Evening star., 1914-04-12
VETERINARY SURGEONS
CLASS HOLDS SMOKER
1914 Glass of United States College,
Alumni and Faculty Dine
at Raleigh.
DR.. Joseph g. Kenyon, DR.. B. T.
Woodward and Others
Make Addresses.

The days Of the term horse DOCTOR
with its possibly contemptuous implica-
ton, Is now past. I hope. forever. If 1t
still should be used, you may be sure
it comes either from ignorance or from
envy" This was the declaration of DR..
Joseph G. Kenyon, bacteriologist of the
District of Columbia at the smoker
given to the members of the graduating
class of the United States College Of
Veterinary Surgery at the Raleigh
Hotel last night by the alumni.
More than twenty members Of the class
Of 1914. many alumni members Of the
faculty and friends of the institution
gathered for the enjoyment Of good
things to eat. drink and smoke. and for
the discussion of serious matters as
we'll as for frolic. DIR. NJ. c. Mansfield
OF the bureau of animal industry of the
department OF Agriculture. and a mem
master, and made the welcoming ad-
dress to the class, responded to by
Samuel A. King. its president.
Medical Profession Owes Debt,
The medical profession owes a goodly
debt to that of theveterinary," continued
DR.. Kenyon. especially 70 information
the latter men have gathered in unraveling
the causes Of the diseases of mankind.
I want to see the two professions yoked
as sturdy oxen and pulling together for
the good of all living creatures. There
is a great field for veterinarians in the
prosperity and health and happiness of
the nation; the more see OF the wonder
tui work done by your profession, the
more 1 respect It, I particularly refer
to the way its Investigations in regard to
milk supply have added years to the
average of human life
u congratulate you, gentlemen, upon
entering 1t and wish all medical men
could be as fortunate as I have been in
having an acquaintance with the great
veterinarians Of modern times, an ac-
quaintance that has been of aid and in
spiration to me-" concluded DIR. Kenyon.
The veterinarian is the man who. in
partnership with the doctor. will eventu-
ard for human beings. Domestic ami
mails are almost invariably fed the food
and the mixture Of foods that are best
for them. but people, even physicians.
are not, as you can tell from any ban
quet menu card" said DR.. B. I. Wood
ward Of the quarantine division of the
bureau of animal industry, a professor
and former dean of the college.
The two professions are linked to-
gether since the discovery that the same
diseases attack both men and animals.
The science of bacteriology is the cause
Of the unionizing of the two. Their
work Is a joint work, and the veter-
marian is now more and more the san
ftanan of the community. Only a few
years ago boards of health were COM
posed exclusively OF physicians and lay
men. Now every board includes a vet
erinarian, who, in some cases, is its chief
sanitary officer
Cites Eradication of Ticks.
DR.. Woodward spoke of the aid given
hO Inn ~ IN ftn ne
tropical countries, notably the Canal
Zone. the eradication of pleural pneu-
monia of cattle in this country and the
eradication of the Texas cattle tick
that has thrown open to improved breeds
of cattle 21j,3OS square miles in the
southwest.
Your institution has seventy-f1ve stud
ents. You need twice that number and
1t is up to your alumni to get them,
declared George A. Provost. treasurer
and attorney of the college. Mr. Provost,
while praising the high plane attained
by the institution. yet sounded a warn
ing against making the standard of it
and others SO high as to keep from ma
circulation those men who would become
veterinary doctors in the rural districts
where they are SO greatly needed.
The value OF professional etiquette, the
asking of suitable and dignified fees and
the ability and willingness to serve the
public at all hours were urged the
members of tho class by DIR. G. II.
Grapp, president of the Maryland state
board of veterinary examiners.
Some Speak in Lighter Vein.
Other speakers. some in lighter vein,
included Roe Fulkerson, DR.. Hubert
Young, dean of the college; DR.. H. A.
Hederick. instructor in chemistry In the
faculty, and DIR. C. c. Weeks, also Of the
faculty.
The class of 1914 is the first of the
Hedrick, instructor in chemistry in the
American Veterinary Medical Associa-
ton, now possessed of about 1900 mem
bers and every member of the class Is
announced as an applicant to join the or
ganiZation.
Members of the class are as follows:
Samuel Arthur King, Hoy Beryl Cot
trill, Frank Jerome Day. Robert Ernest
Baker, Roy Clifton Frost. Fred Jourette
Bolender, Allen Alfred Edelin, Frank
Cary Ryan, Thomas Enoch Darden, Ma
thaniel White McGaughey, George An
drew Thompson. Timothy Archie Munk,
Edwin Lundsten, Otton Magnus Enger.
Edwin Andrew Robinson Frank Joseph
Livingston. Leroy Milton Chamberlain,
Cecil Edwin Hannick, William Edward
Halstead and Peter Farweather Gal
loway