American Veterinary Review. 
NOVEMBER, 1897. 
EDITORIAL. 
SECTION WORK IN THE U. S. V. M. A. 
For months prior to the last meeting of the National As¬ 
sociation the Review kept this question before the members. 
It hoped by this means to show the necessity for some definite 
action along this line to perpetuate aud extend the interest in 
and to promote the value of the association. A retrospect of the 
proceedings of its meetings for the past few years will show the 
crying urgency of providing some means of gaining more time 
for transacting a greater volume of business, it matters not 
whether it be executive or educational. It appeared to us to be 
impolitic to extend the length of the meeting beyond the cus¬ 
tomary three days; to be unwise to limit the number of papers 
to be presented. It was proving unsatisfactory to pursue the 
course which circumstances were forcing upon the association— 
limiting discussions to the minimum, omitting the reading of 
portions of papers, curtailing many to the simple announcement 
of their titles, with reference to the Publication Committee, 
which was not always in a position to have the “ Proceedings ” 
printed for lack of funds. As an instance of the trend of matters, 
a member being solicited to contribute to the educational 
programme might respond with a carefully prepared essay, con¬ 
suming illy-spared and valuable time and in some instances 
considerable expense, and, after traveling hundreds of miles in 
order to read and discuss the subject, might find on the last day 
of the meeting that the time for the reading of papers was ex¬ 
pended before his costly production had been reached on the 
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