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INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS. 
Mr. C. Middlehurst 
,, M. P. Greene . 
„ H. Collett 
„ H. J. Hancock 
„ O. S. Hills . 
„ P. Avis 
Liverpool. 
Corbally, Co. Clare. 
Carter’s Green,West Bromwich. 
Uxbridge. 
Leamington. 
Ramsgate. 
After the presentation Sir James Tyler said, On entering 
the college this morning I had no idea that I should be called 
upon to appear before “ the board of green cloth.” I have 
not only had great pleasure in being here to-day, hut have 
been well rewarded for any little inconvenience which I may 
have been put to by the very interesting and instructive 
lecture which we have all just heard. That lecture is so full 
of what is required, that I feel as if I were quite unable to 
add any remarks to it. A r ou, the students, may not be all 
gifted alike in learning quickly, but I must say, from the 
number of subjects that have been spoken of as forming the 
curriculum of your studies, and the ability of the lecturers 
whom you will have the privilege of listening to, the college 
ought to turn out a great number of first-class men. It 
has occurred to me that while you are pupils here you ought 
only to have one thought, and that is the Veterinary College 
and its objects. From the time you get up in the morning 
till you go to bed there is business before you and work to do. 
You ought ever to remember that it is very annoying to your 
teachers, after the very great care and thought they have 
given to their respective subjects for your instruction, to find 
that you do not pay attention to them. None of us would 
like it. The idler is very much like a watch without hands, 
as useless when he goes, as when he stands still. My friends 
right and left of me can have no greater reward than to find 
that you are attentive to their lectures. No pains will he 
spared on their part, and as men get older they value what 
they do and think more of it, because they have had to 
work hard at it. You must please to receive their admoni¬ 
tions in all kindness; and if they should be a little sharp with 
you sometimes, take it as from your best friends. I will not 
detain you longer, but conclude by expressing a hope that 
you will carry away with you the very interesting and valu¬ 
able remarks which have fallen from our learned Professor. 
