Am.  Jour.  Pharm.l 
March,  1901.  J 
Correspondence. 
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Yet,  of  all  plans  submitted,  I  favor  most  the  proposition  of  Dr. 
Fr.  Hoffmann,  to  fourtd  a  memorial  medal  "  to  be  granted  in 
recognition  of  superior  discoveries  or  literary  accomplishments  in 
the  domains  of  theoretical  and  applied  pharmaceutical  sciences  and 
'  arts." 
I  am  also  in  favor  of  Dr.  Hoffmann's  plan  to  make  this  prize 
medal  a  memorial  for  both  Procter  and  Squibb,  naming  it  the 
"  Procter-Squibb  memorial  prize  medal." 
I  am  inclined  to  think  that  both  these  men,  if  their  opinion  could 
be  learned,  would  much  prefer  to  have  their  names  and  memory 
perpetuated  in  this  form,  than  to  have  monuments  erected  in  their 
honor. 
While  these  are  my  personal  views,  I  desire  to  say  that  whatever 
may  be  done  to  do  homage  to  the  memory  of  our  really  great  men 
will  find  my  most  hearty  support.  W.  Simon. 
Dear  Sir: — I  am  in  hearty  sympathy  with  the  movement  to  es- 
tablish a  Procter  memorial  as  the  climax  of  any  celebration  of  the 
fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  A.Ph.A.  Our  Association  now  has  a 
considerable  fund,  which  was  made  secure  a  few  years  ago  for  the 
purpose  of  husbanding  it  for  the  purpose  of  research.  With  this 
as  a  nucleus  it  ought  to  be  possible  to  erect  at  Washington  a  credit- 
able building  devoted  to  research,  on  condition  that  the  government 
maintain  it  and  support  its  officers.  Besides  having  a  staff  of 
government  scientists  representing  the  principal  branches  of  phar- 
maceutical science,  including  pharmacology,  such  a  building  could 
be  made  the  home  of  the  U.S.P.  Revision  Committee.  One  labo- 
ratory in  such  a  building  might  be  dedicated  to  Procter,  another  to 
Squibb,  etc. 
To  have  a  bust  made  of  Professor  Procter,  or  a  portrait  painted  or 
any  other  expression  of  appreciation  of  Professor  Procter's  services 
is  a  duty  which  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and  its 
alumni  owe  their  teacher,  and  in  which  they  certainly  do  not  need 
the  assistance  of  others.  A  statue  seems  out  of  the  question,  and 
of  pharmaceutical  medals  we  possibly  have  sufficient.  As  a  nation 
we  cannot  honor  Procter  or  Squibb,  or  both,  more  than  by  the  erec- 
tion of  a  research  laboratory  devoted  to  solving  problems  which  the 
Revision  Committee  must  so  largely  leave  unsolved. 
Since  writing  the  above  suggestion,  I  see  that  Professor  Amy  has 
