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EDITORIAL. 
Mr. Chairman, I am miles away from Des Moines. On account of unavoidable 
circumstances, I am once more unable to be at the meeting of the National Society, 
and must trust to writing that which I fear can scarcely be communicated, as it 
should be, except by one fully convinced. Have I succeded in giving you, or any of 
your colleagues, that conviction? I hope I have. And. if such is the case, I shall 
be grateful to all of you to have listened, not to my words, but to the laws of right¬ 
fulness and equity; and, if you permit me, I will then renew my efforts, offer my 
services for the cause in question—the elevation, the perfecting of education in 
American Veterinary Institutions. 
Yours truly, 
A. Liautard, M.D., V.M. 
The above speaks for itself. It will be seen from it that the 
writer has never made the attempt to prevent the work nor 
the stay of the association referred to. 
The reasons laid down by him may not be correct, he mav 
be in error, but he has the firm belief that he is not—a belief 
based upon personal verbal assurances. That the Association 
of Veterinary Faculties of North America “has come to 
stay ” he certainly hopes; that “ it will grow stronger day by 
day ” he also believes ; that it “ will outlive the charges and 
attacks and calumnies of any one man ” he doubts not, as he 
does not know of any one who wishes its death; that “ it 
will not stop, nor dissolve, nor begin over again,” he does 
regret. If his remarks were correct, he is quite certain that 
the reclame which has been made for her in a pretentious and 
bombastic manner by a critic of the protestation, has missed 
his objects, overreached himself, and by its tone prevents any 
further consideration at our hands. The motives of the prot¬ 
estation were good, and if they were erroneous, they were not 
ridicule—they certainly were not valueless (by the written 
acknowledgement of several), and, as such, at least ought to 
have received a gentlemanly consideration. 
Pennsylvania State Board of Veterinary Examin¬ 
ees. —Dr. W. L. Rhoads, of Lansdowne, Pa., writes us that 
the Governor has made the following appointments on the 
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners: for three 
years, W. H. Hoskins, S. J. J. Harger; for two years, J. C. 
McNeil, Harry Walters ; for one year, J. W. Sallade. They 
have not, as yet, received their official notice, but it is under- - 
stood this is to be the board. 
