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‘ semi-fosilized ’ body beginning - to show signs of life and use¬ 
fulness? However, if the desired results can not be obtained 
through either of the channels suggested, is there not a third 
course of procedure open to us? Is there not a remedy for 
these evils within the reach of the alumni of the individual 
colleges ? Might not the alumni of any of the colleges by a 
determined and concerted effort compel their respective 
colleges to accept the desired curriculum ? 
I am aware that in the foregoing I have but followed the 
old example of “ talking much and doing little,” but if it ap¬ 
pears desirable, I may, on some future occasion, map out what 
I consider to be the proper course of procedure in the prem¬ 
ises. 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE AND EDUCATION. 
By Prof. W. J. Coates, M.D., D.Y.S., Chairman. 
(A Paper read before the United States Veterinary Medical Association.) 
Mr. President and Gentlemen: 
As chairman of your Committee on Intelligence and Edu¬ 
cation, I reported at the last semi-annual meeting that this 
Association should centralize where the best thought and the 
best work of the veterinary profession can be done ; that it 
should be the centre of veterinary activities, encouraging, 
assisting and stimulating good work, for the restless explorer 
is not necessarily the intelligent discoverer, and the critic is 
rarely the constructor. 
There are a number of State societies doing good work, 
and delegates from these would certainly make our meetings 
both interesting and instructive, for it seems an impossibility 
to get together the members of this Association ; the meetings 
are hardly begun when they are ended, and that twice a year.. 
Why not have a representative from each and every State 
society at least, lasting a longer period, and have a chance to 
give rise to expression and freedom of thought in the discus¬ 
sions. 
To be intelligent nowadays demands a general acquaint¬ 
ance with many branches. It is said a little knowledge is 
