COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS. 
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anatomy, Thomas E. Simpson; diseases of cattle, D. B. Com¬ 
stock; chemistry, J. D. MacIntyre; physiology, J. D. MacIn¬ 
tyre; histology, Wilfred Plaskett; materia medica, J. D. 
MacIntyre; botany, W. Plaskett; zoology, M. C. Wylie; the 
best examination in all subjects (silver medal), Sidney S. 
Twombly ; second prize for the same, John A. McCrank. 
Extra prizes—For the best essay read before the Veterin¬ 
ary Medical Association:—i, Sidney S. Twombly, $10; 2, 
David St. Louis, $8 ; 3, J. A. McCrank, $7. 
For the best essay read before the Society for the Study of 
Comparative Ps)mhology (book)—J. A. McCrank. 
The following gentlemen were then called up, and, having 
taken the customary oath, the degree of D.V.S. was conferred 
upon them by Sir William Dawson, Mr. Brakenridge pre¬ 
senting the diplomas : 
Sidney S. Twombly, John A. McCrank, David St. Louis, 
Thomas B. McDonald, Thomas C. Simpson, John Watson, 
George E Macaulay, A. W. Gorham, Donald B. McDonald, 
Charles M. Higginson, David B. Comstock, George Town¬ 
send and George A. Miller. 
The following gentlemen were awarded the degree as 
graduates of the late Montreal Veterinary College, who have 
been found to have complied with the regulations governing 
the granting of the degree to such :— 
Paul Paquin, bacteriologist and professor of veterinary 
science, Agricultural College, Columbia, Mo.; A. R. Rowat, 
chief veterinarian to the government of Honolulu, S. I.; Peter 
Cummings, lecturer of anatomy, Quebec Veterinary College ; 
John Robertson, veterinary surgeon, Second United States 
Cavalry; John Ryan, lecturer Chicago Veterinary College, 
Chicago, Ill.; Charles R. Simpson, Charlestown, Mass.; James 
B. Paige, lecturer on veterinary medicine, Amherst Agricul¬ 
tural College, Amherst, Mass : Archibald A. Keys, Minneapo¬ 
lis, Minn.; and Edward C. Crevier, Peterborough, Ontario. 
Dr. McCrank was then called upon and delivered the val¬ 
edictory address. Sir Donald Smith then referred in terms 
of high praise to Dr. Gadsden, for his munificent present to 
the Faculty, and called on that gentleman to speak, 
Dr. J. W. Gadsden, M R,C,V.S,, said; I have had excel* 
