NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Dr. A. F. Nelson, secretary of the Indiana Veterinary Medi¬ 
cal Association, states that their sixteenth annual meeting at In¬ 
dianapolis in January was the greatest in every respect that the 
association has ever held. Secretary Nelson’s report of this 
great meeting is published on page no of this issue and makes 
good and instructive reading. They are looking forward with 
a hearty welcome in their hearts to the coming of the A. V. M. A. 
in August. 
We have received the published proceedings of the Fifteenth 
Annual Meeting of the United States Live Stock Sanitary Asso¬ 
ciation, held at Chicago in December last (described by Secretary 
Ferguson as “ by far the largest, best attended and most interest¬ 
ing of all meetings to date ”), but aside from commenting for a 
second time on its value to any one interested in live stock in any 
capacity, whom we would urge to procure a copy, we will not dis¬ 
cuss it, as Professor Liautard will no doubt have something to 
say about it in our next issue. 
A splended meeting of the Pennsylvania State Veterinary 
Medical Association was held at the veterinary school, Philadel¬ 
phia, March 5 and 6, as reported by Secretary Reichel on page 
123, this issue. The papers were presented in “ Leonard Pearson 
Hall,” and a very tasty buffet luncheon was served in the “ Forge 
Room ” adjoining at noon each day. A very interesting lecture 
on the Williams' Operation for Roaring was given by Pro¬ 
fessor Adams in the “ Amphitheatre ” after luncheon on the first 
day. .Professor Adams also demonstrated the operation, with 
modifications by himself, on the larynx of a horse that had been 
destroyed; the same having been a victim of the malady. 
On February 22, 1912, the Gamma Chapter of the Alpha Psi 
Fraternity held their annual banquet &t the Lexington Hotel in 
Chicago. The occasion turned out to be the largest gathering of 
Alpha Psi men that ever assembled; about eighty being present, 
the number being made up of acting, graduate and honorary 
members, and four invited guests. The latter were: Drs. Joseph 
Hughes and A. H. Baker, of the Faculty of the Chicago Veter¬ 
inary College: Dr. A. M. Jansen, of Columbus, Ohio, treasurer 
of the National Council, and Dr. H. Preston Hoskins, of St. Paul, 
Minn., secretary of the National Council. Mr. Ira Dodson, of 
the senior class, acted as toastmaster in an able manner. The 
praise received by the officers and committee for the success of 
the banquet was well earned. 
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