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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
S. C. Orr’s resignation as a member of the Association was 
taken from the table and accepted. 
The Association then adjourned to meet at Topeka the 
Thursday evening of State Fair week, Oct., 1893. 
N. S. Mayo, Sec. 
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY 
COLLEGE. 
The sixteenth annual meeting was held in the lecture-room 
of the college on March 24th, 1893. There were twenty-two 
graduates of previous years present at the meeting. The 
class of ’93, numbering fifty-two, were then elected to mem¬ 
bership, making a total number of 489 members in the Asso¬ 
ciation. The new class was welcomed by President Dr. 
Ryder, and introduced to the members present. 
Treasurer’s report showed a large balance, proving the 
Association had prospered during the last year. 
Ten very interesting communications were read from 
resident State secretaries of as many States, among them 
being one from Dr. Wray, Chief United States Veterinary 
Inspector for Great Britain. 
The alumni trustees reported progress on the subject of a 
new college building, stating that the “ building fund ” was 
rapidly accumulating, and that f hey hoped ere long to have 
a college building worthy of this great city of New York. 
Resolutions read on deaths of Drs. Campbell, Kidd and 
Apeldorn, were ordered engrossed on the minute book. 
Whereas , Almighty Providence has seen fit to remove 
from our midst our associate member, Dr. Theodore W. 
Apeldorn, a graduate of the class of 1887, 
Resolved , That we, the members of the Alumni Associa¬ 
tion of the American Veterinary College, regret his early 
loss as a member of the profession and the cutting short of a 
career that held forth much promise ; and be it further 
Resolved , That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon 
the records of our Association, and the same be published in 
the American Veterinary Review. 
F. J. Allen, ) 
Walter L. Hart, l Committee. 
W. Horace Hoskins, ) 
Whereas, In the death of Dr. Edward T. Campbell, it has 
