MEMORIAL. 
603 
hints of the worthy Professor, and will be better prepared when 
employed in the actual drawing up of the memorial. 
The Professor then proceeds :— 
“ I wish the memorialists success, to the extent of obtaining all 
they want, with the exception of interfering with the interests 
of the pupils of this college. This cannot be done, and it would have 
been better to have asked that the charter, if granted, should have 
extended to Scotland, and preserved all the rights of the graduates 
of the Edinburgh Veterinary College. That is quite a common 
procedure, both as regards charters and acts of parliament. 
With regard to the other points of complaint in the memorial, 
I may state that, previous to its appearance, I had applied to the 
committee of directors W'ho superintend this college to make such 
alterations in the rules as seemed to be wished for by the profes¬ 
sion ; and it has been resolved, that all students, who have not had 
the advantages after-mentioned, must, as heretofore, attend two 
sessions before presenting themselves to be examined for a di¬ 
ploma. But if any gentleman, who may previously have obtained 
the degree of M.D., or a diploma as surgeon or apothecary, wish 
to obtain a diploma here as V.S., he will be allowed an examina¬ 
tion after attending one session. In like manner, students who 
have previously served an apprenticeship of three years to a qua¬ 
lified V.S., and are twenty years of age, will be allowed an ex¬ 
amination after an attendance of one session. Students who have 
attended one session at the London College, will also be allowed 
an examination after having attended another session at this. To 
those who already possess a veterinary diploma, but who may wish 
to obtain one from this college, the time of attendance before apply¬ 
ing for it is not restricted.” 
There never was for a moment the slightest wish to interfere 
with the interests of the Scotch pupils; and there is scarcely a 
man among us who does not wish every advantage that we can 
gain to be fully shared by the pupils of the northern school. I have 
now lying before me a letter from Mr. Mayer, the chairman of the 
delegation. It touches on many points relating to this and other 
subjects; but there is, bearing on the present circumstances, the 
following sentence.—He is speaking of the Scottish school: “There 
