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think, and two non-graduates. The meeting was called to order, 
and a discussion took place among the graduates as to the feasi¬ 
bility of admitting members without diplomas, in which discussion 
the non-graduates did not participate. Finally a unanimous ver¬ 
dict was rendered, that there were persons, who from long experi¬ 
ence and education, were entitled to recognition, and one of the 
arguments advanced was that many of these gentlemen had been 
actively engaged in practice here, when the regular graduate was 
almost unknown in the State, and had thus, in educating the peo¬ 
ple to a knowledge of the usefulness of the profession, paved the 
way for their more advanced brethren. It was, therefore, re¬ 
solved that when such persons could substantiate an intelligent 
knowledge of the profession, by a fair, square, theoretical and 
practical examination, before a board of three graduated profes¬ 
sionals, they should be entitled to membership. Now, on that 
basis there has been five admitted, and numbers rejected. Of 
the fortunate five, your humble servant is one. 
The organization now numbers about a score; at the second meet¬ 
ing seven new members were admitted, all graduates, and all but 
one expressed their satisfaction with the opinion their professional 
brothers had taken with regard to empirics ; this one finally ac¬ 
cepted the conditions, and was made one of the officers, and then 
all the trouble the young society has known commenced. It was 
desirable that the Association should have a legal standing, and 
the Secretary volunteered to assume the responsibility of securing 
its incorporation under the State laws, before the next quarterly 
meeting, at which time he also thought he would offer the name 
of his brother for membership, said brother being about to grad¬ 
uate from a certain college, but instead of doing as directed, he 
sent in his resignation at the next meeting. 
And this, Mr. Editor, is the reason that the society had no 
legal standing (though it has since been incorporated). Meantime 
the brother arrived, and immediately commenced to try to destroy 
the Association, by writing to the graduated members, asking 
them to withdraw and join himself and brother in the formation 
of a society consisting only of graduated practitioners. Having 
