872 ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
their students examined by the professors at each of the High 
Schools, while the Royal Veterinary College students were 
examined by the College of Preceptors, the Council might 
be satisfied with the arrangement. 
Prof. Spooner said the examinations at the Royal Veteri- 
nary College this session had been conducted by the College of 
Preceptors, and the results, so far as they had at present 
gone, had been most satisfactory. There had been four 
or five rejections, and without rejections one would scarcely 
presume that the examinations were conducted with a 
sufficient degree of stringency. He hoped that ere long the 
stringency of the examinations would be increased, and he 
thought that the time had nearly arrived when the pupils 
ought to give evidence of a knowledge of classics as well as of 
the ordinary subjects upon which they were now examined. 
The Governor of the Royal Veterinary College, however, 
declined to enter into any special engagement with either of 
the other colleges except on one point — with reference to the 
subsequent examinations of rejected pupils. They were quite 
willing to agree that no pupils who had been rejected by 
the Glasgow or Edinburgh College, should be examined at 
the London College until the lapse of at least six months ; 
they even thought that it would be perhaps most advisable to 
have a longer interval. 
Mr. Greaves said that Professor Williams at the commence- 
ment of this session had instituted a preliminary examination 
of his pupils, but he had no doubt when both the Scotch Col- 
leges knew exactly what the London College proposed, they 
would consent to it. 
Mr. Naylor said the best plan would be to have the ques- 
tions proposed by a body agreed upon by the three colleges, 
and papers sent to the different schools. After the 
students had written their answers, these papers could be 
sent back for examination to the body which proposed the 
questions. This plan was adopted by the syndicate of Cam- 
bridge and the Pharmaceutical Society, and would be found 
to ensure uniformity in the examinations, which could not 
be expected with three Examining Boards. 
The President said he thought it was the duty of the 
Council to see that the examination as to the education of 
the pupil was properly carried out. He did not deny that 
the gentlemen who examined the pupils were persons of 
high honour and trustworthy to the utmost degree, but, at 
the same time, it would have been better if the Royal College 
of Veterinary Surgeons had been entrusted with the manage- 
ment, in order that each school might have a court of appeal. 
