EDITORIAL. 
637 
application to the Dean previous to the opening of the session. 
On the receipt of this and the forwarding of the matriculation 
fee of $5.00, the candidate will receive a ticket which will 
authorize him to present himself for admission. 
The course is of two years, and the fees are for the first 
year $120 and for the second year $135. 
All students are required to enroll themselves as members 
of the Veterinary Medical Association. On fulfilling its re¬ 
quirements, and graduating, students receive the diploma of 
honorary fellowship of this Association. 
While we cannot see the need nor justification for the es¬ 
tablishment of a second veterinary college in the state of Iowa, 
we extend our wishes to the new undertaking. S. 
And Yet Another. —The news has reached us indi¬ 
rectly that the University of Nebraska is about to organize 
and establish a high school of veterinary medicine. Perhaps 
it is only in embryo at present, but from the interest which 
the officers of that great institution have shown of late in the 
progress of comparative medicine, it may be easily inferred 
that the day is not far distant which will witness the opening 
of the school. When we reflect upon the subject, however, 
and in a retrospect of only sixteen years recall the time when 
veterinary education was represented by just one school in 
the entire United States , and looking about us now we can be¬ 
hold them springing up in all directions, we cannot but feel 
a little apprehensive concerning the results which may follow 
such rapid proliferation. Whither are wetending? Where 
shall we stop ? Even with the progress that veterinary sci¬ 
ence is yearty making, where shall we find the men to teach, 
unless we expect them to “ take turns ” and teach one an¬ 
other? Have our veterinary schools already turned out a 
sufficient number of thoroughly educated alumni to fill the 
chairs as accomplished scientists, willing to sacrifice what the 
requirements of the teacher impose? Can we not emphati¬ 
cally say that a great danger threatens veterinary education, 
veterinary standing and the status of the whole veterinary 
profession, if the schools of to-day are to look to the gradu¬ 
ates of yesterday to occupy the necessary positions in their 
