LIVELY MEDICAL STUDENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 89, 8 January 1908, Page 8

LIVELY MEDICAL STUDENTS.

Ten medical students' and' University Collego Hospitals :fined' £5; at- tho 'South-Westoriv'. PolicesQoinrtT re- , ccntly for--assaulting'"tb'e ."Brtwn vl)pg-.-of* Battorsea:" ■: '• V" : ' >. Tho ''"Brown Dog"; is' .a,.; sented to'tho borough by. tho International. Anti-Viyiscction Council, •• and urijfiijjd'. by tho Mayor'last year., . tion that, it is .in memory ' of "tho brown' terrier-"done, to death in'th'o-laboratories-of University .Collego-, in ■" February,,'-Wnd ..e'br "tho 232 dogs 'vivisected in tho. sameii place in tho year 1902." : -T>.w# ■ Mr. .Hindlo-said- the;, • tho wording-of tho inscription,'.takihg.riti','aa a - .'reflection. on. their hospital. • • ••Tttojs-'ilb-sired-to'express their regret: for : their Eejuw. duct.-./ .'{1:: • " Mr.- Paul Taylor threw out a warning-thai,; if such conduct were repeated, tho offending porsons would.go to prison for two nionthn, without the option of a .fine. XlV'lm'' When tho l news of the South-Western-magistrate's- decision, ' reached Uniret-sity'• College Hospital a band 'of- 1 students, sallied 1 out into tlic. streets, shouting "Brown Dog!". "Brown Dog for cvcrl" •. . ■ ,A party, of fifty marched down the Totten- ■ ham Court Road and secured tho woodenfiguro of tho old Highlander, which ■ stands outside Messrs. Catosby's. . v Escorted by. shouting - crowds, tho High- ■ lander was wheeled in * trolly up tho Tottenham Court Road and' into "tho University Collego quadrangle. ■ A bunliro was' lighted, round which tli« students danced, and! tbb'.'Highlaridcr"wap • carried" to tho roof of the hospital. Ho was . tied to the Qagstafl', where h'c remained all night,