70 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



jliy CoJleges were (Jif^qualilu'd and diopped iroiii the Civil Venice list 

 and a .state iiistiti)ti(^»n Avas placed on probation, the formei' for not 

 living np to the four year entrance requirements. ])uring the last 

 year the Cincinnati and Cliicago private veterinaiy colleges liave gone 

 out of existence. An inci-easing number of vacancies in the profes- 

 sion within the Htate have come to mv notice during the last vear thus 

 an increasing duty is devolved upon us to ])re]»are more men for the 

 Avork, and to do tliis means we must attract nu)re students and to do 

 that we must have a more definite and complete organization. The 

 following table Avas j)repared by Dean White of Oliio State College 

 and shows in a comparative manner the veterinarA' student attendance 

 throughout this country. 



STATE VETERINARY COLLEGES I',(19-1920. 



Name of Iiistitudon. 



Alabama Polytechnic Institute . . . 



(Colorado Agricultural College 



(ieirgia State College 



Iowa State College 



Kansas State Agricultural College. 



Michigan Agricultural College 



North Dakota Agricultural Col'egc 



New York State Veterinary College (Cornell) 



New A'ork State Veterinary College (N. Y. Univ.). 

 Ohio State University 



Ontario Veterinary College (Canada) 



University of Pennsylvania 



Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. 

 Stat* College of Washington 



First 

 Year. 



17 

 35 

 8 

 36 

 32 



9 

 7 



39 

 5 



33 



33 



II 



4 



Second 

 Year. 



12 



13 



4 



20 

 10 



7 

 5 



20 

 9 



1(3 



20 



9 



Third 

 Year. 



9 

 18 



4 



25 

 20 



24 



17 



12 



4 



16 



F(mrtl) 

 A'car. 



7 

 20 



26 

 21 



19 

 11 



27 



8 

 19 



4 

 20 



Special. 



Totals. 



45 

 86 

 1(1 

 107 

 83 



31 

 12 



105 

 33 



102 



78 

 55 

 14 

 45 



TRHATE VETERINARY COLLEGES 1919-1920. 



McKillip Veterinary College. . 

 St. Joseph Veterinary College. 



21 

 49 



9 

 24 



20 

 35 



31 

 46 



85 

 154 



At our June Commencement 10-0 avc graduated eight men in N'eter- 

 inary Medicine namely: — 



Gerard Dikmans, 



William A. Erbacli, 



Albert K. George, 



Alfred J. Gregg, 



Warren P. S. Hall, 



Lynn C. Palmer, 



l^ouis li. Pless, 



Ernest E. Kedfearn. 



A small ]>er<'entage of tliest^ men are planning to eiijcr ])rivaie ]»raclicc. 



The departmenjal exjx'iiscs of tlie \'etcrinary division jiave been 

 loAver llie past year than formerly. |>ossibly because of our restricted 

 classes and also because the e<piij»ment ol' the division has become more 

 comjdete for the number of students involved. 



The clinical facilities of the division are constantly iin]»roving. The 

 following table shoAvs the relati\c groAAtli of the clinic sinc(^ the veter- 

 inary division Avas established; it is sell" explanatory and it should 



