EDITORIAL. 
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become the veterinary authority of the Western Hemisphere ? 
It is for the veterinary surgeons of the country, those in pri¬ 
vate practice as well as those in official Governmental posi¬ 
tions, whether Federal, State or city, and for our public vete¬ 
rinary societies to answer and decide in this matter. We are 
but their organ. 
Veterinary School Commencements. —The time has 
arrived for the annual closing exercises of some of our veteri¬ 
nary colleges, and these events will, (usually) of course, be 
reported in our columns. The Review publishes these 
records as they are received from those having the matters in 
charge, and if they fail to appear, it is not because we desire 
it to be so, nor because we have not solicited the privilege of 
giving them publicity, nor, again, because we have not been 
asked to print them, but simply because we have not been 
honored with the necessary documents. In ignoring the Re¬ 
view by thus suppressing a matter of public interest, the offi¬ 
cers of the college we allude to, do no harm to us, and we 
think are reaping no benefit for themselves^ but it cannot be 
questioned that they are inflicting an injury which must in¬ 
ure, to their own disgrace, upon their own graduates and 
alumni. It is not our intention, nor would it be proper for 
us to make any special reference to any designated school, 
and our reports of the events which may transpire at a com¬ 
mencement must be limited to the recital of the actual trans¬ 
actions of the occasion and extend no further. And yet, this 
rule has its restriction, and when a subject of general charac¬ 
ter and of special importance has been brought forward, the 
discussion and development of which would be likely to 
be of importance and advantage, not to any designated school, 
but to the profession at large, it would, in our view, consti¬ 
tute a breach of duty on our part to withhold a proper men¬ 
tion of it from the public. Such a case as this occurred at 
the commencement of the American Veterinary College 
which took place on the 5 th of March, and which proved to 
be the occasion of a special communication from the French 
Government, in which it was stated that the diplomas of that 
school were to be recognized by the French veterinary schools 
