COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS. 
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COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS. 
CHICAGO VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
A large concourse of the friends of the Chicago Veterin¬ 
ary College assembled at the Grand Opera House on Friday, 
the 24th of March, to participate in the tenth annual Com¬ 
mencement, at which eighty-one students received the right 
to practice. A very interesting programme was prepared 
for the occasion, which elicited plaudits of approbation from 
the audience. Following the President’s address and a selec¬ 
tion by the Imperial Quartette, the degree of Doctor of Com¬ 
parative Medicine (M.D.C.) was conferred upon the gradu¬ 
ates, which, at a unanimous request of the senior class and 
majority of graduates, the trustees and faculty decided to 
adopt instead of Doctor of Veterinary Science (D.V.S.), think¬ 
ing it more appropriate. The President of the Illinois 
Humane Society, John G. Shortall, Esq., delivered an ex¬ 
cellent address upon the humanity that should guide and 
direct the action of those having the care and treatment of 
animals during sickness. Dr. Albert Babb, the valedictorian, 
delivered an erudite address on the comparative anatomy of 
' the animal kingdom, and bid farewell to the faculty in terms 
that indicated the feeling of respect in which the class held 
their teachers, and was followed by Dr. Champlin, with a 
scholarly subject pregnant with ideas and a fitting adieu for 
the occasion. Three prizes, consisting of twenty-five dollars’ 
worth of x books each, were given to the following graduates : 
A. Babb, for highest average in anatomy, W. G. Clark, for 
highest average in theory and practice, and W. A. Bruette, 
for highest average in materia medica. The highest general 
standing, ninety-five, was that of Dr. A. Babb. 
The following is the graduating class : 
Adamson, J. H. . . . . Chicago, Ill. 
Anderman, F. W. . . . Chicago, Ill. 
Armstrong, G. E.Sanborn, la. 
Babb, A., B. A. . . < Springfield, Ill. 
Barrett, D. .... Cascade, la. 
