EDITORIAL. 
347 
Veterinary Colleges of England. —In one of our late is¬ 
les, speaking of an attempt which was about to be made by the 
rench veterinarians to obtain the enactment of a law regulating 
ie profession in that country, we called the attention of our 
3 aders to the clause which we thought might be of interest to 
3 cent graduates in search of a post-graduate’s education and of 
diploma from one of the French schools. 
We have since obtained information from England, which we 
onceive may be yet more important to the graduates referred to 
!’om this country. The Catalogue of the new Veterinary Col- 
>ge in Edinburgh states that u a student holding a Foreign or 
lolonial Veterinary Diploma shall be exempt from attendance on 
ie Course of Lectures for the first two years, and from the Ex- 
minations at the end of those years, respectively. 1 ’ 
According to this provision, attendance during only one ses- 
ion will be required from a graduate holding an American de- 
ree. Of course, the past history of “ diploma mills,” and the 
areer of McClure, will be remembered by Principal Williams, 
nd there is every reason to believe that the character of the di- 
>loma will be carefully investigated to insure the authenticity and 
genuineness of the parchments. Dr. Mitchell, who graduated 
econd in the class of 1884—’85, and secured the prize offered by 
he American Veterinary College, is now in Scotland, and has 
natriculated at the new Veterinary College in Edinburg. We 
)elieve he is the first American graduate who has been allowed 
o take advantage of the privileges referred to. 
New York State Veterinary Society. —We publish the re- 
)ort of the last meeting of the New York State Veterinary Society, 
leld on the second Tuesday of October. 
Amongst the important proceedings on that occasion was an 
ilteration of the by-laws, by which the meetings, which since the 
'oundation of the society in 1874, had been regularly held 
nonthly , are to be hereafter held only quarterly. 
The reasons for this action were not strongly presented, and no 
ipposition was offered when the question came to a vote. What 
ias decided this alteration of the by-laws is not worthy of in¬ 
quiry. The question is settled, and whether this means death oi 
