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EDITORIAL. 
But twenty years ago the editor of the Review did not say 
that the colleges spoken of, and which granted diplomas so un¬ 
justly and illegally, SOLD their degrees, but that these schools 
were schools only in name, without buildings, without college 
proper, and it was not certain that regular lectures were ever 
given. And, again, in the references to the “ Philadelphia Vet¬ 
erinary Diploma Shop,” Prof. Raw ought to know that every vet¬ 
erinarian in the United States understands that the “ \eterinary 
College of Philadelphia ” was never one in the sense that is 
granted to the private veterinary institutions that have existed 
for more than thirty years in this country. 
But, let it be so ! Let us admit (what a disgrace !), to assist 
Prof. Law in his defence, that the work of McClure, which the 
Review exposed in 1877, was the work of a private veterinary 
college. This is only one of the accused institutions. Prof. 
Raw said there were more than one ; which are the others ? 
No ; the director of the New York State Veterinary College 
has gone back to ancient history. The. citations which he 
thought might help him out of the position into which his 
words have forced him, do not explain to unbiased readers the 
unfortunate utterances which he attempts to harmonize ; they 
know that he did not have in his mind the schools he alludes 
to in his reply, no more than the Review had when it felt it 
its duty to ask an explanation. 
What the Review did in 1877 was done for the good of the 
profession. What it did in 1897 was done for the reputation of 
the American veterinarian. It feels that its duty only has been 
accomplished ; to have passed the affront by in silence would 
have been a remissness not in keeping with its history nor its 
ambition. But our efforts have been unsuccessful in inducing 
Prof. Raw to vouchsafe an explanation.. True, he has broken 
his silence, but his innuendo is undisturbed. 
We now leave the question in the hands of the alumni of 
the private veterinary schools of America, in the hands of the 
National Association, in those of the Association of Veterinary 
Faculties of North America. ■ A. R. 
