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Journal,  1902,  p.  488).  At  this  same  meeting  a  memorial  sketch 
was  read  by  Albert  E.  Ebert  at  the  special  jubilee  session  (this 
Journal,  1902,  p.  461).  The  Committee  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  made  a 
report  at  the  Mackinac  meeting  in  1903.  At  this  same  meeting  John 
F.  Hancock  presented  a  paper  advocating  the  establishment  of  a 
monument  as  a  memorial  to  Professor  Procter.  A  similar  paper 
appeared  in  this  Journal  in  July,  1903.  The  matter  was  again 
brought  to  the  attention  of  the  Association  last  year  by  Mr. 
Hancock,  and  the  Association  has  taken  official  action  in  the  matter 
and  appointed  a  Procter  Monument  Committee. 
Meantime  the  question  of  a  Procter  Memorial  has  been  consid- 
ered by  several  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations  and  a 
number  of  them  have  evinced  a  cordial  interest  in  the  matter,  and 
at  the  present  time  at  least  two  of  them,  viz.,  the  Maryland  and  New 
Jersey  Associations,  have  committees  for  considering  the  matter  and 
stand  ready  to  co-operate  with  any  national  movement. 
It  is  thus  seen  that  the  idea  of  a  Procter  monument  has  been  in 
process  of  evolution  for  a  number  of  years  and  with  the  form  of 
memorial  fixed  it  is  sincerely  hoped  that  all  of  those  who  have  the 
best  interests  of  American  pharmacy  at  heart  will  join  heartily  in  a 
work  which  will  reflect  everlasting  credit  upon  the  pharmaceutical 
profession  in  America. 
TRIBUTES  TO  THE  MEMORY  OF  PROFESSOR  PROCTER. 
At  the  Pharmaceutical  meeting  on  Tuesday  evening,  December 
13th,  the  following  tributes  were  paid  to  the  memory  of  Professor 
Procter  : 
PRESIDENT  HOWARD  B.  FRENCH 
in  introducing  Dr.  Hancock,  said  : 
Professor  William  Procter,  Jr.,  one  of  the  most  esteemed  mem- 
bers of  the  faculty  of  our  College  and  one  of  the  most  influential 
characters  in  American  pharmacy,  was  born  on  May  3,  18 17,  in  the 
city  of  Baltimore.  He  came  to  Philadelphia  in  1 831  and  entered 
the  drug  business  as  an  apprentice,  and  was  graduated  from  our 
College  in  1837. 
On  September  21,  1846,  the  chair  of  pharmacy  was  established 
in  this  College,  and  Professor  Procter  was  made  the  first  incumbent, 
holding  the  chair  until  March  16,  1866,  when  he  resigned. 
Professor  Procter  was  also  editor  of  The  American  Journal  of 
