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THE VETERINARIAN, JULY 1, 1852. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.— Cicero. 
In the report of the Proceedings of Council of the 25th May 
last, contained in our Number for June, a motion was made and 
discussed, that the fee at 'present demanded of the veterinary 
pupil for examination be reduced from ten to six guineas; 
thereby diminishing the total of his expenses of professional 
education by four guineas. In favour of the motion it was 
argued—that the two full sessions of attendance at the Royal 
Veterinary College, at present required, entailing upon the pupil 
additional expenses, he could but ill afford paying a fee for 
examination which, in comparison with that demanded for his 
lectures, &c., was disproportionately high;—that the standard of 
the profession would not be raised by making it a money stand¬ 
ard; —that the ten-guinea fee operated in deterring young men 
entering the veterinary profession;—that it was unfair to tax 
them that did enter with the expenses of working the Charter ;— 
that the Chartered College being now out of debt, such increase 
of fee was not called for ;—that no adequate return was made 
for it;—that at the time when five guineas were paid for ex¬ 
amination and five for admission into the Corporation, many 
candidates refused to pay the latter on the ground of its being 
extortion ;—and that the quid pro quo argument was especially 
applicable now that young men could be admitted both into the 
Indian army and our own without passing the Examining Board 
of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons: “ Shame !” said 
Professor Spooner, “ it should be so;—that there should be 
sitting at this Board a man who could unblushingly say ‘ through 
my aid it has been effected !’ ” 
To these arguments it was opposed,—That a candidate for 
diploma ought to consider himself highly favoured by having an 
opportunity afforded him, by the payment of ten guineas, of 
placing himself in a position which others had been ten years in 
acquiring; that it was not for the mere piece of paper (the di¬ 
ploma) the pupil paid ten guineas, but for the reputation such a 
position gave him ; that it had not been shewn that any falling- 
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