SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
763 
And we trust that in some manner, 
Perhaps by some persuasion, 
Our membership will be induced 
To come, on the next occasion; 
For it surely must be gratifying 
To all assembled here, 
That the science of veterinary medicine, 
Is by no means in the rear. 
It is customary for Presidents 
To read a long and fine address, 
But we shall ask of you to-day 
To accept a little less, 
And, with your kind permission, 
A few thoughts here relate 
Before proceeding with the business 
Of the Y. S. Association of Ohio State. 
Energetic and progressive, 
And talented men of mind 
Are making rapid progress 
In science of every kind, 
And many eminent M. Ds. we know 
Deserve the honor claimed, 
While of honored veterinarians 
Many can be named. 
There’s a host of ardent workers 
In America and France, 
All eager in the strife to place 
Medicine in advance; 
And in England, Scotland, Germany, 
And Italy beside, 
Men laboriously are working 
With equal zeal and pride. 
Until recent years, contagious diseases, 
Although found far and wide, 
Baffled the most competent 
Their causes'to decide; 
But chemistry and the microscope, 
With human aid combined, 
Have obliterated darkness 
And left ignorance behind. 
Cholera, glanders, typhus, 
Yea, a dozen more, 
Have their germs, and do not come by chance 
As thought in days of yore; 
