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all intelligent agriculturists. Healthy blood in sire and dam produces healthy 

 offspring. Disease annually carries off large numbers of horses, cattle, 

 sheep and swine. In cities, where large numbers of horses are k^ept, disease 

 sometimes causes serious interruption to business; it is always present as a 

 factor of evil in many large industries. These facts led the college some 

 years ago to establish the Veterinary Department, and to give to all regular 

 agricultural students such a course as conditions made possible in veterinary 

 science. This has proven a popular and profitable course. The time has 

 come when we should look towards its enlargement. We should so extend 

 the veterinary course as to furnish a complete training that will fit the 

 graduates of the course for the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery. 

 As much of the training needed by veterinary students can be given in the 

 regular college classes, as at present organized, the expense of developing 

 the present veterinary department to a full veterinary school, whose degree 

 of V. S. would rank as the equal or superior of any such degree in America, 

 would not be large. One additional professor would do the work in teaching 

 the special veterinary topics. The present veterinary building would 

 answer the requirements for a few years. A hospital for diseased animals 

 could be built for a few thousand. Two laborers to do the manual work of 

 the hospital would at first suffice. The benefit to Michigan and the north- 

 west in sending out every year a clflss of well-trained veterinarians would be 

 out of all proportion to the moderate sum the department would cost. It 

 seems to me that we should look seriously toward such development of our 

 present efficient veterinary department at an early day, and I ask for it the 

 careful consideration of the Board. 



DEGREES CONFERRED. 



At the commencement on Tuesday, August 20, a class of forty-three 

 received the degree of B. S. Their names are as follows: 



D. Anderson, Jr., H. A. Martin, 



R. S. Baker, T. F. McGrath, 



A. D. Baker, Alex. Moore, 



B. K. Canfield, F. J. Niswander, 

 G. L. Chase, J. W. O'Bannon, 

 L. Churchill, E. N. Pagelson, 



F. N. Clark, F. M. Payne, 

 R. J. Cleland, W. S. Palmer, 

 Will Curtis, L. W. Rice, 



L. A. Clinton, W. E. Rohnert, 



W. E. Davis, 0. J. Root, 



G. C. Davis, W. L. Rossman, 

 J. W. Earle, F. M. Seibert, 

 G. L. Flower, Mary Smith, 



D. A. Garfield, H. A. Stewart, 



E. A. Holden, • C. H. Todd, 



P. G. Holden, J. W. Tourney, 



0. C. Hollister, W. H. Van Devort, 



G. J. Jenks, H. E. Weed, 



W. Lightbody, A. G. Wilson, 



E. G. Lodeman, R. H. Wilson. 

 A. L. Marhoff, 



