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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
A meeting of the Veterinary Medical Association was held 
immediately after, when the diplonm was conferred on Win. Bell, 
Jas. Brodie, A. W. Clement, E. C. Crevier, Jno. Henry, T. J. 
O’Counell, B. A. Pomeroy, Fred. Paquin, Paul Paquin, also on 
Mr. F. S. Billings and Prof. Daubigny —Montreal Gazette. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS, 
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The sixth annual meeting of the Alumni Association of the 
American Veterinary College was held in the lecture hall of the 
college, on February 28th, at 2 p. m. The meeting was called to 
order by the president, Dr. Miller. The secretary, Dr. Coates, 
then called the roll, and members representing the following 
classes responded : ’77, ’78, ’79, ’80, ’81, ’82 and ’83. An amend¬ 
ment added to the by-laws was passed, fixing the initiation fee at 
one dollar. Dr. W. J. Coates was elected a member of the Board 
of Trusters, to represent the Alumni Association, for six years. 
The members of the class of 1883 were then admitted to mem¬ 
bership. The following officers were elected for 1883 : Presi¬ 
dent, Dr. R. A. McLean, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Vice-Presidents, Drs. 
Geo. H. Bailey, Portland, Me., and D. J. Dixon, Hoboken, N. J.; 
Secretary, Dr. W. Horace Hoskins, Philadelphia, Pa; Treasurer, 
Dr. M. Bunker, Newton, Mass; Librarian, Dr. L. M. Crane, 
New York, N. Y. The newly elected president after taking his 
seat, appointed an Executive Committee for the ensuing year, as 
follows: Drs. Coates,' Miller, Johnson, Michener, Dixon and 
Kemp. 
Dr. Geo. H. Bailey furnished the Association amusing records 
of evidence given to the courts of Maine, on Roaring, by one of 
the practitioners of veterinary surgery in that State. 
Dr. W. J. Coates, Secy, pro tern. 
Dr. W. Horace Hoskins, Secy, elect. 
In order that the secretary of the Alumni Association may 
be enabled to compile a history of the same, to be presented at 
the next meeting, he earnestly desires that each graduate of the 
