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the day must have been very gratifying to Mr. Dick. He is, 
indeed, entitled to the gratitude of his pupils, and he is highly 
and j ustly esteemed by the profession : but we confess that we 
should have been better pleased, if we had seen the names of 
two or three veterinary surgeons among the great men who pre¬ 
sided. Mr. Dick’s examination in 1830 led us to hope that he 
would have pursued the system then commenced, and dictated 
equally by common sense, and a regard to the dignity of his 
profession. The examination of one veterinary surgeon would 
have been more efficient than that of all these gentlemen, high 
as they deservedly rank in their own profession; and would have 
been more valued by the pupil and the public. Their presence 
on such an occasion was doubtless gratifying to Mr. Dick; but 
he knows as well as we do, and they know too, that there was 
not a man among them capable of deciding whether the candi¬ 
dates were qualified for veterinary practice . We will say no 
more about the matter at present, except that Mr. Dick is not, 
perhaps, quite aware how much he rose in the estimation of 
every liberal practitioner in the English metropolis for the act of 
justice which he did his pupils and his brethren,—the practical 
assertion of our claims—by the introduction of veterinary exa¬ 
miners, at the annual distribution of his certificates of merit. 
Studens .—We are as indignant as he can be. The students, 
as well as the professors, should have at heart the honour of 
their institution, and the respectability of their profession. The 
instructor will fruitlessly labour if the student will disgrace him¬ 
self. We have, however, on mature consideration, as he is pro¬ 
bably by this time aware, taken a different course from that 
which he points out, and one, we trust, quite as effectual. 
