372 THE EXAMINATIONS FOR DIPLOMAS. 
porate.” Up to the time we are writing, two examinations of 
students, as directed by the Council, have taken place at the Free- 
masons’ Tavern ; one held on the 8th of last month, another on 
the 15th. At the first, there was a full assemblage of the gen- 
tlemen appointed members of the Examining Board : there were 
present, Mr. Green (President), Dr. Bright, Mr. Liston, and Mr. 
B. Cooper, of the medical profession ; of the veterinary, Messrs, 
T. Turner, W. Percivall, Goodwin, jun., Gabriel, Langworthy, 
Baker, and Field. The President of the Council (Mr. T. Turner), 
and Messrs. Spooner and Simonds (teachers), also sat in the room. 
The first candidate for examination was no other than the ta- 
lented and respected lecturer on chemistry at the Veterinary 
College, Mr. Morton ; to whom the Board felt unqualified satis- 
faction in presenting a diploma, he having been, as the President 
remarked to him in a speech replete with well-merited compli- 
ment, “ examined on a former occasion*, and found perfect. The 
next candidate, the first of the pupils, was Mr. John Field, nephew 
of Mr. Field ; who was followed by seven others, whose names 
will be found in the list of candidates, making eight pupils 
examined. With much pleasure and some pride we feel our- 
selves enabled honestly to add, that all the eight — as was sig- 
nified to them collectively in a handsome and appropriate ad- 
dress by the President — went through their examinations in a 
manner no less highly creditable to themselves than to the gentle- 
men from whom they derived their instruction. The routine of 
the examinations was, for two gentlemen of the medical and one 
of the veterinary profession to interrogate each candidate. 
At the second Board of Examination, held on the 15th ult., 
there was not the same full meeting of the Examiners, many from 
the medical and veterinary professions being necessarily absent. 
On this occasion, prior to the examination of the students in wait- 
ing, Mr. Youatt presented himself, and received his diploma, con- 
stituting him — what, perhaps, many have thought he always was, 
and few, we believe, will think he has not many a day ago 
deserved to be — a graduated member of our profession. 
* When Mr. Morton was examined touching his fitness as a teacher at 
the Royal Veterinary College. 
