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EDITORIAL. 
a committee from the U. S. V. M. A. Dr. Wattles then read 
a paper on the “ Results of the Prescribed Entrance Exami¬ 
nation,” which was well received and cheered. Dr. Harger, 
in place of Dr. Detmers, discussed the subject “ State Boards 
of Veterinary Medical Examiners in their Relation to Veter¬ 
inary Colleges,” a theme which stimulated a very spirited dis¬ 
cussion, resulting in the appointment of a committee to try to 
devise some uniform legislation and to report at the next 
meeting. 
The only subject discussed at the second meeting was that 
of a “ Uniform Degree,” all the other subjects on the pro¬ 
gramme being laid over until the next meeting. There re¬ 
mains a strong difference of opinion as to the best veterinary 
degree, and it was the general sentiment of the meeting that 
no definite degree could be agreed upon before a uniform 
course of instruction could be devised and adopted. 
It became quite obvious at this meeting that in the future 
the association should have a day for herself. 
The Recent State Law.— If a law were simultaneously 
enacted in every State of the Union which fosters a veteri¬ 
nary college to compel every prospective student to take a 
matriculant examination, and every graduate to pass the 
Board of Regents, it would be fair for all hands. Where, 
however, one State places barriers in front of her colleges, 
and other States hold out inducements to receive them, the 
result is unfair. Young men seeking to acquire a professional 
knowledge will not select a seat of learning which is so ham¬ 
pered by State laws as to make his chances of success less 
than he can procure in other States. There can be no doubt 
but that the framing of the recent law was primarily in the 
interest of higher education, but the schools in this State can¬ 
not hope to attract an increased number of students from 
other States who expect to locate outside of New York ; and 
the abortion that was brought on by the local irritation of 
that special meeting has destroyed all confidence in the good 
points which the law originally possessed. And all of this 
through the efforts of a few to bolster up a decayed institu-. 
tion whose graduates were a few short years ago considered 
