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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
of this association, to again renew acquaintance with one another and 
participate in the pleasures and privileges which can always be found at 
the sessions of the Ohio Veterinary Association. 
As your Secretary we cannot call your attention to the unprecedented 
prosperity of the association such as we are told abounds all over the coun¬ 
try in other matters. This association was organized July 24, 1883, and 
was open to membership to graduates and non-graduates alike upon the 
recommendation of a board of censors ; but in 1889 the non-graduates, 
no matter how practical, had lost all interest in the association (with 
the exception of Dr. W. G. Jones and J. B. Hillock, this latter now 
deceased), and allowed their membership to relapse from non-payment 
of dues, so that during that year (1889) an amendment to the by-laws 
was adopted, abolishing the board of censors and restricting further 
new membership to only graduates of legally incorporated veterinary 
or medical schools or colleges. 
Our records show that since organization, to January 1, 1901, there 
have been 93 admitted to membership, of which onty 35 remain in good 
standing, that is, owing two years or less of dues. Of these 22 are 
graduates of Ontario Veterinary College, 4 of the American Veterinary 
College, 4 of the Ohio Veterinary College, 2 of the Ohio State University, 
Veterinary Department, 1 from Montreal, 1 from Chicago, 1 from New 
York College and 1 non-graduate. 
Of this great loss 7, J. B. Hillock, J. Charlesworth, G. W. Bowler, 
L. B. Chase, A. J. Smith, J. Yonkerman and J. C. Meyers, Sr., have 
been removed by death, one was expelled, eight have withdrawn and 
forty-two were suspended for non-payment of dues. 
Of the twenty-five members who organized this association in 1883 
oight are still loyal members. Of the thirteen who joined in 1884 only 
one, Dr. G. W. Butler, remains with us. Of the five who joined in 1885 
all have withdrawn, been suspended, or expelled. 
The great loss of 42 from non-payment of dues, cannot possibly be 
caused by our burdensome; annual assessment of $1. There must be 
other and greater reasons, either our association is not organized upon 
a basis acceptable to the great majority of veterinarians of this State, or 
else our sessions have not been of sufficient interest as to appeal to 
members to retain their membership. Neither of these reasons may be 
at fault, for sometimes we think the veterinarians of Ohio are different 
from those of other States as regards association, and especially is this 
true when your Secretary receives letters telling him how the associa¬ 
tion should be run, what it should do, etc., and invariably the writers 
are men who have never advanced one cent in the payment of expenses, 
and yet if the work they suggest was accomplished, they would share as 
well in the benefits as those who bore all the expense. If our by-laws 
are not as they should be, it is not a hard matter to correct them, and if 
our sessions are not interesting then who is to blame but the members. 
The President and Secretary may request, but they cannot compel, and 
there is not always the enthusiasm shown that insures success ; especi¬ 
ally is this so \vhen trying to prepare a programme. There is not a 
member of this association but who is capable of doing something that 
will instruct, benefit, or add pleasure to these meetings, and yet fully 
50 per cent, of those requested to assist, offer some sort of an excuse. 
This is not as it should be, for to accomplish all that such an organiza- 
