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EDITORIAL. 
For these and other reasons, it seems to us the movement 
inaugurated by the officers of the American Veterinary Col¬ 
lege every way is a proper one, and it is to be hoped it will 
meet with ample success. So long as the people of the Excel¬ 
sior State are not prepared to help an institution whose rec¬ 
ord is so well enough known to form its own certification, it 
remains to be seen whether this is not the next best step to 
take. 
And while we are referring to the subject, we think it well 
to present to our readers, for the special benefit of those who 
may be directly interested in our answer, a communication by 
us received from an alumnus, bearing on the same subject. 
AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE BUILDING FUND. 
Prof. A. Liautard , Editor : 
Dear Sir. —Will you allow me to return the enclosed, and ask through the 
Review some information. The names that I read on the circular are sufficient 
evidence of the earnestness of purpose of the object in view, it is true ; but 
the subject is important, and I think deserves more light than can be formed 
from the printed document. I am ready to help when I know more about it. 
Yours very truly, 
Ax Alumnus. 
The following is “ the enclosed ” :— 
Dear Sir.— The time has arrived when there is imperative need of a college 
building for your Alma Mater ; to this end the Trustees and Faculty have been 
and are doing their utmost. Plans under careful and long consideration are now 
matured, but $15,000 are still required, and to realize this your Alma Mater 
hereby makes a personal appeal to you for a donatipn. 
There are now three hundred and fifty alumni, and we feel that their collec¬ 
tive donations would be a substantial contribution toward this object. 
Answer by return of mail what you can donate, if called upon, within the 
next thirty days. Your answer and those of your fellow alumni will determine 
whether we can or cannot commence to build a college this summer, that your 
Alma Mater may take possession of the same next fall. 
F. D. Weisse, M.D., 
President of the Board of Trustees. 
A. Liautard, M.D., V.M., 
Bean of the Faculty. 
This letter reached our office in due time, and we take this 
opportunity to answer it. It is but right that the alumni of 
the American Veterinary College should know the facts 
