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plete, the intellectual programme there presented is quite suffi¬ 
cient to attract all those who can possibly avail themselves of 
the privilege of attending. We have private information from 
Nashville which indicates that even thus earlv the workers are 
busil}^ engaged in making preparations for the entertainment of 
the convention, and nothing is to be neglected which can add 
to the social enjoyment of the guests. “ Get ready for Nash¬ 
ville.” 
Woman Veterinarian. —The intelligence comes from 
Scotland that at last a woman has become a graduate in veteri¬ 
nary medicine ; that she has passed a creditable examination, 
and awaits the licensing of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons. But that staid and conventional institution has hesi¬ 
tated at the last moment to receive the decision of the court as 
to their right to grant a license to a member of the fair sex to 
practice the healing art among domestic animals. While we 
are not sufficiently conversant with British law to criticise the 
action of the Royal College, it appears to ns that no power can 
possibly be exerted to withhold from the applicant the oppor¬ 
tunity to become a licentiate. We have always believed that 
the reason women have not espoused this profession before was 
because of the peculiarities of its diversified requirements, but 
we have never heard any one urge the point that they did not 
have a perfect right to. Ability is the only guide ; not sex. 
Her acceptance is confidently anticipated, and we extend onr 
hearty congratulations. 
Minnesota’s Amended Laws. —Elsewhere will be found 
the recently passed amendment to the veterinary law of Min¬ 
nesota, which is quite an improvement over the act of 1893. 
This State has fared better at the hands of its legislature this 
year than most of those in which veterinary legislation has been 
sought. 
