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EDITORIALS. 
national public usefulness, a so-to-speak international celebra¬ 
tion. We feel certain that when any of our national veterinary 
association reaches her fiftieth birthday, our colleagues in Eu¬ 
rope and France wil 1 join us in their wishes as heartily as we do 
in the celebration of their own. 
To Alma-Mater Rescue. —When one enters a school 
from which he hopes to obtain a degree, a name, there is no 
doubt that he contracts towards that school moral obligations of 
great importance. And when once he has received his diploma, he, 
so to speak, becomes one of the. family and the glory, the repu¬ 
tation, the name, yes the life of his alma-mater, must become one 
of his future anxieties while he is engaged in the efforts of the 
“ struggle for life.” 
Truly there are many instances where the well meant prom¬ 
ises are soon forgotten. No doubt there are some who, once 
free from school attendance and duties, are too ready to forget 
the contracted obligations ; we mean moral obligations—but 
those we believe are the exceptions—and we personally know 
of one occasion where alumni proved themselves worthy of a 
better result in their endeavor in behalf of their alma-mater. 
An example of a similar effort has recently been called to 
our attention, and it is so worthy that we feel it our duty to 
mention it to our readers. 
We refer to the action of the Huron and Perth Veterinary 
Medical Association societies who have sent us the follow¬ 
ing invitation which speaks for itself and which we sincerely 
hope will meet with success in its undertakings : 
Londesboro, September i, 1894. 
Dear Sir.— We, the members of the Huron and Perth Veterinary Medical Asso¬ 
ciation, have decided to hold a union meeting in the City of Stratford, in the City 
Hall, on the 27th and 28th of September, 1894, for the purpose of making a united 
effort toward procuring legislation favorable to the veterinary profession in this prov¬ 
ince. The assumption of the control of the Ontario Veterinary College by the gov¬ 
ernment ; the appointment of the board of examiners for the said college by a medi¬ 
cal council composed of qualified veterinarians, resident and practicing in Canada ; 
and furthermore, the raising of the college standard, and thus exclude illiterate per¬ 
sons from the ranks of the profession. 
