SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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The association sustained the committee’s unfavorable recom¬ 
mendation of change in the presidential term, and it remains 
as formerly. 
The association confirmed the recommendation to reduce 
the annual dues from $5 to $3, to take effect immediately. 
The findings of the committee in the matters of Drs. Johnson 
Wattles and Griffin were sustained. 
The resignation of Dr. W. J. Straughan was not accepted 
because he was not square with the Treasurer. 
The Publication Committee made a brief report, detailing 
the work of the past year and it was adopted. 
The Report of the Committee on Army legislation was fur¬ 
nished by Chairman Turner, who reviewed the efforts made by 
this and previous committees, showing the opposition which 
had developed in the War Department, and hoping that recent 
charges against the department’s efficiency might result in a re¬ 
organization of the army, and with it the transfusion of suffi¬ 
cient brains that the interests of the country may be seen, and 
an act of simple justice be done. Committeeman McMurdo, an 
active army veterinarian, wrote from the far West giving a piti¬ 
able picture of the position now occupied by the men of the 
army. Little encouragement was expressed, but they are fam¬ 
iliar with defeat, and will continue to fight on until right and 
justice prevail. 
The Committee on Intelligence and Hducation reported 
through its Chairman, Leonard Pearson, who gave a compre¬ 
hensive review of educational matters throughout the country. 
He announced that Columbian University, at Washington, had 
abandoned its undergraduate course and henceforth would be 
the first post-graduate veterinary school in the world. A glance 
over the educational field gave the Chairman satisfaction, but 
he believed that New York had raised its standard much higher 
than natural growth would permit, and in consequence the at¬ 
tendance at the schools was reduced to the minimum. In con¬ 
sequence of the depression in the horse industry through which 
this country has just passed, a general reorganization of things 
has occurred. There seems no doubt but we have begun to re¬ 
cover, and much good is expected to flow from the forces that 
have been operating. The mushroom veterinarians who sprung 
up during the boom time have passed out of sight, seeking their 
level in some other walk of life, while the cheap mongrel horse 
has left the farms forever. 
The Committee on Diseases made a report through its 
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