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Dear  Sir  : — Replying  to  your  recent  favor  concerning  the  mem- 
orial to  Professor  Procter,  personally  I  think  the  best  memorial  that 
can  be  established  for  any  man  is  a  scholarship  in  the  line  of  study 
that  absorbed  his  attention.  In  this  instance  it  might  be  a  two  year 
course  of  study  in  a  desirable  European  institution. 
E.  L.  Patch. 
Dear  Sir  : — A  true  memorial  serves  a  double  purpose.  It  hon- 
ors the  man  to  whom  it  is  dedicated  and  encourages  others  to  emu- 
late his  example  and  continue  his  work.  The  first  purpose  is  best 
reached  by  the  erection  of  a  monument  in  a  place  where  the  great- 
est number  of  his  admirers  or  disciples  can  see  it ;  the  second,  how- 
ever, by  some  incentive  in  the  shape  of  a  reward  for  diligence, 
perseverance  or  accomplished  work.  Applying  these  premises  to 
our  case,  I  would,  first  of  all,  erect  a  monument  to  William  Procter, 
either  a  life-size  statue  or  a  simple  bronze  bust,  according  to  the 
available  funds.  If  the  former,  it  should  be  put  in  a  public  place  of 
Philadelphia;  if  the  latter,  in  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Contributions  for  this  monument  should  be  solicited  from  all  phar- 
macists in  the  United  States,  so  that  it  would  become  a  truly 
pharmaceutical  tribute  to  one  of  our  greatest  masters. 
The  second  part  of  the  memorial  should  be  undertaken  by  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  of  which  Procter  was  a  mem- 
ber, and  which  is  the  best  representative  society  of  American  phar- 
macy. It  should  consist  in  a  prize  for  acknowledged  prominence  in 
any  of  the  branches  of  pharmacy,  whether  as  teacher,  inventor, 
manufacturer  or  practical  pharmacist.  A  medal  to  be  given  at 
stated  intervals  to  the  deserving  one  seems  to  be  the  best  form  of 
reward,  similar  to  the  Hanbury  medal  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical 
Conference. 
Such  a  Procter  medal,  given  to  the  best  men  of  our  profession, 
would  be  the  highest  testimonial  that  American  pharmacists  could 
receive  and  serve  to  perpetuate  the  work  of  the  man  whose  name 
it  bears.  William  C.  Alpers. 
Dear  Sir  : — In  forms  of  memorials,  as  in  everything  else,  I  con- 
sider that  best  which  contributes  most  to  the  advancement  and 
happiness  of  humanity  and  least  to  mere  human  vanity.  Statues 
and  the  like  will  appeal  most  to  those  who  think  least  deeply  on  the 
