SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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the twenty members present could not resolve to adjourn until 
within a few minutes of midnight. 
President Robertson called the attention of the members to 
the meeting of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion to be held in Chicago during November, and hoped that 
the Entertainment Committee of this society would not prove 
lacking in providing a programme that would be of interest to 
all, and presuming that in all probability a joint meeting of the 
two societies would be arranged for, at which a clinic would be 
one of the main featnres. He invited every one who had an 
interesting case at the time to present it. At the close of his re¬ 
marks he opined that the passing of the bicycle as a competitor 
of the horse was an assured fact, and at present he could con¬ 
ceive of nothing to alarm him at the slow progress of the auto¬ 
mobile. 
Dr. Wm. C. Siegmund’s application for membership re¬ 
ceived the favorable indorsement of the Board of Censors, and 
his election as a member of the society followed. 
The election of officers for the ensuing year was now in 
order and resulted in the selection of the following by unani¬ 
mous vote : 
President—Dr. Joseph Hughes. 
First Vice-President—Dr. E. A. Merrillat. 
Second Vice-President—Dr. A. C. Worms. 
Third Vice-President—Dr. H. W. Hawley. 
Secretary—Dr. Jos. B. Clancy. 
Treasurer—Dr. R. G. Walker. 
Dr. Robertson in retiring from the chair presented the new 
President, and recalled the efforts of the past few years to have 
him consent to his election to the office. In the past his excuse 
has been sustained by the society. Now it is overruled, and we 
may congratulate ourselves at his acceptance. 
President Hughes rehearsed his reasons for declining in the 
past, it being his opinion that some one not so directly con¬ 
nected with either of the veterinary colleges should fill the of¬ 
fice. He therefore came to the meeting unprepared for the 
honor bestowed. 
The next business of the evening was the appointment of 
committees, and the following were named : 
Board of Censors.— Dr. E. E. Quitman, Dr. Allen, Dr. 
Dubia. 
Entertainment Committee ,—Dr. Robertson, Dr. Worms, Dr. 
E. E. Quitman. 
