SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
501 
.sire to lefer to tor a moment in the light of our duty as followers of the profession, toward 
those w ho in these least auspicious times have courageously taken this step of advance- 
I hey should command from us individually and collectively the most earnest sup- 
port we can give them, and at all times our voice and pen should be ready and willing to 
aid them in this laudable work. In your community you each should take an active inter¬ 
est in any who may be considering the veterinary profession as his future calling, and see 
that so far as you may be able, he shall be so advised and influenced as to select one of the 
now many good schools, where he may obtain such an education as will help equip him for 
the work to be done. In every way that you can contribute to the thoroughness of the work 
in these schools you should do so directly and indirectly and make use of every opportu- 
mty to afford those who are to be your and my successors, men of well filled minds and of 
a breadth of knowledge that shall make them better able to fill the role of veterinarian 
than you and I have ever been. When you have done this you have only discharged your 
dutv as a member of this association, and fulfilled the pledge of membership that added 
you to our number. 
Another field of usefulness commands your support and aid, and it merits this to-day 
more strongly than ever before. It comes to you more worthy of your recognition and 
should be made better and stronger and kept thoroughly apace with every other avenue of 
our calling. ISo occupation or trade, no field of labor or work, but what must have its 
channels of communication, and through which every subject of importance may find a 
medium of discussion ; a way by which every votary of our calling may be enlightened by 
our progiess and kept steadily informed of all advances along the line. I refer to your 
journalism, and, freely admitting it is not what it should be ; that it does not fill com- 
pietely the role of power it should, still it is wholly within your own hands to give it that 
which it needs. It is yours for the expression of your views ; it is yours for the recording 
ot your cases ; it is yours for the relation of your experiences ; it is yours for every aspect 
and work of your adopted vocation, to make strong and sure your place among the en¬ 
lightened nations of the earth, as a progressive branch of our world-wide profession, and 
as among those who are contributing toward that truest wealth of every nation or calling 
its literature. With this hurried review of some phases of our work I bid you all the molt 
thorough consideration of the broadest programme ever presented for your instruction and 
enteitainment, which I am sure will add to the wealth of knowledge of every one present 
and when returning to his field of every-day work, add to own strength and confidence in 
a manner that only those can appreciate who have annually attended these gatherings 
from which so much help is gained. 
Theie could be no more laudable wish for any member of our profession than to be 
called to the chief place in this organization, and to thus represent his profession in such a 
nation as ours, hor seven consecutive years I have been honored by this association in 
otncial place, four years as your secretary and three years as your president, and I cannot 
ay clown the role of office without expression of my sincere appreciation of the honors you 
ia\e conferred upon me. Equally so have I felt that no greater responsibility could fall 
upon one’s shoulders. Not unmindful of how far short I have fallen in advancing your 
work through this organization, I shall carry to the end of my life the pleasant memory of 
this recognition of your esteem, and the most lasting recollections of the warm support and 
assistance I have always received from the members of this association. 
The following list of members responded to the roll-call : 
E. B. Ackerman, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; W. L. Baker, Cortland, 
N. Y. ; John A. Bell, Watertown, N. Y. ; Roscoe R. Bell, Brook¬ 
lyn, X. Y. ; Geo. H. Berns, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Thomas F. Bar¬ 
ron, Baltimore, Md. ; C. A. Cary, Auburn, Ala. ; Bent T. Cotton, 
Mt. Vernon, Ohio ; A. W. Clement, Baltimore, Md. ; W. H. 
Dalrymple, Baton Rouge, La. ; D. J. Dixon, Hoboken, N. J. ; 
Wm. Dougherty, Baltimore, Md. ; Robert W. Ellis, New York 
City ; H. D. Gill, New York City ; E. A. A. Grange, Lansing, 
Mich. ; Wm. H. Gribble, Washington, C. H., Ohio ; John R. 
