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THE VETERINARY PROFESSION v. THE ROYAL 
VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
An adjourned meeting of veterinary surgeons was held on 
Wednesday, Oct. 1st, 1879, at Freemasons’ Tavern, Great 
Queen Street, W. C., to consider the system of competition 
maintained at the Royal Veterinary College. 
The Chairman (R. Ward, Esq., F.R.C.V.S.) said the object 
of the meeting was now widely known, and it would be re¬ 
membered that at the last meeting, on June 5tli, it was re¬ 
solved to ask the President and Council of the Royal College 
of Veterinary Surgeons to allow a meeting to be held in the 
Board-room. This request had not been acceded to, so a 
room was engaged in this building, which had old associa¬ 
tions with the profession, having been the headquarters of 
the R.C.V.S. prior to its acquiring its present noble, com¬ 
modious, and eligible premises in Red Lion Square. He 
had laid the charter and bye-laws before a gentleman learned 
in the law, who had pointed out that the Council was not 
justified in refusing the use of the room, and that under 
Bye-law 16 we could demand as a right what we had asked 
as a favour. 
The Hon. Sec. (Mr. T. Moore) said he had received several 
letters sympathising with the object of, and regretting in¬ 
ability to attend, the meeting. He mentioned the names of 
Messrs. R. Moreton, Webb, Williams, and Woodger, jun., 
and read the letter from the latter gentleman, as follows: 
“39, Gold Hawk Road, 
“ Shepherd’s Bush, W .; 
“ Sept. 30 th, 1879. 
“ Dear Sir, —I regret that it will be impossible for me to 
attend the meeting to-morrow evening, as I have a previous 
engagement. I must say I perfectly agree with the object of 
the meeting, and consider it decidedly degrading to the pro¬ 
fession that the animals of the wealthy should be attended, 
&c., for a nominal sum, as at the St. Pancras’ Veterinary 
School; it also is unjust to those veterinary practitioners 
whose practice is near that institution. In my opinion the 
Governors of the St. Pancras School do not value the services 
of the teachers of that institution much, or they would never 
continue such a system as exists. They confer the title of 
professor upon the teacher and value his services in examina- 
