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COLLEGE NEWS. 
member of the Alumni of the American Veterinary College, 
class of 1885 ; when he graduated second of the class. The 
year following his graduation he went to England, and took a 
post graduate course, receiving his M.R.C.V.S. in 1887. 
For a number of years he served as assistant to Dr. A. Lock- 
hart, and at the death of his former preceptor entered upon 
the field of practice which had thus been left vacant. Doctor 
Mitchell had suffered for a long time with pulmonary phthisis, 
and at the time of his death had just reached the city^ of Den¬ 
ver, Colorado, whither he had gone with the hope of recover¬ 
ing his health. 
COLLEGE NEWS. 
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE CHICAGO VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
We have received the news of the reorganization of the 
Alumni of the Chicago Veterinary College, with a copy of the 
constitution and by-laws which have been adopted for the 
government of that body. The following gentlemen have been 
elected officers for the year: Dr. James N. Wright, of Chicago, 
President; Dr. W. Myers of Ft. Wayne, Ind., first Vice 
President; Dr. F. S. Schoenliberof Morris, Ills., Secretary and 
Treasurer. This is a good move on the part of the Chicago 
Alumni and we hereby proffer them our sincere wishes for the 
success of their new organization. 
ONTARIQ VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
We have received from the worthy principal of the Toronto 
institution the following notice, of which our overplus of 
matter and lack of space has hitherto prevented the acknowl¬ 
edgment : 
On October 22d the session of 1890^91 of the Ontario 
Veterinary College was opened in the lecture hall of the new 
building, in presence of a large number of students and others. 
The introductory address was given by Dr. Duncan, Professor 
of Anatomy, and was most cordially received by the students. 
The new and spacious buildings, that were occupied for the 
