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Editorial. 
j  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1    January,  1905. 
EDITORIAL. 
THE  PROCTER  MONUMENT. 
The  Pharmaceutical  meeting  held  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  on  Tuesday  evening,  December  1 3th,  might  be  fittingly 
styled  a  Procter  Memorial  Meeting ;  the  occasion  furnishing  a 
beautiful  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Professor  William  Procter,  Jr. 
It  must  have  been  exceedingly  gratifying  to  those  of  his  family  who 
were  present,  to  hear  not  only  the  encomiums  of  his  work  as  a 
teacher,  scientist,  author  and  editor,  but  also  to  hear  the  words  of 
deep  affection  of  those  who  had  a  personal  acquaintance  with  him. 
The  presence  of  Dr.  Hancock  from  Baltimore,  the  birth-place  of 
William  Procter,  in  the  hall  of  the  institution  where  he  achieved  his 
renown,  was  significant  as  showing  the  general  esteem  in  which  his 
memory  is  held,  and  as  further  indicating  that  the  movement  to 
honor  him  is  destined  to  succeed. 
It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  Professor  Procter  did  more  in  his 
various  capacities  to  place  American  pharmacy  on  a  professional 
basis  than  any  other  man.  As  a  professor  he  recognized  the  obli- 
gations of  the  teacher,  not  only  imparting  instruction  in  the  special 
branch  which  he  taught,  but  also  training  his  students  in  the  con- 
sideration of  the  higher  ethical  problems  of  the  profession.  As  an 
editor  he  showed  how  keenly  he  appreciated  the  responsibilities  in 
the  conduct  of  a  journal.  As  a  member  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  he  showed  to  the  fullest  extent  what  member- 
ship in  an  association  of  this  kind  involves. 
American  pharmacy  to-day  is  greatly  in  need  of  high  ideals  and 
there  is  a  necessity  of  keeping  before  our  minds  the  worthy  ex- 
amples of  our  calling  ;  the  more  we  can  symbolize  and  memorialize 
the  qualities  of  those  who  raised  this  calling  to  the  rank  of  a  pro- 
fession the  better  it  will  be  for  the  future  of  this  pro  ession.  The 
tendencies  in  pharmacy  at  the  present  time  are  entirely  too 
utilitarian,  and  we  can  never  hope  to  raise  pharmacy  to  a  higher 
plane  until  we  have  changed  the  mental  attitude  of  pharmacists 
themselves.  By  putting  aside  the  utilities  for  a  season  let  us  hope 
that  we  will  be  able  to  carry  on  a  work  to  completion  which  will  not 
only  be  an  honor  to  one  of  the  most  distinguished  men  in  American 
pharmacy,  but  will  also  have  an  educational  value  in  showing  to  the 
world  that  there  is  a  profession  of  pharmacy,  and  in  showing  to 
pharmacists  that  they  have  a  profession  to  maintain. 
