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Parrish  Memorial. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1909. 
Mr.  Isaac  Clothier  said  that  he  knew  Professor  Parrish  in  his 
early  childhood  and  well  remembered  his  and  his  brother  Dillwyn's 
drug  store  at  Eighth  and  Arch  Streets.  Professor  Parrish,  he  said, 
had  a  wonderful  amount  of  knowledge,  that  all  nature  was  open  to 
him  and  that  everything  they  met  in  rambles  in  the  open  country 
appeared  to  be  known  to  him.  In  the  founding  of  Swarthmore  Col- 
lege Professor  Parrish  was  among  the  active  workers,  and  he  was 
recognized  as  a  leader  and  an  inspiration  in  all  of  the  activities  of  the 
College.  He  travelled  about  the  country  and  gave  largely  of  his  time 
to  secure  the  funds  for  its  establishment,  and  without  him  it  would 
have  been  impossible  to  found  this  College.  He  was  unanimously 
selected  its  first  president,  and  Mr.  Clothier  said  that  he  well  remem- 
bers his  presence  and  the  timely  and  wise  words  uttered  by  him  at  the 
laying  of  the  corner-stone  of  the  college  building.  In  closing  he  said  : 
"  It  is  unusual,  forty  years  after,  for  one's  friends  to  gather  together 
and  pay  such  a  tribute  to  the  memory  of  a  man." 
Mrs.  Susan  D.  Wharton,  a  sister  of  Professor  Parrish,  said  a 
few  words  in  appreciation  of  this  remembrance  of  her  brother  after 
this  long  lapse  of  years  since  his  death.  It  was  touching  indeed  to 
hear  her  relate  one  incident  which  gave  the  key-note  of  the  person- 
ality of  this  leader  among  the  eminent  men  in  pharmacy.  One  day 
Professor  Parrish  was  conversing  with  some  of  his  friends  of  the 
Faculty  of  Swarthmore  College  when  he  noticed  a  lonely  boy — a 
student  at  Swarthmore.  He  excused  himself,  left  the  group  and 
walked  with  the  lad,  placing  his  hand  on  his  shoulder,  and  thus 
brought  him  to  a  realization  of  the  friends  and  the  home  he  had  at 
the  College. 
Dr.  Benjamin  F.  Battin,  Secretary  of  the  Faculty  of  Swarthmore 
College,  gave  an  interesting  account  of  the  history  of  the  institution 
from  its  founding  until  to-day,  there  being  at  the  present  time  343 
students,  eighteen  departments  of  study,  and  forty-one  members  of 
the  corps  of  instructors. 
Mr.  Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  who  was  the  editor  of  Parrish's  "  Prac- 
tice of  Pharmacy  "  upon  the  death  of  Professor  Parrish,  referred 
to  his  magnanimity  and  self-sacrifice,  and  told  of  his  last  work  as 
one  of  the  commissioners  of  the  government  of  the  United  States  to 
settle  some  difficulties  with  certain  Indian  tribes,  in  which  effort  he 
practically  gave  up  his  life,  falling  a  victim  to  malaria  while  at  Fort 
Sill,  Indian  Territory. 
Dr.  John  F.  Hancock,  of  Baltimore,  related  a  number  of  incidents 
