SKETCHES FROM THE LAST MEETING OF THE U. S. V. M. A 
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The fees of the members have been raised to fill the rather 
diminutive plethora of the treasury. 
Di. Williams, of Montana, was rewarded for his long journey 
and for his good paper by a re-election to one of the vice¬ 
presidencies. 
The banquet was most attractive and went on very well, 
notwithstanding the early retirement of one familiar face who 
was to respond to his favorite toasts. 
Visits at the veterinary department of the University, at 
Di. Hoskins private hospital and at the Zoological Garden, 
were among the most attractive closing exercises of the meeting. 
Pi of. Liautard, the Chairman of the Committee Minora, was 
much needed during the first days of the meeting. Conspicuous 
by his absence, he only arrived towards the last two days of the 
meeting. 
Pi of. J. L. Robertson, the well selected old treasurer, re¬ 
ceived marks of the great confidence the members had in his 
integrity ; he was also re-elected to take care of the financial 
wealth of this association. 
Prof. Salomon, the solid chief of the Bureau of Animal In- 
dustiy, revealed himself as the defender of the two years school. 
His arguments were so powerful (?) at the meeting of the col¬ 
leges, that no one dared to answer them. 
The likenesses of several members of the association (Dr. 
Salomon, Hoskins, Williams, Robertson, Lyman, etc.,) which 
were illustrating the journals of Philadelphia, were scarcely 
chefs d' ccuvi'c in an artistic point of view. 
Prof. Lyman was most gratified by his appointment to the 
presidency of the Hybrid Association of the faculty of colleges 
a mixture of two and three years school requirements. An 
association born of the United States, but now an independent 
body. 
