^ptemberf i?09.1 }     Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  455 
life — a  life  of  service  to  others  rather  than  a  life  of  achievement  or 
personal  advancement.  Kindness  was  one  of  his  characteristic  traits 
and  largely  controlled  his  dealings  with  those  with  whom  he  came 
in  contact,  and  his  services  in  behalf  of  the  College,  for  the  students 
and  alumni  will  long  endear  his  memory. 
The  Secretary  said  that  when  on  a  recent  visit  to  Mr.  Wiegand 
while  he  was  quite  ill  and  on  what  proved  to  be  his  death-bed,  his 
thoughts  were  of  the  College,  and  he  suggested  how  to  add  to  the 
already  valuable  historical  collection  by  trying  to  procure  some  of 
the  utensils  now  obsolete — but  much  used  in  his  early  professional 
life  and  some  of  which  ha  1  been  of  his  invention  and  construction. 
William  E.  Krewson  said  he  had  lost  a  friend  of  forty  years,  onz 
whom  he  loved  and  respected,  one  who  was  always  ready  to  give 
any  information  to  the  students  who  sought  his  advice  and  noted 
for  his  many  other  acts  of  kindly  thoughtfulness.  All  that  had  been 
said  by  the  other  speakers  he  most  cordially  endorsed,  and  said  that 
in  the  death  of  Mr.  Wiegand  he  felt  a  great  personal  loss. 
William  E.  Lee  said  when  he  came  to  the  city,  a  stranger,  no  one 
could  have  given  him  more  encouragement  than  Mr.  Wiegand,  and 
he  could  never  forget  the  earnestness  that  characterized  him  in 
teaching  the  students  and  his  efforts  to  help  them  by  advice  and 
suggestion  in  ways  that  would  be  to  their  benefit. 
Charles  H.  LaWall  said  as  one  of  the  younger  members  of  the 
College  he  felt  it  incumbent  upon  him  to  say  a  few  words.  He  said 
that  twenty  years  ago  in  coming  to  Philadelphia — a  stranger — he 
needed  much  advice  regarding  his  future  education  and  never 
failed  to  receive  it  from  Mr.  Wiegand,  as  it  was  habitual  with  him 
to  go  out  of  his  way  to  assist  the  students^  In  the  past  few  days 
while  meeting  with  a  large  number  of  the  students  and  graduates 
of  the  College  in  the  central  part  of  the  State  almost  invariably  the 
first  question  asked  was,  "  How  is  Uncle  Tommy  ?  "  thus  showing 
how  wide-spread  and  strong  was  the  affection  and  esteem  in  which 
he  was  held. 
Edwin  M.  Boring  said  the  passing  out  of  a  life  that  had  its  begin- 
ning but  a  few  years  after  the  founding  of  the  College  carried  the 
memory  back  all  these  years,  and  with  the  death  of  Mr.  Wiegand 
there  has  passed  from  among  us  the  last  of  that  coterie  of  men  like 
Procter,  Maisch,  Parrish,  and  others  who  labored  so  devotedly 
and  unselfishly  in  maintaining  the  pharmaceutical  meetings  and  along 
other  lines  had  done  so  much  to  make  the  College  what  it  now  is. 
