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mitting to their hands the maintenance of its credit and repute. 
The customary prizes for eminent proficiency and successful 
study were then presented by Prof. Doremus, as follows: 
The gold medal of the Board of Trustees, for the best gen¬ 
eral examination, was awarded to Dr. Haru Taka Yokura, of 
Japan. 
The gold medal offered by the New York State Veterinary 
Society to the graduate of any veterinary college in the State for 
the best practical examination, was awarded to Dr. Julius Walter 
Scheibler, of Tennessee. 
The prize of the Alumni Association of the college, consist¬ 
ing of a set of standard works on veterinary medicine, for the 
second best general examination before the Faculty, was adjudged 
to Dr. William Robert Jay Mitchell, of New York. 
Dr. John P. Wilson, of Ohio, was winner of Prof. Liautard’s 
prize for the best anatomical preparation. 
Two silver medals were also delivered; one- from Prof. 
Micliener to the distinguished Japanese student, Dr. Yokura, for 
the best written and defended paper read before the college asso¬ 
ciation ; the other from Prof. Liautard to Mr. Richard Ed. 
Buckley for the best examination in anatomy in the Junior Class. 
The valedictory was delivered by Dr. W. Dimond, and after 
another delightful musical interlude, which was encored by ap¬ 
preciative listeners, the oration of the evening was delivered by 
Clarke Bell, Esq., and followed by the benediction. 
It was a very pleasant occasion. The graduates and the prize 
men were all happy ; their guests and relatives greatly enjoyed 
themselves, and certainly the officers of the college may feel 
proud of the success that has crowned the work of the session 
of 1884-85. 
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE AMER¬ 
ICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
This social gathering was held at Martinnelli’s, Fifth avenue 
and Sixteenth street, the evening of the 3d of March. Quite a 
number of the old members of the Association were present, to- 
