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has only to will it and she surpasses all others.” In the fall 
of 1854 my father was called to Cleveland to fill the vete¬ 
rinary chair in the State Agricultural College of Ohio, 
which position he held until the suspension of the college in 
the spring of 1857, w'hen he returned to Philadelphia again 
to engage in the interest of the college movement. Shortly 
after his return he presented to the board of directors the 
following faculty :—W. W. Fraley, Prof, of Materia Medica 
and Therapeutics ; J. J. Corbyn, Prof, of Pathology, Sur¬ 
gery, and Practice of Medicine, in reference to all domestic 
animals; G. W. Bowler, Prof, of Medical Chemistry and 
Pharmacy ; R. Jennings, Prof, of Anatomy, Physiology, and 
Operative Surgery ; which was accepted. A building was 
rented at the corner of Sixth and Master Streets, fitted up 
with a spacious museum, in which was deposited nearly 
2000 specimens, among which was an articulated skeleton of 
a horse, a pony, a mule, a cow, a hog, and a dog, a lecture 
room, library, laboratory, dissecting room, and infirmary, 
which were thrown open to the public on Tuesday evening 
of each week, at which time free lectures were delivered in 
the lecture room during the winter months. Free clinics 
were held at the infirmary every Wednesday and Saturday, 
from November 1st to March 1st. Unfortunately for the 
institution Drs. Fraley and Corbyn resigned from the faculty 
before the first course of lectures were over; my father and 
Dr. Bowler, however, continued the course to the end, 
delivering lectures which should have been done by others. 
There were no fees attached to these positions, the current 
expenses being paid by the faculty and trustees. The fol¬ 
lowing year an appeal was made to the Philadelphia Agri¬ 
cultural Society, which was referred to the executive com¬ 
mittee, who at the following meeting of the society made 
the following report :—“ That they had visited the museum 
and library of the Veterinary College and were surprised to 
find it so valuable and interesting. They were so favorably 
impressed that they ceased to doubt the propriety of the 
application,” and therefore offered the following resolution:— 
fS That the use of the rooms of the Agricultural Society be 
granted to the Veterinary College of Philadelphia for holding 
their lectures the coming winter.” Dr. A. L. Elwyn, 
seconded the resolution, and spoke earnestly in favour of 
inviting the faculty of the college to deliver their ‘‘course 
of lectures upon horseology, under the auspices of this 
Society,” which received the unanimous vote of the Society. 
Dr. Bowler resigned after the session of 1859-60 ended, 
returning to Cincinnati, where he left a lucrative practice to 
