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arrangements committee. We fear that our correspondents are 
not really good critics of the occasion to which we refer, for, 
while one was absent, the other was probably so engrossed with 
the very important part which he played in the proceedings that 
he was not in condition to be a calm and critical observer of 
the events as they transpired, and as a sufficient refutation of 
the charge that the addresses lacked anything in polished finish 
we point to the speech of our late President, which was a patri¬ 
otic and learned discourse, delivered with the fire of an orator 
and received with enthusiastic applause. 
It may be true that a toastmaster may indulge in a little 
pleasantry by taking a diner unawares, but the very impromptu 
character of the remarks which are thus called forth is the 
charm which commends it. It would be cruel, in our judgment, 
to make the annual banquet an occasion for set speeches, and it 
is doubtful if any improvement can be made upon our present 
system unless it be the inclusion of the ladies as guests, in which 
event the force of these remarks becomes more apparent. 
MINNEAPOLIS IN 1902. 
The Executive Committee of the American Veterinary 
Medical Association has decided that the thirty-ninth annual 
meeting is to be held in Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 2, 3, and 4, 
1902. This is but a just recognition of the claims of this 
beautiful city of the Northwest, for her loyal sons have year 
after year extended an earnest invitation to the Association 
to accept of their hospitality and lend its great influence to the 
profession of that vast section. But this year she took up the 
question with an enthusiasm and unanimity we have never seen 
equalled, and her overtures were simply irresistible—for we 
verily believe that every citizen at all interested in the subject 
importuned the committee in behalf of the Minnesota metropo¬ 
lis. While the Review has uniformly opposed the holding of 
the national conventions in other than central localities, it is con¬ 
vinced that much can be accomplished in the way of strength¬ 
ening the Association and disseminating its influence for the 
