608     High-Lights  in  History  of  Phila.  C.  of  Phar.  \Ami^tV'm\rm' 
day  more  than  600 ;  then,  no  women  students,  today  fifty ;  then,  no 
laboratories,  today  six;  then,  no  post-graduate  courses,  now  four 
leading  to  degrees. 
In  1920,  in  order  to  expand  its  courses  of  instruction,  the  charter 
was  amended  and  the  title  changed  to  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  and  Science. 
It  is  impossible  at  this  time  to  more  than  briefly  mention  the 
teachers  of  the  past,  but  during  the  first  twenty-five  years  those  who 
deserve  especial  mention  are  Samuel  Jackson,  George  B.  Wood, 
Joseph  Carson  and  Franklin  Bache,  all  of  whom  exercised  potential 
influence  during  this  formative  period  of  American  Pharmacy. 
During  the  next  fifty  years  the  list  embraced  such  widely  known 
authorities  in  pharmacy  as  Robert  Bridges  (1842-79)  whose  lovable 
character  and  long  years  of  unselfish  devotion  to  the  College  has 
enshrined  him  in  the  hearts  of  all;  Edward  Parrish  (1864-72),  an 
exceedingly  able  and  inspirational  teacher,  and  the  author  of  the 
first  distinctively  American  textbook  on  the  practice  of  pharmacy ; 
John  Michael  Maisch  (1866-93),  whose  constructive  work  for  the 
upbuilding  of  pharmaceutical  botany,  materia  medica  and  plant- 
chemistry  will  last  as  long  as  the  name  of  pharmacy  endures ;  and 
William  Procter,  Jr.  (1846-66,  1872-74),  whose  researches  in 
pharmacy  gave  a  wonderful  impetus  to  the  growth  and  development 
of  American  pharmacy,  made  it  known  the  world  over,  and  won  for 
himself  the  name  of  "The  Father  of  American  Pharmacy." 
And  William  Procter,  Jr.,  was  succeeded  by  one  who  lived  in 
our  own  time — "the  noblest  Roman  of  them  all,"  one  who  as  pharma- 
cist, teacher,  educator,  author  and  executive — especially  as  the  Chair- 
man of  the  Committee  on  Revision  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  for 
two  successive  decades — was  the  outstanding  figure  of  American 
pharmacy  in  his  day,  the  teacher  of  teachers,  and  the  genial  warm- 
hearted, inspiring  friend  of  us  all — Joseph  Price  Remington  (1874- 
1918).   "And  we  ne'er  shall  look  upon  his  like  again." 
And  then  there  was  one  who  stood  next  to  Remington,  who  was 
most  largely  instrumental  in  making  the  course  of  commercial  train- 
ing of  the  College  (established  in  1899),  the  first  of  its  kind  in  the 
country,  so  successful,  who  became  one  of  the  foremost  figures  in 
American  industrial  pharmacy,  and  who  loved  his  Alma  Mater  and 
never  forgot  her,  even  unto  death — Frank  Gibbs  Ryan. 
Motives  of  delicacy  preclude  my  saying  much  of  those  who  are 
