EDITORIAL. 
751 
Another State Veterinary Coeeege.— Not many years 
ago one of the veterinarians engaged in teaching in Chicago 
was, if we are well informed, actively endeavoring to have tlie 
institution with which he was connected become a branch of 
the University of Illinois. His efforts were serious, he was very 
enthusiastic, and he came very nearly succeeding. But, alas, 
for some reason or another, he left the college with which he 
had been affiliating and in behalf of which he had worked so 
earnestly ; and it is thus that to-day the veterinary institutions 
of the great metropolis of the West are still private schools. 
But the West is jealous of the Hast; Chicago is jealous of New 
York ; and as New York has had her State Veterinary College 
for which the legislature has appropriated $250,000 for its 
buildings and $2 5^000 a year for its support—Illinois demands 
the same. 'The Breeders 7 Gazette , in an eciitorial, strongly advo¬ 
cates the establishment of such a school, with a similar appro¬ 
priation. Every veterinarian and every one interested in live¬ 
stock will certainly approve of the demands and suggestions of 
the newspaper referred to. This country is large enough for 
more than one State veterinary college. One in New York, one 
in Chicago ; that is a good beginning. A sarcastic said to 11s : 
U History repeats itself. Years ago there was but one private 
veterinary school, then came another, and another ; to-day we 
have a dozen. Will it be the same for the State veterinary in¬ 
stitutions? ” We answered : “ Perhaps ” ; and we are inclined 
to think that the sooner this occurs the better, if we are ever 
going to have “ the great National Veterinary College ” dreamt 
of by some of our friends years ago. 
Vivisection in the District of Coeumbia. —Our readers 
will remember our remarks upon a bill presented some time ago 
in Congress on this subject, and also our observations as to the 
“ nigger in the fence,” concealed from view by the wording of 
the bill. It was defeated. But those who fathered it did not 
give up hope of a better result next time, and so new steps are 
being taken in anticipation of ultimate success. A new bill is 
