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ADDRESS OF DR. C. B. ORVIS. 
that we are showing to the world by our professional and 
gentlemanly demeanor that we are entitled to a higher standing 
both professionally and socially than we have yet received. 
The very discourteous treatment a number of my friends and 
myself received at Stockton last May in carrying out the duties 
of a public office at the hands of those connected with a State 
institution was entirely unwarranted, and received the just con¬ 
demnation of the press of the State, and goes to show that the 
mass of the people are ready and willing to accord us that esteem 
and confidence we so much desire. 
Within the last few months the State University has estab¬ 
lished a branch in the form of a veterinary college. In this 
connection I feel like giving special credit to those by whose 
efforts the California Veterinary College has been established, 
notably Drs. McNutt and Bowhill. The adoption of a 
curriculum comprising three college years is commendable, and 
it is hoped that the requirements for matriculants adopted will 
be strictly adhered to, so that none but gentlemen of intelli¬ 
gence and ability, coupled with a fair general education, can 
gain admission to the college. 
It would also be highly gratifying to me should the Directors 
adopt the plan of having competent professional men to conduct 
the examinations in place of having the teacher examine his 
own pupils. This plan in effect will eventually be adopted by 
all the colleges, we believe. The California College properly 
conducted can t help but be a power in advancing the. standing 
of the profession on this coast. 
The defeat in the Legislature of the bill providing for State 
and county veterinarians, quarantine laws, etc., is to be ' 
regretted. The need of such a law is apparent at every hand. 
The extent that contagious animal diseases are allowed to exist 
without restrictions in this State is unparalleled, so far as I am 
infoimed. While the present condition is highly detrimental 
to the live-stock interests of the State, we, as veterinarians, can 
console ourselves in the fact that the greater the amount of 
disease, the more the practice for the general practitioner, until 
