SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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SILVER ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN 
VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the A. V. C. was celebrated 
by the Alumni Association by a banquet at the Hotel Manhat¬ 
tan, on Tuesday evening, September 5, and it proved a most 
enjoyable occasion—not only of loyal tributes and delightful 
reminiscences—but one of grand prospective, for her children 
were paying homage to their alma mater for the last time as an 
individual school, for, as stated in the September Review, it 
lias become merged with the New York College of Veterinary 
Surgeons as a department of New York University. A large 
number were present, but, unfortunately, unavoidable circum¬ 
stances prevented the attendance of the 'one to honor whom 
chiefly the sons of the A. V. C. had gathered ; the President 
of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Faneuil DAVeisse, was also absent, 
but sent a message of congratulations. There were seated on 
either side of Dean pro tem . Coates, Chancellor Henry M. Mc¬ 
Cracken, of the University, and Dr. Jno. P. Munn, of the Trus¬ 
tees of that institution, while at the further end of the long 
banquet table was President Pendry, of the Alumni Association, 
and at the sides members of the faculty, a few visitors, and 
many graduates of the college. 
When the repast had been completed Toastmaster Ryder 
called upon the Chancellor to respond to the toast, “Our New 
Alma Mater,” and he did so to the satisfaction of all, as he 
clearly defined the relation of the University Corporation to its 
departments, making it very clear that it was the intention of 
the University in assuming the fatherhood of the two veterinary 
colleges to raise the new school to the highest standard of pro¬ 
ficiency, and that there was every prospect of State appropriation 
and private endowment. When he had ceased his very enter¬ 
taining address every one felt that the new alma mater was in¬ 
deed a good one, that no fear need be felt but that a glorious 
perpetuity had been effected, one to which they could point 
with pride as the final glorification of unceasing labors to lift 
veterinary education from the anomalous position in which it 
existed when the American College had first opened its doors in 
1875. Dr. Munn followed, detailing his efforts in bringing about 
the amalgamation and affiliation, expressing his firm conviction 
in the wisdom of the step for all parties concerned. His set 
theme was “ Veterinary Education,” and he argued that the time 
would come when it would be necessary for the student of hu¬ 
man medicine to also take a degree in comparative medicine. 
