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EDITORIAL. 
Their choice in this important step has of course been guided \ 
a variety of considerations. With one the argument of “lo 
fees,” with the unpleasant exigencies to be inferred from th 
phrase, has been potent. Another lias found a ruling motive in tl 
prospect of a shorter term of study, with the flattering anticipatic 
of an earlier realization of successful practice at the end of the cun 
^culurn. With another, neither the low fee nor the easy and ear 
graduation argument has been potential, and he has joined hii 
self to the institution in which in his judgment he can be be 
taught and trained for the honorable and useful pursuit he h? 
chosen. 
The general outlook is favorable for the schools, and ther 
fore for the students, and we may reasonably anticipate a gooc 
perhaps an exceptionally good record when a review shall be i 
order at the close of the year. As a general result thus far, w 
are justified in reporting good classes in all, larger classes than i 
previous years, and this ought to mean a better professional edi 
cation, as the fruit of more earnest endeavors by the teachers t 
impart and the learners to acquire fuller knowledge. The tim 
has gone by where a limited—often a minimum—stock of knov 
ledge satisfied the ambition of the student and the conscience c 
the teacher. The graduate of twenty, fifteen and even ten yeai 
ago, unless he has kept himself well posted and has been careful t 
avoid becoming rusty, might, if again passing through the grce 
room, find that the examination had become more faithful and th 
questions harder and more comprehensive and more of them tha 
he can recall from his past experience, and if it should occur t 
him to inquire into the matter with a view to the discovery of th 
reason of the change, he would probably find his answer furnishe 
ready to hand in the words employed as the heading of an editork 
article, from which we make some extracts, in the National Lii 
Stock Journal , which reads, “ more expert knowledge needed. 
It is clearly to comply with this requirement that the deman' 
comes from the public that our young veterinarians should seei 
more and receive a better educational training. Twenty year 
ago, when veterinary colleges began to be organized, the publi 
was unprepared for the requirements now looked for, and tin 
