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some individual act which shall assist in this uplifting, and 
to be a benefit to his colleagues and the science of his adop¬ 
tion. More especially should this be expected in those who 
stand out as teachers of the embryonic veterinarian, and as 
deontological examples. And just here is the remedy. Cer¬ 
tainly those who have been placed in this embarrassing posi¬ 
tion by the combined or concerted action of the State Society 
and the Board of Regents, can do no more graceful nor mag¬ 
nanimous service for the profession they have labored so long 
for than to at once send in their resignations to the source 
from which they received the compliment of an appointment, 
showing at once to the whole veterinary profession that they 
are unwilling to haras* and jeopardize the future of veterinary 
medicine for the sake of a little cheap personal notoriety and 
the opportunity to benefit their own school at the expense of 
the great cause of veterinary science in America. 
United States Veterinary Medical Association.— 
The thirty-second annual meeting of this association will con¬ 
vene at Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesdays September ioth, and 
remain in session on Wednesday and Thursday, nth and 12th. 
It is expected that more members will be in attendance at 
this meeting than at any of its predecessors, and that many of 
the practitioners of the Northwest will apply for membership 
in the National body. We have, in a previous issue, given 
some good reasons why the annual meeting of this association 
should be held in some centrally located Western city, rather 
than the extreme East or extreme West, and we believe this 
year’s meeting will show the wisdom of the Comitia Minora 
in selecting Des Moines. 
The piogiamme is full of promise, for many interesting 
subjects are outlined in the papers to be read, and the Disease 
Committees will have full reports, while the educational prob¬ 
lems foi discussion will partake of specially interesting* and 
important features. 
We have received from Secretary Dr. Leonard Pearson 
the full piogiamme, which we print on another page, and 
which will be found teeming with the good things that await 
those who ai e so fortunate as to be able to be present. 
