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I American Veterinary Review. 
FEBRUARY, 1898. 
All co?7imunications for publication or in reference thereto shotdd be addressed to Prof 
Roscoe R. Self Seventh Ave. Union St., Borough of B^'ooklyn, New York City. 
EDITORIAL. 
THE FUTURE OF VETERINARY EDUCATION IN 
NEW YORK STATE. 
A valued correspondent of the Review, whose opinion upon 
any question involving" the welfare of the veterinary profession 
is always gratefully received, because, aside from being the out¬ 
come of earnest thought and sound judgment, it is patriotic and 
sincere, has favored ns with his views upon the present attitude 
of the- Board of Regents toward the medical colleges of the State 
in reference to the requirements for entrance’ to their classes. 
He takes a very hopeful view of the situation, but we fear that 
his desires have outgeneraled his judgment in this instance. 
He cannot more wish for the consummation which he pictures 
than does this journal, but he has rather increased our skepti- 
than destroyed it, for the reason that one so endowed with 
ingenuity as he has failed to demonstrate one single cause that 
is even likely to lead to results which he pretends to believe 
are to flow from the beneficent statute that is now harassing the 
once far-famed medical schools of the Empire State. He says : 
“ While the 48-count requirement is almost prohibitive at pres¬ 
ent ... I have faith that in time matters will adjust 
themselves, and that the law will prove itself a great boon to 
the profession in New York.” We quite agree with our corre¬ 
spondent that “matters will adjust themselves” ; in fact, they 
are very rapidly undergoing the process of adjustment at the 
present time—to the end that students are being driven out of 
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