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spicuously in the glorious history of the organization, should 
feel a pride in saying to the balance of the nation : “ We have 
brought the weakling up to robust manhood ; we now send it 
forth as a blessing to you all.” And the West and the North 
and the South should feel great pride in the opportunities thus 
afforded them. Certainly the East will not be so pessimistic as 
to endeavor to control her meetings, her influence, and her gov¬ 
ernment in a spirit of jealousy and selfishness, saying that 
as she was the bone and sinew of her young days, so she 
should keep it to herself by rendering it next to impossible 
for the profession of other sections to attend the meetings and 
participate in the proceedings. 
Possibly no more central location could have been found 
than Omaha; surely no more enthusiastic welcome could be 
given her membership than will be extended by the veterina¬ 
rians of Nebraska, and, assembling in that beautiful city during 
the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, with all its attractions and 
advantages in railroad fares and accommodations, the event will 
be doubly attractive. The notes which have from month to 
month appeared in the Review relative to the developing pro¬ 
grammes of the session and the committee of arrangements, bear 
positive evidence that the forthcoming meeting is to be one 
fraught with the greatest interest and pleasure to every phase of 
the membership. The trip from the East and North will be a 
most delightful one ; every hard-working veterinarian is enti¬ 
tled to some vacation, and it is hard to conceive how it can be 
more pleasantly and profitably spent than by journeying to this 
rapidly developing section of our country and engaging actively 
in the deliberations of the national association. You owe it to 
your profession, your country, and yourselves. And we firmly 
believe that the wisdom of the choice of this conception of the - 
location will be proven by the largest increase in membership 
that has ever occurred at any one meeting, unpropitious as the 
times avowedly are. 
