distant 
places.  Their  names  are  too  numerous  to  mention,  but  you  have 
had  only  one  William  Procter,  Jr.,  and  I  venture  to  state  that  no 
one  here  will  suggest  his  superior,  past  or  present,  in  the  ranks  of 
pharmacy  on  the  American  Continent.  As  apprentice,  college  stu- 
dent, alumnus,  professor,  editor,  author,  he  distinguished  himself  in 
each  position,  and  never  accepted  any  duty  that  he  was  not  qualified 
to  fill  with  credit  to  himself.  His  collateral  studies  and  investigations 
had  the  object  of  magnifying  the  importance  of  pharmacy.  He  was 
constant  and  unabating  in  his  efforts  from  the  beginning  to  the  end 
of  his  pharmaceutical  career,  and  none  knew  it  better  than  those  I 
now  address.  Others  may  have  shown  superior  ability  in  some 
directions,  but  his  was  a  substantially  rounded  lie,  useful  to  others 
and  an  honor  to  himself. 
