EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
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Clinical lectures will occasionally be given by the Faculty, 
on cases that occur in their practice. In fact every arrange- 
ment will be made to secure a thorough and scientific course 
of instruction. 
CONDITIONS ON WHICH STUDENTS ARE ADMITTED TO 
EXAMINATION AS CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF V. S. 
1. The course of instruction shall occupy a period of three 
years. 
2. Each candidate shall furnish evidence that he is twenty- 
one years of age. 
3. He shall have attended two full courses of Lectures ; 
one of which, however, may take place in any other incor- 
porated university. • 
4. He shall satisfy the Faculty that he has had the advan- 
tages of a common school education. 
5 . He shall furnish satisfactory proof that he has been 
engaged in the study of medicine during a period not less 
than twelve months, under the direction of a medical practi- 
tioner, whose certificate will be considered satisfactory proof 
of the fact. 
6. The candidate for examination shall, previous to the 
time appointed, notify the Dean of his intention, and furnish 
the documentary evidence of his term of study, tickets to 
Lectures, &c. 
The candidate having complied with the preceding regula- 
tions, shall, on the day appointed, be examined by the 
Faculty and Board of Examination, on the various branches 
of Veterinary Science. At the close of such examination, the 
decision of the Faculty and examiners shall be declared; if 
favorable, it shall be recorded by the Dean, and the several 
candidates are then entitled to the degree of V.S., and shall 
be furnished with a Diploma bearing the seal of the Institute 
and the signatures of the President, Faculty, and Examiners. 
Should the decision be unfavorable, the candidate must 
qualify himself in whatever branch he appears to be deficient, 
and present himself for re-examination at such time as the 
Faculty shall direct. 
FACULTY. 
The Faculty shall consist of the President, Veterinary 
Professors, and Lecturers ; who shall hold annual examina- 
tions for the degree of V.S. In extraordinary cases, they shall 
also meet for the same purpose at any other time. 
One of their number, to be chosen by themselves, shall 
always act as Dean. With him the students shall matriculate, 
