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between them. It is a social necessity. I do not make 
these remarks to discourage you, for nothing will be 
required of you either here, or when you present your- 
selves for your examination, which steadiness and in- 
dustry cannot acquire. When we reflect, is it not far 
better for us to live in a period which braces us for 
activity, and keeps us in movement, rather than in one 
when scientific and intellectual attainments were less called 
for ? 
This institution has apprehended its position, and is pre- 
pared to make such alterations and improvements in its 
provisions for your education as the altered circumstances 
of the age, and the experience of the past, warrant and re- 
quire. The general observations I have made are, indeed, 
but preparatory to this subject. The well-being of the 
pupils has lately been under serious consideration, and I will 
now dwell at some length on the means by which it is proposed 
to increase the efficiency of the education to be obtained 
here. I therefore claim your serious attention to the Rules 
appertaining to Pupils, which are in some respects new, 
and have just received the sanction of the governors of the 
College. They are as follow : 
I. — The sessional course of lectures commences in October and ends in 
May. The clinical instructions extend throughout the year. 
II. — A fee of twenty guineas must be paid on the entry of each pupil ; 
for which he is entitled to attend the lectures and general practical instruc- 
tions of the College, until he shall have passed his examination, provided he 
conforms to the rules of the institution. 
III. — A pupil to be eligible for examination must have 'attained his 
twentieth year, and have attended at least two sessional courses of lectures 
on the following subjects, viz., Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology of the 
Horse and other domesticated Animals, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, 
Chemistry, Materia Medica and Pharmacy, Veterinary Jurisprudence, and 
the principles of Shoeing. He must also have carefully dissected as many 
subjects as the professor of each department shall think necessary for the 
attainment of a practical knowledge of anatomy ; and have likewise satis- 
factorily attended the lectures, demonstrations, clinical and general instruc- 
tions of the professors. 
IV. — The time of the attendance of the pupils is from nine in the morn- 
ing until four in the afternoon daily, subject to special exemptions by the 
principal professor. They are required to sign their names in a book^which 
will be open for that purpose, every morning between half-past eight and 
nine, except on Saturdays, when the book will be kept open till ten o’clock. 
On leaving the College they must again sign their names in the same book, 
between the hours of four and five o’clock. 
V. — A pupil signing any other than his own name in the book renders 
himself liable to have the act laid before the principal, who will report the 
same to the governors of the College. 
VI. — A pupil absenting himself from the College, during the session, for 
the space of one month, continuously or otherwise, without the sanction of 
