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this phase of work and it is possible that through the cooperation of the 

 Lansing Sanitary Inspector, an alumnus of this division, we may find 

 a way to increase our clinics in dairy cow practice which is becoming a 

 large factor in the daily work of a practitioner. Our new schedule will 

 permit ample time for some arrangement which should be of distinct ad- 

 vantage to the College and tend to make strong practitioners. 



During the past two years advanced courses have been added in veter- 

 inary anatomy and animal pathology, thus affording graduate veterin- 

 arians a chance to pursue post graduate studies. Recent graduates have 

 shown an inclination to elect this work and it might serve to encourage 

 them if one or more of such men were yearly employed as assistants to 

 do a small amount of laboratory teaching; this is we believe practicable 

 and can be accomplished bj^ offering assistantships with, at least, quar- 

 ter time allowance. 



Turning to the second phase of additional teaching and courses for 

 students engaged in agricultural pursuits, we are persuaded that there 

 is need for revising the Veterinary Science course now elective to senior 

 and junior students and we have recently completed an outline includ- 

 ing both required and elective work, which, if adopted, thus combining 

 both laboratory and lecture work, will unquestionably make the course 

 more valuable. The aim of the revision is to give the student as much 

 definite comparative knowledge of the structure and function of the 

 animal body as time will permit; to embrace a knowledge of preserving 

 and promoting health of farm animals; to consider briefly certain con- 

 tagious and infectious diseases and to discuss common diseases and ac- 

 cidents as regards cause, symptoms, prevention and first aid treat- 

 ment. We believe it would be to advantage if the required portion of 

 the work could be scheduled early in the Agricultural course. 



Another course we desire to offer is an elective on poultry diseases. 

 Poultry raising is an industry worth millions of dollars to the agricul- 

 ture of this country but subject to the ravages of both parasitic and 

 contagious diseases. Accordingly lectures with some laboratory study, 

 extending a single term, should prove popular and beneficial, but this 

 would mean under present conditions over crowding the schedule of 

 available instructors; and again emphasizes the need for additional help 

 if the division is to progress, realize its ambitions and reach out. 



On a previous occasion we suggested the advisability of establishing a 

 six year course of study enabling students to simultaneously pursue 

 work for a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture and a Doctor's de- 

 gree in Veterinary Medicine. We have worked out a tentative schedule 

 which includes the entire required work of both the Agricultural (ani- 

 mal husbandry) and Veterinary courses, together with a fair distribution 

 of the electives of the former and believe the plan to be worthy of seri- 

 ous consideration. This idea has since our previous mention been fully 

 developed and inaugurated in at least two state colleges, Michigan Agri- 

 cultural College should have been leader in this as it was in developing 

 higher standards for education of the veterinarian. 



The Clinic. Reviewing the results of the first full academic year with 

 the new building, we discover that it served as an impetus and added 

 material benefit to the work for which it was especially designed, sur- 

 gery and clinic. Clinic has previously been referred to as viewed from 



