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EDITORIAL. 
made of their graduates, who, now and then, and most commonly 
once a year, meet to speak of alma mater, renew acquaintance 
and friendship, talk of old college life, of present practical re¬ 
sults, etc., and have a good time generally afterward. These 
gatherings are great, and it is unfortunate that too many of the 
members of some associatioos fail to answer the call of their 
Secretary. Often important subjects are discussed at these 
meetings. Serious steps relating to the welfare of alma mater 
are suggested, etc. Cannot one lay one day aside for their at¬ 
tendance ? See what Dr. E. L. Volgenau says in his ca!! to the 
American Veterinary College Alumni. 
A CORRECTION. —Prof. C. B. Michener writes to us and asks 
to correct a notice in our last issue at page 618. The doctor 
says he was not removed from office, but resigned, carrying 
with him a statement from Secretary Morton to the effect that 
his services had been all through eminently satisfactory. 
Pennsylvania State Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion. —At a very late hour we have received notice of the 
annual meeting of this association and with the programme of 
the exercises, which will occupy the two days March 6th and 
7th. Under the management of its officers and with the energy 
of its members, this association has succeeded in placing itself 
among the foremost of its kind in this country—that is without 
discredit or reflection on similar associations in other states. 
The papers which are announced for the second day of the 
meeting are as follows: Dr. W. B. E. Miller, Phila.—Castra¬ 
tion; Dr. W. L. Zuill, Phila.—Surgical Treatment of Lesions 
of the Hock ; Dr. S. J. J. Harger, Phila.—Malposition of the 
Heart; Dr. Jas. A. Waugh, Allegheny City—An Obscure and 
Undescribed Disease of the Deer Family; Dr. W. G. Benner, 
Doylestown—Transfusion of Blood ; Dr. E. Sturge, Scranton— 
Penetrant Cauterization in the Treatment of Lameness; Dr. 
E. Mayhew Michener, Colmar—Osteo Porosis. 
The association meets at the College of Physicians, thir¬ 
teenth and Locust Sts., Phila. 
