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time or another, in respect to the adjustment of the points requir* 
ing settlement at the hands of veterinarians and others. The 
treatise involves the consideration of the theme of uniformity in 
the matter of veterinary education , with a longer term of instruc¬ 
tion than that which is now required by a portion of our Ameri¬ 
can veterinary training institutions. The topics reviewed by the 
author in his paper comprise a comparison of the methods of 
teaching in the various schools, with the results respectively ob¬ 
tained, and the percentage of graduates in each, and his aim is to 
lead his hearers and the reader to an affirmative conclusion upon 
the proposition that the best interests of the profession will be 
promoted by the adoption of a three years’ course of instruction. 
, The Doctor means by this, such a three years’ course as some 
of our colleges have already contemplated and claim to have es¬ 
tablished, or such as the United States Veterinary Medical Asso¬ 
ciation has for several years been laboring for, with an assiduity and 
earnestness of which only the committee of that Association and 
Dr. Hoskins are cognizant, to induce the various schools of the 
country to adopt. And if the endeavor shall ever be crowned 
with the success which it merits, to none will the credit of that 
success be more justly attributable than to the indefatigable and 
intelligent energy of Dr. Hoskins. 
At the last meeting of the United States Veterinary Medical 
Association, Dr. H., who holds the position of chairman of the. 
committee referred to, was fortunately favored with an opportu¬ 
nity of presenting his report, in which he stated, as we understand 
it, that he had received assurances from all the schools, 
that a three years’ course would be acceptable to all —and there 
is great significance in that little monosyllable all , if it is to be in¬ 
terpreted to indicate the fact that each one of the veterinary 
schools of North America will hereafter insert in its customary 
annual announcement a proviso containing the obligatory require¬ 
ment that “ admittance to graduation shall be conditioned upon 
the presentation of evidence that the condidate has performed 
three full years of curriculum college attendance .” 
This point, as we understand it, is the object of Dr. William’s 
paper to establish, and it should be read with all the attention and 
