REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON DISEASE. 
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proved by three-fourths of the number present at such 
meeting. This takes the responsibility out of the hands of one 
man, and places it where it justly belongs, in the hands of the 
entire faculty. We require an actual attendance of upon 
eighty per cent, of all lectures, and no student is allowed to 
come up for examination that has not attended the required 
percentage. This does away with the practice of students 
entering or leaving school at will, or non-attendance upon lec¬ 
tures or other forms of instruction. 
Every inducement is held out to our students to take the 
three years’ course, with the result that fifty per cent, of those 
who entered last year have accepted, and fully as large a per¬ 
centage will begin the three years’ course this session. As 
we have not felt strong enough as yet to put on a three years’ 
compulsory course, we have met the condition as far as we 
possibly could by making an optional course of three years, 
from which it is but a short step to the regular course pre¬ 
scribed by the representative body of our profession, and now 
adopted by the leading colleges of America. 
With the firm conviction that in union there is strength, 
and with every desire to advance the interests of our profes¬ 
sion ; with the belief that only by union in action, kindness in 
our discussion, charity to all, that we can reach the goal of 
our ambition in our life work, I thank you for the honor }^ou 
have conferred upon me b} T giving me your attention. 
P. S.—Since preparing this address for this association, the 
Kansas City Veterinary College has decided upon a three year 
compulsory course, beginning January ist, 1896. This pres¬ 
ent session will be the last that students will be admitted for 
a two 3 7 ear course. 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON DISEASE, 
By M. R. Trumbower, Chairman. 
Read before the United States Veterinary Medical Association. 
Gentlemen :—In making this report, I have, possibly, 
made an innovation in comparison with the former reports of 
similar committees, inasmuch as that it may be regarded as a 
