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Correspondence. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1    February,  1901. 
For  myself,  I  would  like  to  have  the  memorial  a  part  of  the  Col- 
lege in  some  way,  but  there  are  many  pharmacists  who  think  the 
whole  country  has  a  claim  on  the  "  Father  of  Pharmacy  "  and  who 
would  be  more  willing  to  contribute  to  its  success  as  a  public  under- 
taking. 
You  may  put  me  down  as  one  who  will  gladly  do  his  share  in  a 
private  capacity. 
Horatio  N.  Fraser. 
Dear  Sir: — The  proposal  to  memorialize  the  life  and  work  of  Wil- 
liam Procter,  Jr.,  meets  with  my  hearty  approval.  That  this  should 
be  a  feature  of  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  American  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association  is  also  most  appropriate.  The  form  of  memorial 
is-not  so  easy  to  determine. 
(1)  My  first  preference  would  be  for  a  bronze  statue.  More  than 
anything  else  I  know,  it  memorializes  the  man.  Continually  and  per- 
petually it  says,  "  Ecce  Homo  !"  All  kinds  of  people  see  it — children, 
youths,  men,  women;  pharmacists,  present  and  prospective;  la- 
borers, artisans,  small  traders,  merchants  and  professional  men  ;  the 
rich  and  the  poor;  the  heedless  and  the  thoughtful.  To  all  it  says : 
"  Behold  a  man  who  elevated  his  calling:  go  you  and  do  likewise." 
(2)  My  next  preference  would  be  for  a  fellowship.  This  should 
be  granted  each  year  to  a  graduate  lor  the  purpose  of  providing 
him  the  means  to  prosecute  or  continue  research  in  some  pharma- 
ceutical subject.  I  can  imagine  some  jealousies  that  might  interfere 
with  the  raising  of  the  necessary  funds  for  this  project,  which  all 
pharmacists  would  be  asked  to  participate  in,  and  there  might  be 
friction  at  times  over  the  bestowal  of  the  honor.  If  all  trouble  on 
these  grounds  could  be  avoided,  this  scheme  would  serve  to  revive 
the  memory  of  the  man  whose  name  it  would  bear  in  a  more  pointed 
way  than  the  other  plan. 
Other  methods  of  memorializing  Professor  Procter  have  suggested 
themselves  to  my  mind,  but  these  seem  the  most  appropriate  and 
feasible. 
W.  M.  Searby. 
Dear  Sir: — Replying  to  yours  of  December  15th,  I  would  say, 
let  the  memorial  be  something  permanent — as  a  bust,  a  crayon 
oortrait,  an  oil  painting — something  that  will  be  at  once  an 
object  lesson  to  those  who  shall  see  it  and  show  to  them  that  the 
