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was any morning session. These eleven men, all apparently 
friendly to the same cause, resolved themselves into a mutual 
admiration society, and one nominated the other, which was 
duly seconded and immediately carried. So few were they 
that they finally began nominating in bunches of three at a 
time; and, with two exceptions, they each received ten votes. 
The list of names that had been selected when the full meet¬ 
ing was in session was thus thrown out, and a new list of 
names placed in nomination, which included certain teachers 
in veterinary colleges in this State, whose students would 
come in competition with those from other schools before 
the Board of which they were to be members. The action 
of that special meeting, therefore, had the appearance of being 
an attempt, by certain interested schools or representatives 
thereof, to gain control, or representation at least, upon the 
State Board of Examiners, for by no other course of reason¬ 
ing can we reconcile the desire of these teachers to become 
examiners, especially when they or their friends were willing 
to resort to such a questionable procedure as is disclosed by 
the facts. Certainly, a sense of fairness and a desire for im¬ 
partiality would have constrained a declination of the use of 
their names. Having, however, gone upon the list that was 
sent to the Board of Regents, it appeared to us that that body 
of ethical gentlemen would—if they were aware of the status 
of the individuals whose names had been submitted to them 
settle the question of college representation among the exam¬ 
iners by using their prerogative of selecting those who were 
not directly interested in particular schools. We called upon 
them to take this step, in all fairness; but we cannot tell 
whether our appeal would have had the desired effect, for 
before that issue of the Review left the binder’s hands the 
appointments were belched forth from Albany, as announced 
in the following dispatch to the N. Y. Tribune of July 26th : 
Albany, July 25.—The State Board of Veterinary Medi¬ 
cal Examiners, appointed by the Board of Regents of the 
bate University to arrange for examinations for license to 
ctice veterinary medicine in this State, held its first meet¬ 
ing in the department of the Board of Regents this afternoon. 
