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which it now occupies. That there are now several places on 
this continent where a good scientific and practical veter¬ 
inary education can be obtained we think will be admitted by 
afh^ But we recognize also that there is much room for 
'further improvement, and when we consider all the factors 
now at work in advancing veterinary education, we should 
not forget to include in the list of factors the action of this 
Society in advancing qualifications for membership last year, 
nor the teaching of the rudiments of veterinary science in 
most of our agricultural colleges, which leads to a better 
appreciation of the services of the veterinarian. 
We believe the outlook for the future is good. That we 
can in time approach somewhere near our ideal of what 
veterinary education should be. 
VETERINARY EDUCATION AS IT SHOULD BE. 
The report that I have presented to you as coming from 
the pen of our able colleague is interesting in many points. 
While in the first part he has concisely considered the subject 
up to shortly after our first Centennial Exhibition in Phila¬ 
delphia as, say, the first period of veterinary education as it 
was , he closed his excellent paper by the consideration of his 
subject from then to date, or veterinary education as it is. 
To enter into the consideration of the third part of the 
programme, the question that presented itself first to our 
mind was, what could be the best plan to follow. Was it to 
consider what was done in similar schools of Europe only— 
was it to criticize these or was it simply to present to you 
what we thought deficient in our American organizations, 
and offer our suggestions for improvement ? 
This last, we thought, was fulfilling the object better, and 
was, we believed, more in the spirit of our motion when 
made in Boston, September, 1892. 
I propose, therefore, to take for objects of our critics and 
as requiring modifications the four following subjects: 
1st. Recruiting of the Faculties of a School. 
2d. Admission to Matriculation. 
3d. Composition and Length of the Curriculum. 
4th Examination for Graduation and Degree Granted. 
