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Tributes  to  Professor  Procter. 
(Am.  Jour.  Pharm 
'     January  1905 
"Pharmaceutical  education,  animated  by  correct  moral  principles, 
is  the  only  lasting  basis  for  the  reform,  yet  so  sadly  needed  in  the 
practice  of  pharmacy.  The  great  tendency  of  our  times  is  to 
acquire  wealth  quickly  without  labor,  or  with  labor  but  for  a  brief 
period.  Any  course  that  opposes  this  is  distasteful.  Under  the 
influence  of  this,  even  in  pharmacy,  there  is  a  growing  disposition 
to  avoid  making  costly  and  troublesome  preparations  by  referring 
them  to  the  chemist  or  manufacturing  pharmaceutist.  Many  stores 
are  annually  becoming  more  and  more  mere  dispensaries.  The 
laboratory  is  fast  disappearing  as  an  indispensable  appendage  to  the 
dispensary,  while  the  mercantile  department  is  proportionately 
developing  and  extending.  In  a  word,  the  apothecary  is  becoming 
a  merchant,  and  the  value  of  a  clerk  is  rated  by  some,  less  by  his 
scientific  skill  than  by  his  ability  as  a  salesman. 
"  In  Germany  the  pharmaceutist  is  responsible  for  the  quality  of 
the  preparations  he  dispenses.  He  is  bound  either  to  make  them 
himself  or  by  testing  them  to  be  assured  of  their  good  quality.  Let 
us  hope  that  this  rule  may  some  day  obtain  here  and  sift  out  the 
pretenders  who,  to  so  large  an  extent,  enjoy  the  confidence  and 
patronage  of  the  public.  Let  us  remember  that  each  one  of  us  has 
a  mission  in  this  world,  and,  having  adopted  pharmacy,  let  us  do 
our  best  with  it,  infusing  the  true  and  right  into  its  rules  and  pro- 
cesses, and  leave  it  better  than  we  found  it  to  those  that  succeed  us." 
JAMES  T.  SHINN, 
having  been  called  upon  for  some  remarks,  said  :  "  I  remember  Pro- 
fessor Procter  when  he  lectured  in  the  college  building  on  Zane 
Street  over  the  casks  of  sugar  stored  in  the  cellar.  Though  not  a  bril- 
liant speaker,  he  was  clear  and  forceful  in  style.  The  quiz  was  held  be- 
fore each  lecture,  and  I  remember  when  I  only  knew  four  out  of  five 
answers  to  his  questions.  I  did  not  say  anything,  though  he  would 
have  kindly  helped  me  out  with  the  last  one.  Years  after  he  and  I 
canvassed  the  lower  part  of  the  city  for  contributions  to  the  College 
Building  Fund,  and  his  manner  was  kind  and  genial  as  well  as 
persuasive.  He  was  active  in  the  pharmaceutical  meetings,  often 
reading  papers  of  practical  interest. 
"  His  memorial  has  already  been  erected  in  the  work  he  has  done 
for  our  College,  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  and  hosts  of 
young  men  who  were  privileged  to  study  under  him.    A  monument 
