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the discussion, that the conditions of admission should be 
more severe than those which are comprised in the present 
terms, and should consequently bring about more advanced 
instruction. 
31. Delplanque advocated that the programme should in 
future include all matters of secondary special instruction. 
31. Emile Thierry is of opinion that it would be desirable 
that all candidates be provided with the Diploma of Bachelor 
of Arts, but this would be a too exacting imposition of an 
extra expense of 20,000 francs. Failing this, which should 
be sufficient indication of complete literary education, there 
ought to be included in the programme physics, chemistry, 
and natural history, that students may be better prepared to 
profit by courses of lectures on these subjects. 
M. Camille Fleury , of Chaumont , insisted that at least each 
candidate should have made such study of Latin as the 
te Certificate of Grammar ” implies. Now, when general 
instruction tends to assume a high character throughout 
France, and when primary instruction will doubtless be 
rendered obligatory, the veterinary profession must be exact¬ 
ing on any future candidates to insure public estimation. 
31. Violet , of Sens, expressed the opinion of the veterina¬ 
rians of the Department of l’Yonne, and asked that the 
Diploma of Bachelor of Arts ( Bachelier es lettres) be required 
for admission into the veterinary schools. Since the instruc¬ 
tion has been extended, the pupils should be better prepared 
to appreciate it and complete university studies would best 
render them so. 
31. Viseur , of Arras, would require of veterinary candi¬ 
dates the sure test of a “ fourth class ” in Latin ; and he 
agrees with M. Delplanque, that it would be well to require 
from candidates the certificate of special secondary instruc¬ 
tion, or else to make them undergo an examination in physics, 
chemistry, and natural history. Expense to their families 
must be a secondary consideration ; the professional interests 
must be our first thought, and it would be better, though the 
number of candidates be but half the present, that those who 
are accepted be entirely in a position, by their primary special 
instruction, to follow advantageously the ever advancing 
course of instruction. 
31. Griolet, of Toulouse , sustained the same opinion, that 
all candidates for the schools should have a collegiate educa¬ 
tion ; then a preliminary examination of candidates might 
be made at the colleges nearest to their residences, whereby 
might be weeded out those who are not fit to fulfil the tests 
of the programme. Thus the examination before the Boards 
