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THE VETERINARIAN, NOVEMBER 1, ISC3. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.— Cicero. 
OPENING OE THE SESSION AT THE ROYAL VETERINARY. 
COLLEGE. 
The sessional course of instruction at the Royal Vcteri- 
iiaiy College has commenced under most favorable circum¬ 
stances; indeed but seldom have we had to record a greater 
success. 
The introductory address was delivered by Professor Tuson, 
and we have much gratification in being able to state that 
the gathering of friends from a distance was equal to any 
former occasion, as was also the attendance of town prac¬ 
titioners and oflice bearers of the body corporate. With- 
out particularising the names of those present we must not 
omit to mention that, besides the professors, wc noticed tlie 
vctcrinarv surgeon-general of the army, the president and 
secretary of the Royal College of Veterinary Suigeons, 
seveial members of the council, and many army veterinary 
surgeons. There were also not a few members of tlie 
medical profession, who honoured the meeting with their 
j)i’cscnce, which, with the pupils—new and old—and their 
liarents and friends, completely filled the theatre and all the 
approaches thereto. 
Wc spoke last year of greater accommodation being 
required for these annual gatherings, and expressed a hope 
that ere long this pressing want would be supplied. Not 
only is the size of the theatre far too much restricted 
for such meetings, but almost equally so for the daily 
requirements of the class. We believe, however, that this 
will be the last time we shall have to complajn of the 
insufficiency of its size, as we perceive that the governors 
of the college are fully alive to the necessity of providing 
ample accommodation for the instruction of the pupils in 
cverv division of their studies. At the moment at which 
we write a new dissecting room is being erected, whicli, 
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