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tion, whose progress he followed up to date, closing with the 
inside history of his recent connection with the medical depart¬ 
ment of the United States Army, showing conclusively that the 
newspaper attacks upon him were malicious and born of igno¬ 
rance. 
Dr. D. E. Salmon, of the Bureau of Animal Industry, spoke 
in the highest terms of the product of the A. V. C., as sanitary 
men, and crediting to them the greatest efficiency in the eradi¬ 
cation of pleuro-pneumonia, and in every capacity in which 
their seryices had been employed. He doubted much that the 
Bureau could have so successfully combatted the great scourge 
save for its trained graduates. He predicted that the future of 
the New York-American would be the greatest school for prac¬ 
tical veterinarians in this country. 
Prof. H. D. Gill next spoke for the u Benefits of Consolida¬ 
tion,” and if his word-pictures of all the good that is to flow 
from the marriage of the two old schools really come to pass, 
there will surely be cause for rejoicing among the alumni. 
Prof. Roscoe R. Bell next spoke to the toast suggested in 
Prof. Weisse’s letter, u Future of the New School,” and, while 
endorsing all that had been said by those considering the same 
aspect of the question, took occasion to refer to the horse and the 
oft-mooted question of his extinction. He was of opinion that 
in New York and Brooklyn, at least, the automobile was already 
in its decadence ; that fewer could be seen in the streets, and 
that some large dry goods houses which had been experiment¬ 
ing with them had been forced to abafidon them on account of 
the two important factors—11011-practicability and expense. The 
wear and tear of a year’s service, with cost of operation, was far 
in excess of the price of a new wagon and team of horses, while 
frequent accidents to their mechanism made them uncertain and 
unsatisfactory. The speaker predicted a boom for the horse 
henceforth such as has not been seen in this country before ; 
and, connecting this optimistic view of the situation to the sub¬ 
ject of his toast, could not see why there would not be plenty of 
material to engage the energies of the new school. 
Then Prof. Pearson, State veterinaiian of Pennsylvania, spoke 
011 the subject of “Veterinary Sanitary Medicine,” and delight¬ 
ed the guests by telling points upon its ever-extending popular¬ 
ity and urging them to press it forward in every way possible. 
Then Dr. W. Horace Hoskins, of Philadelphia, made a most 
impassioned address, directing his remarks chiefly to the repre¬ 
sentatives of the University, and while acknowledging that the 
