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ALUMNI MEETINGS. 
ball, J. R. McLoughlin, Austin Peters, P. J. Cronon, L. H. 
Howard, Alexander Burr, B. D. Pierce, H. S. Lewis, J. H. Stick- 
ney. H. S. Lewis, Secretary. 
THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY V. M. SOCIETY 
held its annual banquet at Morello’s, New York City, on Tues¬ 
day evening, May 16th, and we acknowledge the courtesy of an 
invitation to be present, but we were forced to regretfully decline 
at the last moment. The committee in charge were Drs. R. R. 
Morrison, M. J. Tewey and W. B. Moorehouse. 
ALUMNI MEETINGS. 
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY COL¬ 
LEGE. 
This association held its annual meeting in the lecture-room 
of the building on Tuesday afternoon, April 4, and reelected 
the officers of the preceding year—Dr. Win. H. Pendry, Presi¬ 
dent ; Dr. Charles E. Clayton, Secretary. The business of the 
meeting consisted chiefly in discussion of the u Silver Anniver¬ 
sary,” to be held in September, 1899, during the week of the 
convention of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 
and much enthusiasm was indulged in with reference to that 
auspicious occasion. 
The twenty-fourth annual dinner took place at the Hotel 
Metropole in the evening, and a goodly number of members 
and friends of the college occupied seats around the tastefully 
arranged tables. Dr. E. B. Ackerman, of Brooklyn, was toast¬ 
master, and the following stated toasts were responded to: 
u The Value of a Professional Education,” Dr. F. D. Weisse, 
President of the Board of Trustees ; u Our Sister Profession,” 
Prof. J. B. Stein ; u The Horse and the Fair Sex,” Hon. Hosea 
B. Perkins—a wonderfully entertaining orator of eighty years; 
u The Automobile,” Prof. Roscoe R. Bell, who thought that 
they do not and will not compete with the horse in his true 
sphere ; u The Horse,” Prof. J. L. Robertson ; u The Army 
Veterinarian,” Dr. W. Horace Hoskins ; u The Old Man,” Dr. 
William H. Pendry. Representatives of various classes also 
made short addresses, among them Drs. Wm. Herbert Lowe, H. 
D. Hanson, Robert W. Ellis, J. B. Hopper, Charles E. Clayton, 
W. B. E. Miller, and others. A cablegram was read from Prof. 
Liautard, announcing that while he was far away his heart was 
