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ing to the mode in which education is organized, has its manner 
in proceeding. In countries where education is left to personal 
efforts, the methods used proceed slowly and by degrees, while 
in those where the Government has the last word to say, the 
changes can be made more radical and imposed nolens volens . 
Those conditions are well illustrated by what has occurred in 
veterinary education in the United States for the last few years 
and recently taken place on the continent, in Germany. 
In its last seating the Reichstag discussed a petition from 
the German Veterinary Council to the effect of requiring from 
candidates to admission in veterinary schools “ the same univer¬ 
sity requirements that are demanded for medical students. In 
the public discussion which took place, every political party 
expressed their opinions on the subject. The project was 
adopted with a large majority and returned to the Chancellor of 
the Empire with the recommendation of the Reichstag. 
This is considered as an immense success for German veter¬ 
inarians ; the honor of which being due to the veterinary coun¬ 
cil and to its president, Professor Hoffmann, and Professor 
Schmaltz, of Berlin, who, through the press, fought valiantly 
for it. In no country, not even in France, has such a system of 
recruiting students been inaugurated, either for faculties or 
veterinary schools. The experiment which is going to be at¬ 
tempted in Germany is and will be an interesting one to follow. 
The single fact that it can be recommended shows in what 
high esteem veterinarians are held in national representation. 
Years will certainly have to elapse before anything like it is to 
be found for veterinary institutions in the States. 
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A Prize for Immunization Against Foot-and-Mouth 
Disease. —In one of our last chronicles, we called the attention 
of our readers to the creation of the Audiffret Prize iu relation 
to the discovery of a cure for tuberculosis. Another disease has 
just been added to the list of those which, having baffled the 
skill of our sanitarians and of our practitioners, suggested the 
idea of financial stimulus for new researches. To-day it is foot 
