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EDITORIAL. 
Communications were read by the Secretary from Dr. 
Williams, President of the Association, suggesting some val¬ 
uable ideas and proposals of measures for making the sessions 
of the congress more attractive, not only to the profession, 
but also to the public. A letter from Dr. C. P. Lyman, Chair¬ 
man of the Committee on Prizes, was also read, announcing, 
as has already been done in last month’s Review, the ar¬ 
rangements made by the Committee. The appointment of 
Dr. Niles, of Iowa, as a member of the Committee on Education 
in place of Dr. Stalker, of Iowa, who is unable to serve, was 
announced. Various other subjects were also discussed, and 
the committees were urgently recommended to continue 
activity in their work, as the time is rapidly growing short, 
and details yet remain to be completed before the definite 
programme of the work in Chicago can be satisfactorily ar¬ 
ranged and announced. The meeting adjourned subject to 
the call of the Secretary. 
Our colleagues in the profession will be glad to hear of 
the efforts made by the officers of the Association, and it is to 
be hoped that their example will stimulate the energy of all 
who take any interest in the success of this great and unusual 
occasion, which is one not likely to occur soon again. The 
veterinarians of the East must not be allowed to be the only 
ones to perform their share of the necessary labor, but those 
of the West have also much to do, and we trust that we shall 
be able at an early date to chronicle their activity and its re¬ 
sults in forwarding the arrangements which that portion of 
the committee which reside in the West has undertaken, in 
order to render the coming congress all that can be desired 
as an enterprise resulting in great and lasting benefits to the 
profession, and to the public at large. We have received the 
following circulars from the Secretary: 
To the Members of the United, States f Veterinary Medical Association and the 
Profession in General: 
I have the pleasure of announcing that Prof. Olof Schwartkopff, of St. Paul, 
Minnesota, will offer a paper at the International Veterinary Congress in Chicago 
in October next, entitled “ Comparative Psychology of our Domestic Animals.” 
A paper, the outcome of studies, investigations and close attention given by the 
