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ciation,  looking  toward  the  establishment  of  a  monument  on  the 
grounds  of  the  Smithsonian  Institute,  at  Washington,  will  receive 
the  co-operation  and  support  of  the  New  Jersey  Association." 
M.  I.  WILBERT 
spoke  as  follows :  (<  While  I  am  heartily  in  favor  of  the  proposed 
statue,  I  am  not  so  sanguine  of  the  feasibility  of  securing  the  neces- 
sary funds  at  the  present  time.  But  whether  this  is  actually  accom- 
plished or  not,  I  feel  that  pharmacists  in  general,  and  the  members 
of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  particular,  owe  a  debt  of 
gratitude  to  Mr.  Hancock  for  reviving  the  memory  of  William  Proc- 
ter, his  ideals,  precepts  and  teachings  at  a  time  when  all  the  prevail- 
ing tendencies  appear  to  be  drifting  along  commercial  lines. 
"  In  this  connection  I  would  like  to  call  particular  attention  to 
'  An  Address  to  the  Pharmacists  of  the  United  States,'  written  by 
William  Procter  fifty  years  ago  and  published  in  the  volume  of  the 
*  Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association '  for  that 
year  (1854.)  Other  volumes  of  the  proceedings  of  this  same  asso- 
ciation, notably  those  for  1852,  1853  and  1858,  also  contain  contri- 
butions along  these  same  lines. 
"  I  wish  especially  to  call  attention  to  what  I  consider  the  most 
important,  and  in  many  respects  the  most  appealing,  expression  by 
William  Procter  on  the  question  of  professional  pharmacy.  This  is 
contained  in  the  valedictory  address  to  the  class  of  1866,  when 
William  Procter  resigned  from  the  chair  of  the  practice  of  pharmacy 
in  this  college.  This  valedictory  was  intended  as  a  farewell  not 
alone  to  the  class  of  that  year,  but  also  to  the  members  of  the 
college  and  others  on  his  retiring  from  active  life  as  a  teacher,  and 
contains  a  number  of  thoughts  that  are  particularly  appropriate  to 
present  conditions.  While  Professor  Procter  did  resume  the  chair 
of  the  practice  of  pharmacy  on'the  death  of  Professor  Parrish,  he  did 
not  live  to  again  address  a  graduating  class  at  an  annual  commence- 
ment." 
Mr.  Wilbert  then  read  the  following  extract  from  this  address  : 
"  The  custody,  preservation  and  preparation  of  the  various  me- 
dicinal agents  demand  intelligence  and  skill,  and  they  in  whom  the 
trust  is  reposed  should  have  received  a  careful  educational  training 
and  be  animated  by  higher  motives  than  those  which  usually  rule  in 
trade  and  commerce. 
