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corned the members present, hoping that harmony would prevail 
among us, and that much good would inure to the profession. 
On roll call the following members responded ; Drs. McCoart, 
Hooker, Berry, Sr., Hart, Glass, Girard, Hoskins, Gladfulter, 
Schaufler, Bridge, T. B. Rayner, G. B. Rayner, Zuill, Reinhart, 
Sallade, J. B. Rayner, Keil, Kerlor Blank, Goentner and Collins. 
The reading of minutes of August meeting followed and were 
adopted as read. 
Applications for membership being in order, Dr. McCoart 
proposed the names of Drs. Knight, M. W. Birch, Thos. D. 
Young, William A. Birch, Jas. Marshall, John Berry, Jr. Dr. 
Hoskins proposed the name of Dr. T. S. Lippincott. Dr. Blank 
proposed that of Dr. J. W. B. Fretz. Dr. Glass was authorized 
as Corresponding Secretary to offer the following names: Jos. 
Oechsle, H. T. George, N. Rectenwald. Dr. Berry, Sr., offered 
that of Dr. John B. Rayner. Dr. Girard proposed those Drs. 
Thos. Taylor and George Beldin. The name of Dr. R. Chonn 
was afterwards presented. At this point Dr. Hooker moved that 
a recess be taken until 12 o’clock, that the members proposed 
have an opportunity of appearing before the Board of Censors. 
Dr. McCoart spoke on the motion in behalf of members of the 
Philadelphia College of Veterinary Surgery, and of those holding 
certificates of the Pennsylvania College of Veterinary Surgeons; 
he thought these men should be admitted at once. Dr. Hoskins 
replied and claimed that such action would be contrary to the 
usual methods of admission into professional bodies and to our 
by-laws. The President then said that further remarks would be 
out of order, and ruled that all applicants for membership must 
go before the Board of Censors. Dr. McCoart took exception 
to the ruling of the chair; this motion was put before the house, 
and the President was sustained in his ruling, after which the orig¬ 
inal motion prevailed. The Board of Censors, consisting of Dr. 
W. Horace Hoskins, Chairman; G. B. Rayner, Chas. Schaufler, 
W. L. Zuill and J. R. Keeler, then convened, and the following 
applicants came before them and were admitted: Drs. M. W. 
Birch, Knight, J. W. B. Fretz, John B. Rayner, Nicholas Recten¬ 
wald, H. T. George, P. M. Minster and T. S. Lippincott. The 
