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COLLEGE NEWS. 
the close of the course the class passed an examination on 
several branches of the curriculum of the junior year, and 
Mr. E. N. Stout, of Greensburg, Ind., having passed the best 
examination in anatomy, is to receive the silver medal prize 
offered by Dr. Liautard. 
At the last meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Ameri¬ 
can Veterinary College, on the recommendation of the 
Faculty, the following appointments were regularly made : 
Roscoe Bell, D.V.S., Professor of Materia Medica and Thera¬ 
peutics ; James E. Ryder, D.V.S., Professor of Obstetrics; 
E. F. Brush, M.D., Professor of Bovine Pathology ; P. Gibier, 
M.D., Director of the Biological Laboratory. 
THE CHICAGO VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The commencement exercises of the Chicago Veterinary 
College occurred on March 20, 1890, at the Madison Street 
Theatre. The attendance was large. 
The faculty of the college were present, consisting of A. 
H. Baker, V.S., Professor of Theory and Practice of Veterin¬ 
ary Medicine, Pathology of Horse, Ox, Sheep, Swine and 
Dog; R. J. Withers, M.D., V.S., Professor of Obstetrics; 
Joseph Hughes, M.R.C.V.S , Professor of Veterinary Anato¬ 
my, Special and Comparative; E. M. Reading, M.D., Profes¬ 
sor of Physiology and Histology ; Finley Ellingwood, M.D.> 
Professor of Chemistry ; J. F. Ryan, V.S., Professor of Lame¬ 
ness, Diseases of the Feet and Limbs, Practical and Pathologi¬ 
cal Shoeing ; F. S. Billings, Professor of Micro-Histology and 
Gross Pathology; Percy Clark, M.D., Assistant Demonstra¬ 
tor of Practical Chemistry; Jonathan Periam, Professor of 
Hygiene, Breeding and General Management of Domestic 
Animals; C. E. Sayre, D.V.S., Professor of Dental Surgery 
and Helminthology; A. H. Baker, V.S., Professor of Princi¬ 
ples and Practice of Veterinary Surgery; R. J. Withers, M. 
D., V.S., Professor of Materia Medica and Toxicology. 
In the graduating class of fifty gentlemen, eighteen gradu¬ 
ated in honor, of these: Dr. J. H. Houston had the highest 
honors ; Dr. J. F. Roe secured the prize in Anatomy and also 
