CORRESPONDENCE. 
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By this addition to his already extensive contributions to 
veterinary literature, Prof. Cadiot has certainly produced one 
of the most practical sources from which the daily practitioner 
can gain information. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ASSOCIATION OF FACULTIES. 
Chicago, Ill., December 15, 1899. 
Editors American Veterinary Review: 
Dear Sirs: —“ What has become of the Association of 
Faculties,” asks Prof. Dr. Schwarzkopf in a recent number 
of the American Veterinary Review. I have a guilty sus¬ 
picion that the question was aimed at the officers of that organi¬ 
zation, which, by the way, is now called u The Association of 
Veterinary Faculties and Examining Boards of North America.” 
If not, its answer at least should emanate from them. If the 
question had been “Why was there no meeting in 1899?” I 
might readily have answered “ Because there were no officers 
present to call such a meeting, and especially because I, the Sec¬ 
retary-Treasurer, neglected to send the minutes, programmes, 
account books, etc., to the place of meeting.” To be more ex¬ 
plicit, I might express myself in the language of General White 
in his report of the famous mule stampede at the battle of Dun¬ 
dee, “I alone am responsible.” And I beg to assure the mem¬ 
bers of the association that I use the expression with the same 
sincerity and earnestness as the General did. But on the other 
hand, if the association is entirely lost, as the query implies, 
then, in justice to myself, I shall agree to share only a part of 
the responsibility. 
At the Omaha meeting, Dr. Stalker and myself were intrusted 
with the two executive offices, and owing to the painful fact 
that neither of us “showed our faces” at the New York meet¬ 
ing, we clearly deserve the severest censure. We stand indicted 
for gross malfeasance and (I cannot plead for Stalker), plead 
guilty, guilty, guilty. 
I worked with some earnestness during the summer at the 
difficult task of securing a literary programme for the New York 
meeting, and I received encouraging.replies from such faithful 
workers as Law, Harger,Williams, Pearson, Robinson, and many 
others. All were of the opinion, in regard to the future of the 
society, that its original aim could never be consummated, and 
that the next few meetings at least should be devoted to the 
