EDITORIAL. 
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three-year schools, the Chicago Veterinary College, which was 
extremely gratifying to her friends and alumni throughout the 
country. This month we take equal pleasure in announcing 
that the National Veterinary College at Washington, whose 
origin as a short-term school was always a mystery, and which 
was intended by the character of its promoters and surroundings 
to be one of the higher class, has made the declaration of a de¬ 
termination to inaugurate a three-term course ; while the Detroit 
School is seeking a light to guide the way to the same re¬ 
sult. 
One thing is settled. If a school in this country in the pres¬ 
ent day cannot exist as a long-conrse school, it must close its 
doors as a short-course school. 
What Means this Lethargy ?—When Buffalo was chosen 
as the location for the annual meeting-place of the United States 
Veterinary Medical Association for 1896 we congratulated the 
members and the profession generally upon the wisdom of the 
selection, and at once became enthusiastic at the prospect of 
witnessing within the borders of the Empire State the grandest 
gathering of veterinarians and the most successful meeting from 
every standpoint that had ever been held under the auspices of 
the National Association. Every element that could conspire 
to enthuse interest and attendance seemed to be present. There 
can be ho reason why that opinion should be altered now, and 
possibly we are becoming alarmed without sufficient cause ; but 
it does appear to us from general observation that there is a de¬ 
gree of indifference and lassitude with reference to the important 
event that is only two short months away that does not promise 
well. In former years the journals at this stage were teeming 
with information relative to details of the great annual conclave 
—the papers to be read, the arrangements for traveling, the local 
rendezvous, and many minor details; all was expectancy and 
interest. That none of these announcements are obtainable for 
the meeting of 1896 is the cause of onr concern. The Review 
promised to keep its readers posted as the arrangements were 
