COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS. 
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College was held in the College Auditorium, 1639 Wabash 
Ave., Chicago, Ill., on the evening of March 29, 1900, and the 
following programme presented : Invocation by Rev. Chas. Bro- 
die ; baccalaureate address by Dr. E. M. Reading ; and class 
exercises consisting of a salutatory address by D. Clinton Bur¬ 
nett ; class poem by A. A. Adamson; class prophecy by J. B, 
Hollenbeck ; class history by James Ragen ; valedictory address 
by J. P. O’Conner ; followed by the Secretary’s report and pre¬ 
sentation of prizes ; and the conferring of degrees and the pre¬ 
sentation of diplomas by Pres. M. H. McKillip. 
The following senior students received the degree of M. D. 
V., viz. : S. E. Pluntsberger, Burton City, Ohio ; J. C. Hayes, 
Chicago, Ill. ; Robert E. Cochrane, Milwaukee, Wis. ; H. James 
Elliott, Brandon, Manitoba; Thos. E. Newell, Chicago, Ill. ; 
M. J. O’Donnell, St. Clair, Pa. ; James Ragen, Verona, Ill.; 
John E. Sommers, Buffalo, N. Y. ; J. W. Rutledge, McGregor, 
Manitoba; A. A. Adamson, Newton, Iowa; D. Clinton Bur¬ 
nett, Sharon, Pa. ; J. B. Hollenbeck, Salem, Ohio ; S. P. Smith, 
Corasallis, Ore. ; C. P. Eiegerot, Ruxburg, Idaho ; H. F. Pegan, 
Cochranton, Pa. ; A. G. Hopkins, Madison, Wis. ; James Nich¬ 
olson, Pipestone, Minn. ; S. G. Burkholder, Denver, Pa. ; L. A. 
Menllat, Chicago, Ill. 
The class of practitioners consisted of fourteen veterinarians, 
nine of whom passed the required examination, viz. : W. E. 
West, V. S., Bangor, Me. ; Burton R. Rogers, D. V. M., Ames, 
Iowa ; F. D. Markham, V. S., Port Eeyden, N. Y.; S. P. 
Smith, D. V. M.; C. P. Eiegerot, D. V. M. ; H. F. Pegan, V. S. ; 
D. C. Burnett, V. S. ; J. B. Hollenbeck, V. S. ; T. Eambreicht, 
V. S. 
The auditorium was appropriately decorated by the junior 
class with flags and bunting; the attendance was large, and in 
the history of the college the fourth annual commencement 
will be recalled as a memorable event. 
ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The closing exercises of session of 1899-1900 were held March 
29. Prof. Smith opened the meeting by a short address, and 
Prof. Duncan read the list of graduates and prize-winners. 
Prof. J. H. Reed, on behalf of President Wilson of the Ontario 
Veterinary Association, presented the gold medal for the best 
general examination to C. D. McGilvray, of Manitoba. Prof. 
Baker, of Toronto University, gave a short but interesting ad¬ 
dress on “The Horse in War.” Mr. G. A. Shaw, president of 
