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the keenest interest in its success, and accorded it a strong 
helping hand at all times. 
“ Our Preceptor,” was very feelingly responded to by Dr. 
W. FT. Ridge, a former student under Prof. Huidekoper. 
Outlining the broad course of study he had planned for them 
as students, and the great appreciation of the same that they 
felt, he closed his remarks with the sincerest wishes for him, 
and the keenest regret at his loss. 
“ Our Sanitary Friends,” a toast allotted to State Veterinari¬ 
an Bridge, who was imperatively called away, fittingly fell to the 
lot of Prof. Henri Formad, who in his jocular way referred to 
Prof. Huidekoper as a magnificent specimen of bacteria. Allud¬ 
ing to his great sacrifices of a personal and purely unselfish char¬ 
acter for the profession, and how few such men we found, he 
most earnestly touched upon his work in the Veterinary Depart¬ 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania, and rendered to him 
the just tribute, that it would have never existed to-day had 
it not been for his Zealand labors. Deploring the causes that 
led to his departure to another field, he could not feel that 
we had lost him, but that through the many channels of his 
labors, we would still feel his work in our midst. 
“Our Neighbors,” was responded to by Dr. W. B. E. Mil¬ 
ler, of New Jersey, who in the sincerest manner, voiced for his 
people the keen loss they felt, assured him that from no source 
would there follow him in his new field more sincere wishes 
for his success and well being than from his admiring friends 
in New Jersey. . 
“ Our Daily Bread,” was most fittingly assigned to Dr. 
Alex. Glass, who, after explaining the troubled efforts to un¬ 
successfully retard the progress of the fleeting dollars, said he 
honored Prof. Huidekoper for his success in raising the dig¬ 
nity of the profession to a higher standard in Philadelphia, and 
with it brought a better rate of compensation for professional 
services than had been accorded the profession before he 
entered it. Referring to the many personal kindnesses he had 
received at his hands, he assured him that only the best wishes 
of the entire profession would follow him. 
Calling upon Dr. John Marshall, Dean of the Veterinary 
