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subject.  Scholarships,  endowments  for  research  and  other  such 
measures  as  will  bring  forth  a  constant  fruitage  of  benefit  to  the 
race  will  be  the  ideals  of  the  far-seeing  ;  but  sentimentalists  will,  per- 
haps, deem  such  forms' too  utilitarian  to  suit  their  tastes.  If  Pro- 
fessor Procter  could  himself  be  consulted  upon  what  he  would  want, 
I  have  no  doubt  but  that  he  would  prefer  the  latter  form,  without 
hesitation.  The  constant  suggestiveness  of  a  continuously  acting 
benefit  never  palls  on  consciousness  but  retains  for  centuries  its  sweet 
memories.  A  cold  stone  statue  enthuses  only  when  fresh  and  new, 
after  which  it  is  passed  heedlessly  by  like  the  dead,  lifeless  thing 
which  it  is.  Let  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  deliber- 
ate upon  and  decide  what  kind  of  memorial  will  most,  and  for  the 
longest  time,  shower  benefit  upon  American  pharmacy,  and  they 
will  soon  decide  upon  an  ideal  that  will  satisfy  futurity. 
R.  G.  Eccles. 
Dear  Sir  : — In  reply  to  your  letter  requesting  my  opinion  on 
the  subject  of  a  suitable  memorial  perpetuating  the  life  and  work 
ot  Prof.  Wm.  Procter,  permit  me  to  suggest  a  memorial  tablet  of 
bronze,  with  a  reproduction  of  the  bust  of  Professor  Procter  and 
suitable  inscription  reminding  present  and  future  generations  of  the 
worth  of  the  man. 
No  more  fitting  place  for  this  memorial  can  be  found  than  in  the 
halls  of  the  institution  wherein  his  achievements  were  accomplished 
and  of  which  his  work  is  a  corner-stone. 
While  this  form  of  memorial  appears  to  me  most  desirable,  any 
suggestion  finally  adopted  by  those  interested  will  meet  with  my 
most  hearty  approval.  F.  G.  Ryan. 
Dear  Sir: — Answering  your  letter  of  recent  date  I  would  say: 
Regarding  an  appropriate  celebration  of  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of 
the  A. Ph. A.,  and,  in  that  connection,  a  Procter  memorial,  I  do  not 
believe,  from  what  I  knew  of  William  Procter,  personally,  that  a 
memorial  of  brass  and  marble  would  be  in  keeping  with  his  practi- 
cal life  and  views,  however  gratifying  such  a  testimonial  would  be 
to  his  many  revering  friends.  I  would  suggest  that  a  committee 
be  appointed,  of  which  A.  E.  Ebert  and  Jos.  P.  Remington  be  its 
chief  officers,  consisting  of  a  large  number  selected  from  the  older 
and  the  younger  pharmacists,  to  suggest  to  the  Association  an 
appropriate  memorial.    I,  for  one,  should  gladly  help  to  carry  out 
