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EDITORIAL. 
Veterinary Department of the Pennsylvania Univer¬ 
sity. —We congratulated the Veterinary Department of the Uni¬ 
versity of Pennsylvania, in our June number, on the valuable 
grant of which the Legislature of the State had made it the reci- 
pient in voting a gift of $50,000. We locked upon this action 
of the Legislature of the Keystone State as an example which 
would probably be followed by other States, and as an act by 
which the days of private veterinary schools would be shortened, 
and, on the whole, as a step which would help largely to bring 
the cause of veterinary education well forward towards its proper 
standard. It was, therefore, with much regret that we learned 
from the July number of the Journal of Comparative Medicine 
the news of the veto by the Governor of the State of this excel¬ 
lent bill, and the loss of the funds by those who would have so 
judiciously invested them. Great good might have been accom¬ 
plished with such an amount, and many improvements added to 
the already well equipped Philadelphia veterinary school. But 
we hope that, after all, the veto will have no worse effect than 
the postponement of the benefit, and that it will yet be realized 
under a wiser Governor. 
“ Better luck next time ” will bring it along. It seems to be a 
fact that any movement connected with the advancement of veter¬ 
inary medicine in this country is bound to be slow. It is not to 
be without drawbacks and disappointments, but it is destined to 
succeed at last. Vet, although veterinary progress has always 
been slow, it has in the aggregate been enormous. But whether 
in Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts or Chicago, the work 
is destined to spread and to rise. The essentials of final success 
are patience, perseverance, and honesty of purpose. 
United States Veterinary Medical Association and Re- 
view Prize. —We conclude in the present number the paper 
which was submitted to us in competition for the prize offered by 
the United States Veterinary Medical Association and the edi¬ 
torial staff of the Review. In accordance with a resolution passed 
at the last meeting of the Association, every member will receive 
a special copy of the completed paper. It is hoped that the 
Committee on Prizes will give it a suitable introduction to the 
