EDITORIAL. 
479 
„ .7 ” ®“ le ‘ y t . C °"' d n0t have experienced more surprise and disappointment 
n the receipt of that document than I did. I feel that the veterinary profes- 
on of this country and especially those who have given many of the best years 
f them lives in an honest endeavor to elevate the cause, had a right to expect 
ther and better things from that source. I was of the opinion we had just 
•ached a point m the history of veterinary matters in the United States when 
1 the better influences would be exerted in the direction of more thorough 
mrses of study, and when the lecture fee would cease to constitute the “long 
want that impels to the organization of a new college. I had hoped that 
ith the recent move of the United States Veterinary Medical Association in 
king foi higher qualifications for membership would follow a change in the 
irnculum of every veterinary school in this country advertising a two years’ 
urse, and yet laying claim to a respectable fellowship among veterinary col- 
?es. But it never occurred to me to entertain a fear that those in high official 
•sitions those whose station best fits them for giving force and effect to this 
ovement, should be the first to aid in balking it. 
_I am in thorough accord with your Association in its unqualified protest 
secnreT^f em 7 hlCh reCOgnizes twelve months ’ “liege work as adequate 
secure a college degree. 1 
I am yours very truly, 
M. Stalker. 
White Plains, N. Y., October 9tb, 1892. 
* iocfety GOnrOW ' M ° rrist0Wn ' J ’ Salary of Pennsylvania Veterinary 
Dear Doctor:— I have just received a copy of resolutions regarding a vet- 
aary school to be established at Washington, D. C., by members of Bureau of 
: imal Industry. I have written for a prospectus which I hope to obtain soon 
lhe affair is one of deep interest. The vital points to me are : Not whether 
i^t of men shall establish a two, three, four or five year school, but whether 
)lic business can or will be successfully and honestly prosecuted by men who 
i r e private interests in the same line at stake; also whether it is fair to other 
/ate colleges for the Government to permit men in its employ to use its 
1 ronage for their private school in even an implied way. 
We will not question the motives of the founders other than to admit that 
Y ™ Sh , t0 lncrease their income by transacting private business. This is 
ie by a large number of Government employees without a question beino- 
led as to its legality or propriety; we can but admit that, aside from the 
i Do term graduation clause, that the prominence of the men proposing the 
■ )ol borrows some of its force from the position they hold. There is another 
' 3er objection; after a year, after two years, and as the years go by such a 
ool will have an alumni of two year men. These men will compete with 
mates of three year colleges for positions at the disposal of the Department 
igriculture and the Bureau of Animal Industry; now it is but natural that 
ubers of the Bureau having come into contact with the students of their col- 
would desire to place them advantageously. This would not necessarily 
rfere with the relative quota furnished by different States, but if taken ad 
