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CORRESPONDENCE. 
An editorial notice which, by the way, was not put in by 
any one in connection with the college, appeared in the Spirit 
of the Times Dec. 2, 1883. Although the faculty are not in 
any way responsible for this editorial, yet I think that no fair- 
minded man can possibly place upon it the construction which 
seems to have been assumed. 
The length of time of the Ontario Veterinary College is two 
full sessions, and students are required to practice the greater 
part of the summer under a qualified practitioner. At the ex¬ 
piration of his last session, a student is entitled to go up for his 
final examination. 
The censuring of the faculty of the Ontario Veterinary Col¬ 
lege was apparently passed simply on the unsupported evidence 
of a letter, the writer of which has evidently a most elastic 
imagination. And is it creditable for a body of scientific men 
to accept conclusions without verifying the data upon which 
they are based ? 
C. M. SWEETAPPLE, V.S., 
Professor of Obstetrics and Cattle Pathology 
Ontario Veterinary College. 
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UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
To the American Veterinary Review:— 
Owing to the fact that it has not been feasible to convene 
the congress during the past winter session of the various vet¬ 
erinary schools, after thorough consideration the Committee on 
Congress of Colleges have decided to call a meeting of the 
same at Buffalo, N. Y., on Saturday, July 14th, and notice is 
hereby given to all veterinary colleges, and it is hoped that by 
fixing this time that all will be prepared to send delegates to 
consider the subject of Veterinary Education in this country. 
By order of the Chairman, 
W. Horace Hoskins, President. 
