PENNSYLVANIA STATE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS. 443 
If other boards in other states have failed, the fact may not 
be necessarily due to bad politics but to the incompetency of any 
such board. One principle of the Pennsylvania State Board in 
the past has been to enforce the laws governing veterinary prac¬ 
tice, more especially where no reasonable doubt exists in the 
premises, and in this attitude no doubt the present Board, as in 
the past, will be sustained by all right-thinking men. Further, 
the interests of the profession so far as they lie in the jurisdiction 
of the Board will be duly conserved and protected, and the pro¬ 
fession as far as possible made a unit of strength for the promo¬ 
tion of its own interests and the related: interests of the public. 
In conclusion, the Board needs the continued support of the 
profession. It is plain that to prosecute offenders requires funds. 
I am confident that if we do not misbehave by foolishly calling 
our friends bouncers, killers and the like, with necessary and 
well-directed effort we can obtain state aid. This question the 
Association should pass upon to-day. 
I trust that no serious harm has been done through unwise, 
as well as unjust criticisms that can possibly have but one effect, 
except in the broadest minds, viz., to stimulate indifference and 
antagonism. Sentiments destructive of the objects for which 
we have so long and so faithfully labored are not worthy of any. 
We therefore deprecate all expressions of personal feeling an¬ 
tagonistic to the state government where the interests of the 
entire profession are so deeply involved. 
The Colorado Veterinary Medical Association held its 
semi-annual meeting at Fort Collins, May 31 and June 1. A 
large programme was enacted, and the gathering was a success¬ 
ful one. The secretary’s report will appear in a subsequent issue. 
Dr. N. S. Mayo of the Virginia Polytechnic Insti¬ 
tute, Blacksburg, started June 15 for a trip to Costa Rica, 
Panama, Puerto Rico, San Domingo, Jamaica and Cuba to study 
live stock and agricultural conditions and especially transmissible 
diseases of animals of those countries. 
