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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
The Secretary not being present at the opening of the meeting, the reading of 
the minutes was laid over and the report of the Executive Committee called for. 
Dr. Miller (Chairman) said there had been no meeting of the Committee, con¬ 
sequently there was no report. 
The President stated that there had been no business to come before the Com¬ 
mittee, except the question of giving the usual prize "and he had written each 
member of the Committee, asking for their views as to how the money should be 
raised to pay for it. He had received replies from all but one to the effect that 
it should be raised in the usual way. He had therefore instructed the Secretary 
to send out postal cards, and had selected a set of books as the alumni prize. 
A warm discussion followed this explanation; several members present hold¬ 
ing that the President was simply an ex-officio member of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee and had exceeded his power; that the Executive Committee had been 
very remiss in their duties in not arranging for a general alumni dinner, etc. 
The action of the President was supported by others present, particularly Dr. 
Miller, who said the President had simply carried out the wishes of the Executive 
Committe and had certainly not exceeded his power. 
Dr. Pendry said he considered it the duty of the Chairman to call a meeting 
of the committee, and not the President, and if no meeting had been called it was 
the fault of the former and not the latter. 
Dr. Birdsall said there was no objection about giving the prize, but there 
ought to be some reason why a general alumni dinner had not been arranged for. 
Dr. Miller referred to the last meeting of the Association, so few being pres¬ 
ent and the dinner a complete failure, claiming that it was the individual mem¬ 
bers and not the committee that were responsible for such a result. 
Dr. Johnson endorsed the remarks of Dr. Miller, but he thought the Execu¬ 
tive Committee should have tried to find out the reason of the general failure, and 
he had so expressed himself in his letter to the President. 
Dr. McLean said there was no question as to the prize, but whether it had 
been given in proper form. He considered Dr. Miller the proper person to explain. 
The Executive Committee was the proper body to have acted; they had failed in 
their duty and they ought not to be whitewashed. 
Many other explanations and reasons were given by some of those present, in 
which Drs. Hoskins, Coates and Sellers joined, Dr. Birdsall holding that they 
should have arranged for a dinner, if only five were present. 
On motion, the Secretary was instructed to read the minutes of the last 
meeting, which were then adopted as read. 
Dr. Miller moved that all previous minutes, that had not been acted upon, be 
approved. Carried. 
Moved by Dr. Birdsall, seconded by Dr. Miller, that the Association have a 
dinner each and every year. Carried. 
On motion of Dr. Hoskins, the following motion was duly carried: 
“ That the Alumni Executive Committee shall present, at the next annual 
meeting, a plan for the provision of the dinner, such plan to devise ways and 
means for the successful conducting of the same.” 
On motion, Drs. Johnson and Miller were appointed a committee to invite 
the graduating class to be present. After a formal introduction by Dr. Miller? 
they were welcomed in suitable terms by the President. 
