American Veterinary Review, 
MAY, 1894. 
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EDITORIAL. 
A Few More Veterinarians.— One year has elapsed since 
we had to record the closing of the majority of the veterinary col¬ 
leges on this continent, and to-day, with two exceptions (Boston 
and Philadelphia), American veterinary colleges have had their 
commencements. With what results ? I11 New York we have 
67 new graduates, 42 from the American Veterinary College 
and 19 from the New York College of Veterinary Surgeons; at 
the National Veterinary College, of Washington, we record 15 
gentlemen that received their degree of D. V. S.; the Kansas 
City Veterinary College numbered for the classes of 1892-94 
and ’93-95, 16; the Chicago Veterinary College graduated 65, 
to which, if we add, say, 100 from the States that completed 
their studies at Montreal and Toronto, we obtain the round figure 
of over 250 new veterinarians who, we are justified to suppose, 
will hang their shingles in various parts of the country, without 
counting those from which we have not heard—perhaps 100 
more. What more can be said in behalf of a change or a modi¬ 
fication in the way of graduation, or, if not that, in placing a 
check upon this wholesale manufacturing. It does not seem 
possible that the adoption of the three-years’ studies can be re¬ 
enforced from those of our schools, whose motto is “business” 
and not “profession,” no matter what may have been the 
action of the United States Veterinary Medical Association, or 
