COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS. 
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COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS. 
THE KANSAS CITY VETERINARY COLLEGE 
closed its most successful session on Thursday evening, March 
14th, 1901, with the tenth annual commencement exercises, 
which were held in the college building, 1404 Holmes Street. 
The following gentlemen were granted the degree of Doctor 
of Veterinary Science : R. Fred Eagle, Xavier I. Richmond, 
Charles W. Barnhart, Abram N. Reber, George D. Painter, 
Arthur Trickett, Arthur W. Miller, Oscar Stuart, John E. 
Burgett, Herman J. Timmennann, Benjamin F. Kaupp, D. V. 
S., Frank F. Brown, D. V. S., Charles J. Sillier, V. S. Dr. 
Thomas W. Watson, of Clarinda, Iowa, and Dr. George E. 
Buffington, of Baxter, Iowa, attended the post-graduate course. 
The total enrollment of students for the session was 58. 
The Directors of the college gave a social dinner at the Mid¬ 
land Hotel to the students, faculty and friends of the institution 
on Thursday evening, March 7th, and this innovation proved a 
most enjoyable and agreeable one. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
“ CRITICS, WHO THEMSELVES ARE SORE.” 
Manhattan, Kansas, March 12, 1901. 
Editors American Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sirs :—In the March number of the Review, Depart¬ 
ment of Surgery, Doctors E. A. and E. Merillat devote consider¬ 
able space to a “ lecture,” ostensibly intended for me, on the 
Ethics of Criticism. They also indulge in much irrelevant 
comment, if not sarcastic innuendo, in regard to what they 
imagine a lack of general and technical education among 
American veterinarians. I am not especially interested in this 
part of their article, but for their satisfaction I plead guilty to 
the “ low matriculate and graduate requirements,” “ little tech¬ 
nical qualifications,” “ lack of experience,” “little red school- 
house ” and all. Moreover, I go further and so far agree with 
them that, with humility and reverence, I “ tip my hat ” to 
them as “ real scientists ” and “ store-houses of veterinary surgi¬ 
cal knowledge.” I would that I might be able to give like 
testimony to their success as critics, but alas ! 
‘ ‘ As soon 
Seek roses in December—ice in June ; 
Hope constancy in wind, or corn in chaff; 
