SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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intelligence of graduates as shown by their ability to pass civil 
service examinations ; the appointments of Profs. Pearson and 
Grange to deanships ; the State Universities versus the private 
schools ; there are twenty-seven agricultural colleges (their 
graduates should have allowance of one year when entering 
veterinary colleges) ; experiment station workers commended ; 
new publications of the Bureau of Animal Industry works of 
great value ; every office of Bureau now in classified list except 
that of the Chief ; the Secretary of Agriculture praises the bet¬ 
ter work of its employes since the adoption of civil service ; 
regrets the political appointments of quacks in Illinois, ]\Iichi- 
gan, and Nashville ; praises the recent appropriation by Penn¬ 
sylvania to investigate animal diseases. A long report on jour¬ 
nalism was read from Dr. W. H. Dalrymple, member of the 
committee, praising the excellent work which the journals are 
doing, showing how inadequate text-books are in the vitascopic 
rapidity with which new discoveries are being placed before the 
profession ; how the journals reinforce and modernize the text¬ 
books and keep the veterinarian abreast of the times ; how 
those who fail to read them must fall behind those who do, and 
advising all to subscribe to as many as possible. He was sur¬ 
prised to learn that less than one-third of the members of the 
profession in this country read the journals published here, 
which he considers very excellent ones, and made a very strong 
plea for an awakening of interest in them, both financially and 
by contributing to their literary values. 
The Secretary read the report of Chairman Theobald Smith, 
of the Committee on Diseases, who recommended the abolition 
of the Committee as it was a dead letter. The literature fur¬ 
nished by the Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Animal 
Industry, and the journals is deemed far superior to any reports 
that this committee has ever made. In lieu of the present 
methods he recommended that some one of the infectious diseases 
be selected and have the various members investigate and report 
upon it. 
The reports of the various State Secretaries were read by 
title, and will be printed in the “ Proceedings.” 
It was resolved to distribute the large number of not used 
copies of the proceedings for different years among libraries, 
boards of health, and other sources calculated to benefit the pro¬ 
fession by the dissemination of a knowledge of its deliberations. 
The following resolution committees were appointed : On 
the death of Jno. R. Hart, Drs. Pearson and Rayner ; on the 
