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reasonably  certain  that  it  could  be  maintained  successfully  and 
creditably  for  a  long  time.  To  start  such  a  laboratory  and  under 
the  excitement  and  enthusiasm  of  a  semi-centennial  meeting  in 
Philadelphia,  collect  the  money  with  a  "  hurrah,"  and  then  find  a 
committee,  writing  begging  letters  a  few  years  afterwards,  to  secure 
the  money  for  its  maintenance,  would  in  my  opinion  be  anything 
but  complimentary  to  the  memory  of  Professor  Procter,  and  yet 
this  has  been  the  history  of  many  such  movements. 
(2)  The  proposition  to  erect  a  massive  bronze  monument,  to  be 
placed  in  the  City  of  Washington,  in  the  Capitol  Building,  or  the 
Smithsonian,  is  an  ambitious  plan,  without  some  of  the  faults  of  the 
research  laboratory  scheme,  but  it  has  the  disadvantage  of  being 
something  which  would  be  utterly  repugnant  to  Professor  Procter 
and  it  is  not  favored  at  all  by  the  members  of  his  family  now  living. 
(3)  The  plan  to  establish  a  travelling  scholarship,  has  an  element 
of  instability  about  it  which  is  not  attractive.  Such  a  scholarship 
could,  no  doubt,  be  established  and  it  might  be  maintained  for  four 
or  five  years  and  then  the  committee  might  probably  have  to  send 
around  begging  letters  to  keep  it  up  and  the  memory  of  William 
Procter  would  suffer  to  such  an  extent  that  those  who  subscribed 
would  be  apt  to  regret  that  they  ever  entertained  such  a  project. 
In  addition  to  this,  Professor  Procter's  life  was  spent  in  building  up 
American  pharmacy,  and  whilst  some  European  institutions  are 
greatly  in  advance  of  America  in  teaching  chemistry,  it  has  yet  to  be 
shown  that  they  are  superior  to  the  colleges  and  universities  on 
American  soil  in  teaching  pharmacy.  We  must  net  forget  that 
whilst  Professor  Procter  was  a  chemist,  pharmacy  was  the  science 
which  he  ennobled  by  his  writings,  his  teaching  and  his  experi- 
ments. 
(4)  Mr.  Whitney's  plan  of  a  well-designed  certificate  and  medal  to 
be  issued  by  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  to  be  awarded 
to  worthy  followers  of  Procter  for  special  services  or  attainments, 
would  undoubtedly  be  practicable,  and  serve  to  extend  the  influence 
of  Procter's  life  amongst  the  present  and  future  generations,  and,  in 
my  opinion,  this  is  the  direction  in  which  the  memorial  should  be 
established,  the  guiding  principle  being  to  place  before  the  young 
pharmacists  of  America  the  life  of  William  Procter,  and  keep  it  befou 
them  as  long  as  possible.  Now,  to  do  this,  a  permanent  fund  must 
be  created,  say  38,000  or  £10,000.     Let  this   sum  be  securely 
