AmApOrii,;i90i!rm'}  ,  Correspondence.    "  181 
If  the  plan  for  a  scholarship  on  sufficiently  broad  lines  is  beyond 
the  limits  of  practicability,  I  should  favor  in  the  second  place  the 
suggestion  that  has  already  been  made  by  Dr.  Fred.  Hoffmann  in  a 
communication  to  this  Journal  (February,  1901,  p.  86),  namely,  the 
institution  of  a  Procter-Squibb  memorial  medal,  for  the  reason  and 
the  purpose  therein  stated. 
My  apologies  should,  finally,  be  tendered  for  having  trespassed 
so  largely  upon  your  space.  Frederick  B.  Power. 
London,  February  25,  1901. 
Dear  Sir  : — Yours  to  hand  requesting  my  opinion  with  regard  to 
the  most  suitable  form  of  memorial  of  Professor  Procter.  I  had 
already  read  those  expressed  in  your  February  issue,  and  think  that 
the  most  suitable  form  would  be  either  a  scholarship  or  research 
laboratory. 
A  statue  will  cost  at  least  $15,000,  and  a  further  sum  would  be 
required  to  maintain  it  and  its  surroundings  in  good  condition. 
The  interest  on  this  sum  would  be  sufficient  for  a  scholarship.  My 
plan  would  be  a  travelling  scholarship,  tenable  for,  say,  two  years, 
open  for  competition  to  all  graduates  of  colleges  of  pharmacy,  the 
award  to  be  made  biennially  by  a  committee  of  the  A. Ph. A. 
The  interest  on  $15,000  would  keep  a  student  at  one  of  the  Eu- 
ropean universities.  The  scholarship  would  be  a  permanent  insti- 
tution perpetuating  the  name  and  inciting  others  to  follow  in  the 
footsteps  of  Professor  Procter,  and  the  amount  of  good  of  which  it 
will  be  productive  is  incalculable.  Judging  from  what  I  have  heard 
and  read  of  Procter's  character,  the  scholarship  would  be  such  as  he 
himself  would  have  chosen. 
The  suggestion  of  a  research  laboratory  is  a  good  one,  perhaps 
the  best  yet  made,  but  the  question  of  funds  lor  building  and  main- 
tenance would  have  to  be  solved  first,  J.  E.  Morrison. 
Dear  Sir  : — It  is  gratifying  to  know  that  a  movement  for  memor- 
ializing the  life  and  work  of  Prof.  William  Procter,  Jr.,  is  likely  to 
take  definite  shape  on  such  a  fitting  occasion  as  the  fiftieth  anniver- 
sary of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
While  a  number  of  plans  worthy  of  careful  consideration  have 
been  suggested,  I  feel  decidedly  in  favor  of  establishing  a  Procter 
medal,  to  be  awarded  for  original  and  worthy  pharmaceutical  work. 
I  believe  that  such  a  memorial  will  keep  alive  the  true  spirit  with 
which  Professor  Procter  worked.  H.  M.  Whelpley. 
