128 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



We were unable during the past year to put into operation the changes 

 suggested in the last annual report for the elective courses open to' 

 students engaged in agricultural pursuits. We are, however, after a 

 yeai^'s deliberation as fully pursuaded as before that the elective work 

 now offered to junior and senior agricultural students can be very 

 materiall}'^ improved upon by giving the student that definite compara- 

 tive knowledge of the structure and function of the animal body gained 

 through combining laboratory and lecture work; up to this time, un- 

 fortunately it has been impossible to provide suitable class room facili- 

 ties. 



On two previous occasions we have suggested the advisability of 

 establishing an extended course affording opportunity for students to 

 simultaneously pursue work for a Bachelor of Science degree in Agri- 

 culture and a Doctor's degree in Veterinary Medicine; since our first 

 mention of this plan the idea has been inaugurated in other state insti- 

 tutions, thus rendering it impossible for us to actually pioneer in the 

 move but not presenting any obstacles to prevent this College undertaking 

 to develop such a course. I shall during the next year undertake to 

 offer the proposition to the faculty of the Division of Agriculture 

 for consideration, hoping, if feasible, that a schedule may be worked out 

 and published in the next annual catalog. 



Clinic. Each annual report has elaborated to some extent upon the 

 increasing value and scope of the clinic in its relation to veterinai*y 

 instruction. The past year shows fewer cases under treatment than 

 is usual; but several factors are contributory to this result, more espe- 

 cially the early closiug of the college year and the change in manner 

 of entering cases upon the hospital records. It was, on the whole a very 

 satisfactory year from' the standpoint of clinical instiniction and pro- 

 vided the senior class with valuable practical experience in handling 

 and caring for sick and surgical cases. 



