EDITORIAL. 
421 
'he school opened on the 18th of October, with requirements 
)r graduation similar to those of other like institutions, but 
lduding an attendance of only two full courses of lectures 
)r their graduates. 
We have been requested to publish the following resolu- 
ons which are entirely pertinent to the subject, and speak 
1 terms not less emphatic than the case demands and jus- 
fies : 
Resolutions adopted at a regular meeting of the Philadelphia Veterinary 
)ciety, September 27th, 1892 : 
Whereas, It has come to our notice that the officers and staff of the Bureau 
Animal Industry, connected with one of the departments of the National 
overnment, propose establishing a veterinary school in Washington, and 
Whereas , All prominent veterinarians agree that it is absolutely necessary 
r intelligent and well prepared young men to study at least three years to fit 
lemselves to meet the multitudinous and intricate duties of the veterinary pro- 
ssion, and all reputable schools of this country now require three years’ attend¬ 
ee, or propose inaugurating three-year courses of study during the coming 
ssion, and 
Whereas, All of the veterinary schools of Europe require at least three 
;ars’ attendance, and some of them four and five years, and the Royal College 
Veterinary Surgeons of England has recently adopted a four-year plan of 
udy, and the United States Veterinary Medical Association at its recent meet- 
g in Boston, September 21st, 1892, declared in favor of a three-year course of 
udy, and made this a necessary qualification for future membership in the As- 
ciation; thus clearly showing the position of the best element of the veteri- 
iry profession, and 
Whereas, We have a right to expect the Bureau of Animal Industry of the 
epartment of Agriculture, as the only department of our Government under the 
rection of veterinarians, to use all of its influence to elevate the veterinary pro- 
ssion of the land, and not, by permitting its officers and staff to establish and 
aintain a new, two-year, short-term veterinary school, use its power to dis- 
urage thorough veterinary education in the United States, and neutralize the 
‘ogress of the last ten years, and 
Whereas, It seems to us contrary to the institutions of our Government to 
ake use of one of the bureaus of the Government to establish and maintain a 
hool, be it 
Resolved, That this Society recognizes the utter impossibility of imparting 
fficient veterinary instruction to students in two college sessions to enable them 
practice veterinary medicine and surgery intelligently, and that it regards the 
tablishment and maintenance of schools giving such courses of instruction as a 
enace to the progress of scientific veterinary medicine. Be it further 
Resolved, That this Society urge upon the officers and staff of the Bureau of 
aimal Industry, who are about establishing a new veterinary college in Wash- 
gton ^requiring but two sessions attendance upon instruction, to reconsider 
