26 THE VETERINARY PROFESSION 



Greek, a modern language, or logic are com- 

 pulsory. Those who can show certificates that 

 clearly prove they have passed a precisely similar 

 or a more difficult examination embracing these 

 particular subjects, are exempt from the veteri- 

 nary matriculation. 



The college fees are eighty guineas, which can 

 be paid in four instalments. There is a Winter 

 and a Summer Session, but the Winter Term — 

 it begins October ist — is the more strongly re- 

 commended by the college authorities. 



Speaking generally, the students' ages vary 

 from sixteen to four-and-twenty. Regular attend- 

 ance at lectures is strictly enforced, and the pro- 

 fessors examine their pupils monthly. 



Even supposing a diploma-candidate possesses 

 only medium ability, he ought, with eight hours' 

 work a day, to "pass" in the prescribed period 

 — namely, four years. Yet no candidate can re- 

 ceive " The Diploma " until he has attended four 

 sessions of not less than thirty weeks each, and 

 also has satisfied the Court of Examiners of the 

 Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, which is 

 totally distinct from the Educational Staff 



In order to explain how scientific the veterinary 

 course has become, it may be advisable to mention 

 the mere headings of subjects that students re- 

 ceive instruction in — 



Exammation for Class A — {first year). 



(a) Anatomy of all domesticated animals, including bones, 



ligaments, and joints. 

 {b) Chemistry and Elementary Physics. 

 {c) Biology, Elementary Zoology, and Botany. 



