Am.  Jour.  Pharm.l 
January,  1905.  / 
William  Procter,  Jr. 
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him  of  the  support  of  his  father.  His  mother  was  left  with  a  large 
family  of  children  and  limited  means,  which  deprived  him  of  the 
advantages  of  a  liberal  education.  One  of  his  schoolmates  related 
that  "  the  boy  William  was  studious,  gentle  and  companionable,  and 
greatly  beloved  by  his  teacher  and  classmates."  William  was  taken 
from  school  at  an  early  age  to  look  after  business  interests  for  his 
mother.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  years  he  went  to  Philadelphia  to 
visit  a  friend  of  his  mother  ;  at  this  time  he  made  the  acquaintance 
of  the  late  Joseph  C.  Turnpenny,  who  was  an  apprentice  with  Henry 
M.  Zollickoffer,  at  the  corner  of  Sixth  and  Pine  Streets.  Young 
William  Procter,  Jr.,  became  very  much  interested  in  the  adopted 
business  of  his  young  friend,  and  without  delay  offered  himself  to 
Mr.  Zollickoffer  as  an  apprentice,  which  offer  was  accepted.  The 
two  lads  were  mutually  interested  in  the  study  of  pharmacy,  Turn- 
penny graduating  in  1833  and  Procter  in  1837.  The  two  worked 
together  as  members  of  your  College,  until  separated  by  the  death 
of  Procter. 
From  the  beginning  of  William  Procter's  experience  in  phar- 
macy, he  was  a  sober,  painstaking,  industrious  student,  verifying 
by  experiments  what  he  had  learned  from  the  study  of  books.  His 
searching  inquiry,  integrity  of  purpose  and  unostentatious  display 
of  what  he  had  learned,  together  with  the  love  of  imparting  knowl- 
edge, ripened  into  a  rich  harvest  of  useful  information  that  made 
him  an  authority  in  whatever  he  attempted  to  teach.  We  should 
not  only  feel  a  keen  appreciation  of  his  moral  and  intellectual 
worth,  but  seek  to  demonstrate  it  in  a  way  to  make  his  example 
most  impressive  on  the  lives  of  others.  His  disciples  should  not 
be  the  only  ones  to  honor  his  memory  and  profit  by  his  example, 
but  physicians  as  well,  and  those  who  patronize  them  should  be 
made  acquainted  with  his  noble  character,  that  they  may  properly 
respect  and  estimate  what  the  lite  and  works  of  Procter  have  meant 
to  pharmacy.  For  the  standard  which  he  upheld  for  so  many  years 
and  labored  to  make  possible  for  others,  and  in  which  he  assisted 
his  colleagues  to  establish  in  the  practice  of  pharmacy,  should 
receive  the  highest  commendation  of  all  classes. 
The  pharmacist  occupies  a  peculiar  position  in  the  community, 
in  being  both  a  professional  and  a  trades  man.  Professional  ethics 
and  commercial  interests  are  often  inharmonious.  Unlike  the  pro- 
fessions generally,  the  ethical  pharmacist  is  subservient  to  the  physi- 
