ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. 
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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE AMERICAN VETERIN¬ 
ARY COLLEGE. 
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A meeting of the graduates of the American Veterinary College 
was held in the Ashland House, corner of Fourth Avenue and Twenty- 
fourth Street, New York City, on the evening of September 18th, 1877, 
for the purpose of organizing an Alumni Association of that institu¬ 
tion. The meeting was called to order by A. A. Holcombe, N. Y., and 
its objects tersely stated. Upon motion, Dr. J. L. Robertson, N. Y., 
was elected Chairman, and C. B. Michener, Carversville, Pa., Secretary. 
Eleven gentlemen were present : J. L. Robertson, M. D. V. S., N. Y. ; 
C. B. Michener, Carversville, Pa.; E. Traver, Rhinebeck, N. Y. ; J. B. 
Cosgrove, Worcester, Mass. ; J. D. Hopkins, N. Y. ; J. S. Saunders, 
Boston, Mass. ; A. A. Holcombe, N. Y. ; J. C. Corlies, Newark, N. J.; 
C. H. Hall, New Bedford, Mass. ; W. J. Coates, N. Y., and G. P. Pen- 
niman, Worcester, Mass. Upon motion of A. A. Holcombe, seconded 
by J. B. Cosgrove, the Chair appointed A. A. Holcombe, E. Travers 
and J. C. Corlies, a committee to draft a Constitution and By- 
Laws, and report the same at the first annual meeting of the Associa¬ 
tion to be called at the close of the next session of the American Vet¬ 
erinary College in February, 1878. The Secretary was instructed to 
inform all the absent graduates of the measures taken to effect the 
organization of the Association. Upon motion of J. B. Cosgrove, the 
meeting adjourned. C. B. Michener, Secretary. 
ROCHESTER VETERI NARY M EDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
To the Editor of the Veterinary Review : 
Sir : The veterinarians of Rochester, N. Y., assembled together 
on Saturday evening, October 27th, and organized themselves into a 
society to be called the Rochester Veterinary Medical Association. 
The object of the Association to be the cultivation of fraternal 
feelings among veterinary practitioners to contribute to the diffusion of 
sanitary science ; the elevation of veterinary science to an equal rank 
with other scientific branches of medicine; the mutual improvement of 
its members by the presentation of such cases of diseases, together with 
their treatment and termination, as may come under the notice of any 
member, which may be deemed of sufficient interest to bring before 
the Association. 
Also, the drawing up a veterinary tariff, or bill of fees, to be 
adopted by its members. J. C. McKenzie, Secretary. 
