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CORRESPONDENCE. 
mater, and give it united support in all its plans and undertakings. Urging the 
duty upon the graduates of accepting their true responsibility in considering some 
plan looking toward the rearing of a future home for their college parent, he of¬ 
fered for consideration some three plans by which this movement might be made 
successful. First, through the action of the alumni in granting their college a 
fixed proportion of their earnings for one, two or five years, on a sliding scale; by 
action of State Associations rearing a fund for the purpose, and again by the 
creation of a sinking fund to which all could contribute something each year, 
this to be invested by the Alumni Trustees, and when of sufficient amount to be 
placed at the disposal of the Board of Trustees. 
The report was afterward discussed by many of those present, and the mat¬ 
ter was left for State organizations to determine the best plan of action, and to 
report to the Executive Committee, the latter with power to act. 
The Association endorsed the army bill of the United States Veterinary 
Medical Association, and the officers were directed to forward a copy of their 
approval to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the President 
of the Senate. 
The annual election for the ensuing year resulted in the choice of W. Hor- 
ach Hoskins, class of ’87, for President; Theo. Birdsall, class of ’85, Vice-Pres, 
ident; A. T. Sellers, class of ’87, Secretary; Andrew Strange, class of ’86, 
Treasurer; G. A. Lathrop, class of ’88, Librarian. 
After some business of minor importance, the meeting adjourned to re-con- 
vene at 10 p. m. at “Clarks,” West 22d Street, where one of the most sumptuous 
repasts was served, and around whose board some fifty of the Trustees, Facul¬ 
ty and Alumni gathered, to recall the happy college days and to rejoice in the 
recounting of victories already achieved, and to anticipate and plan for those of 
the future. Among the toasts happily responded to were those of “ the Board of 
Trustees ” by Dr. F. D. Weisse ; “ Veterinary Profession” by Prof. A. Liau- 
taid; “ Our Sister Profession ” by Prof. Doremus ; “ Alumni Association ” by 
Dr. W. Horace Hoskins, and many bright and cheery remarks from members 
of the various classes seated around the festive board, thus fitly closing the hap¬ 
py, eventful and auspicious work of another college year. N. N. S. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
SWELLED HEADS IN THE PROFESSION. 
Editor American Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sir :—I like to see voung men in the profession 
take interest in cases and report them, but when they have 
not yet obtained their sheepskin, to write an article about 
quacks and horse doctors it is a clear case of swelled head 
which 1 think a few years of practice will cure. I dare say 
that the same quacks could doubly discount the writer of the 
article either in practice, surgery or pathology. 
