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probably hereafter be an ornament to the profession and fulfil their 
position as honest men and as Englishmen. 
Mr. Hunting said he was a free trader in everything, and he did not 
see why the rules of free trade should not be applied to education as well 
as to other matters. He thought, after a man had paid his fees at 
College and studied there, he ought to be allowed to go up as often as 
he liked. He thought that they had better make twenty mistakes before 
they did an act of injustice such as had already been done to the gentle¬ 
man whose case had been mentioned to the meeting. 
Mr. Gowing said he agreed with the remarks made by Mr. Hunting. 
Many young men, however, had resolved to go up for examination, as 
they said, until they tired the professors out of it. He was of opinion 
that the fee should be increased in order to stimulate these young men, 
but not such as would restrict them from presenting themselves for 
examination for the diploma. 
; Professor Williams said, as one who had objected to Bye-law 37, he 
was glad to see there was a movement for its repeal. He had objected 
to the bye-law as being unjust to the student, and as being calculated to 
press heavily on some deserving individual. He would give the repeal of 
the bye-law his heartiest support, and he thought with Mr. Taylor, that 
it ought not to have been inserted. It was originally framed for the 
purpose of getting rid of a number of young men who had been at the 
school for a number of years and had not worked. At that time the 
students of the schools paid a perpetual fee of 25 guineas, for which they 
had the privilege of attending at such a school for any number of years ; 
but now the perpetual ticket had been abolished, and it was in the power 
of every individual school to refuse admittance to those students whom 
they thought were not doing their duty towards their parents. He 
thought the new members, whoever they were, would do well to support 
Mr. Taylor in the abolition of what he would call an unjust bye-law. 
Mr. Greaves said he was the unfortunate seconder on two occasions of 
the motion for the rejection of the bye-law which had been put to the 
Council and lost. He also had a strong feeling that it was an injustice 
to many students. He quite agreed with the Professors from the London 
Colleges who urged that the motion should be carried on account of 
some students who were black sheep, and who did more harm than good 
among other students by leading them astray from their studies. It 
was, however, within the provisions of every college to act individually 
and expel such students. Another reason why the bye-law was made 
was that at one time the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons had very 
little funds, and there had been several occasions when a number of 
rejected students came up and the examiners had to be called together 
at a cost of between £30 or £40, for which they did not get a return of 
a single penny. This was not the case now, however. He agreed with 
Professor Williams and Mr. Taylor that the bye-law ought to be 
abolished, and that a young man should be at liberty to present himself 
before the examiners as often as was necessary, although he would not 
let him pass simply because he had the idea of tiring the examiners out. A 
young man ought never to receive a diploma until he was deserving of 
it. He thought the bye-law should be rescinded in order to give an 
opportunity to students to become professional men instead of going into 
the country and being quacks all the days of ther lives. 
Mr. Collins said he was one of those members of Council who had 
opposed the motion put by Mr, Taylor, and he did it on the ground that 
the Governors of the Camden Town School found that thirty or forty 
students had been rejected as many as five or six times, at all events 
