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EDITORIAL. 
which it conveys, and to refer briefly to the record of the institu¬ 
tion in question, in respect to the good work it has accomplished 
in the past, and to the guarantee which such a record must offer 
of a larger and better performance in the future. With im¬ 
proved facilities and increased appliances, who can doubt that 
what has been already effected by the persistent energy and 
strong will of its officers, without extraneous assistance, will, with 
new means at their command, be largely augmented and empha¬ 
sized, and that the American Veterinary College will amply vin¬ 
dicate its claim to the title of the true Alma Mater of veterinary 
science in America ? 
This movement of the Directors is well judged and wisely 
executed, and any possibility of failure of success should be con¬ 
templated only with regret and mortification. Indeed, it is to be 
feared that such a failure might even involve the permanent exist¬ 
ence of the College; and who can anticipate the possibility of 
such a catastrophe with patience and equanimitv ? 
The accommodations, the facilities, the capacity and the will 
for the performance of the peculiar work of such an institution 
have been put to the extremest tests, and have never been found 
lacking or inadequate, and no one can successfully dispute the 
title of the College to that recognition which is now solicited by 
its officers as its rightful claim. It is obviously something more 
than a pretension put forth by a mere association of private indi¬ 
viduals, or a mere personal solicitation for aid in a self-seeking 
enterprise. 
Only a comparatively small amount of money will now be re¬ 
quired for the purpose contemplated. Some of the alumni of the 
college, with the aid of generous friends, have already contributed 
largely towards the end in view, and several thousands of dollars 
have been subscribed by the Board of Directors. But little more 
will be necessary to raise the figures to an amount sufficient to 
enable them to proceed in the work of breaking ground on the 
site which has already been secured, and which is now the prop¬ 
erty of the college. 
Shall the progress which has been hitherto accomplished be¬ 
come only a reminisceuce of so much wasted energy, or shall the 
