SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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is a matter that can only be corrected by the action of this as¬ 
sociation and I recommend that it receive careful consideration 
at this meeting. I refer to the practice of certain veterinary 
colleges in illustrating their catalogues and advertising publica¬ 
tions in a manner that would not be tolerated for an instant if 
done by the individual member. The college which uses illus¬ 
trations in its advertising literature for any other purpose than 
to show the extent and variety of its buildings and equipment 
has descended to the level of the practitioner who uses illumi¬ 
nated stationery and flaming posters. In fact, such exhibitions 
of bad taste are much worse on the part of the college than in 
the individual, for the college should be the model for its grad¬ 
uates. What alma mater does the alumni are not likely to think 
wholly bad ; therefore, it would not be strange if the graduates 
of such schools held rather cheaply that section of our code 
which forbids such practice. I have here a few samples of this 
sort of cheap, undignified and unprofessional advertising to 
which I invite your attention. 
We have all heard with regret of the failure of the profes¬ 
sion in its efforts to secure proper recognition for the army vet¬ 
erinarian and to give to the army a veterinary service com¬ 
mensurate with the importance of the interests involved ; but 
this partial failure must not cause us to relax our efforts. Your 
committee, although in a measure unsuccessful, has done valiant 
service and manufactured much public sentiment in behalf of 
our cause, for which it deserves the sincere thanks of the 
association, and I feel certain we shall all be interested in any 
plans for future action which it may be pleased to suggest. 
There are other fields offering more fruitful harvests which 
should no longer be neglected. This association should appoint 
a committee, and through it inaugurate a campaign which 
should be prosecuted with the utmost vigor, and only cease 
when every board of health and every sanitary commission in 
the land has, at least, one competent veterinarian in its member¬ 
ship. I would most respectfully urge the appointment of such 
a committee. 
Each succeeding year marks a distinct advance in the mag¬ 
nitude of the association’s influence and usefulness. Our field 
of labor is becoming more comprehensive, comprising more 
diverse and special interests. From sessions lasting one day we 
have reached the limit in this meeting of a program covering 
four full days. Four days, with the time required to go to and 
from the meeting, consumes the entire week, and one week is 
