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TESTIMONIAL TO ASSIST.-rilOFESSOR VARNELL. 
had subsided, the chairman of the meeting, Mr. J. J. 
Cheesman, upon whom devolved the honour of presentation 
on behalf of his fellow students, addressed the assembly as 
follows: 
Gentlemen, —As you are aware, the object of our meet¬ 
ing here to-night is the presentation of a testimonial to our 
much respected tutor, Professor Varnell, in grateful recog¬ 
nition of his kind and untiring efforts to promote our future 
welfare. And as your representative on this occasion, I 
cannot refrain from expressing distrust of my ability to 
discharge to your satisfaction the pleasing task, the per¬ 
formance of which, through your flattering kindness, has been 
delegated to me. Nevertheless, diffident as I feel myself in 
being the exponent of your sentiments towards our talented 
instructor, the unvarying personal kindness I have expe¬ 
rienced at his hands renders the acceptation of the duty most 
congenial to my feelings. 
I am confident that one and all now present, when re¬ 
flecting in after-life upon the various emotions which influ¬ 
enced them during their studentship, must acknowledge with 
heartfelt satisfaction the truthful principles Mr. Varnell has 
by his every act and teaching endeavoured at all times 
to impress upon our minds. Such an example demands our 
highest appreciation, and cannot fail by common consent to 
entitle him to our sincerest and warmest regard. 
Permit me, gentlemen, for a few moments to wander from 
the principal object of this address, and unite with me, as I 
am sure you will, in rendering tribute to others to whom also 
tribute is due : I speak in reference to the rest of our excellent 
instructors. 
The students of this College have long rejoiced in 
the eloquent and eminent teaching of Professor Spooner, 
whose distinguished abilities as a pathologist and lecturer 
are so well known as to scarcely need comment. But since 
he has honoured us with his presence this evening, I am 
convinced that I have your united approval in seizing this 
opportunity for respectfully testifying our admiration of 
those rare and striking qualities possessed by him, which are 
so apparent in the force and consistency of his arguments, 
and the remarkable clearness and precision with which he 
elucidates Nature’s beautiful adaptation of means to ends, so 
that they never fail to rivet our attention and secure from us 
an earnestness of mind and purpose in the prosecution 
of the study of that branch of science which we have 
chosen. 
In the cattle department, it is impossible to overrate the 
