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EDITORIAL. 
Of course some of those who failed to pass were disgruntled and thought 
they should have passed, but others have expressed their entire satisfaction, and 
say they are going to study hard and come up again with hopes of better success 
next time. 
Those who did pass are more enthusiastic over the success of the law than 
the graduates, and have woke up to a new state of things, are reading and pro¬ 
pose to make themselves more competent and keep pace with the advance of 
science. 
Why Not be a Veterinary Surgeon? — We reprint 
from one of the Boston journals an article under this head, 
from the pen of Dr. Austin Peters. 
The motives which influence the choice of young men of 
the present time who are assuming the labors of veterinary 
study and subsequent practice, and who appreciate the value 
of veterinary medicine, greatly vary 7 . In one case, it is the 
eclat of the success which he hopefully anticipates is sure to 
crown his widely extended practice. In another, it is the 
exalted professional standing and recognition which he ex¬ 
pects to win. In a third, it will be the exercise of his ability 
in teaching, and the enjoyment of his bent as an investigator 
of the practical and theoretical phenomena pertaining to his 
calling. With another, it will be the apparent, but only ap¬ 
parent, chance of obtaining a livelihood by an unexacting 
and moderate kind of labor like that of the missionary whose 
preaching is a mere oral exhortation and written doctrine, in¬ 
stead of being a faith which is proved by its works. 
In writing the article in the Youth's Companion, Dr. Peters 
has done a good work for the profession of his choice, and 
has expressed himself in plain, well-chosen words. He has 
told his young compatriots what their advantages are likely 
to be should they enter the veterinary profession, with the 
privileges that wait for them, and he has indirectly asked 
them to enter the ranks of the army of veterinarians. He 
speaks frankly of the schools and colleges of this continent, 
and we have no doubt that his words will have the effect of 
inducing many desirable young men to enter our ranks and 
become American veterinary graduates, and side by side with 
their good adviser learn to write their names with the suffix 
of D.V.S., M.R.C.V.S. 
