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EDITORIAL. 
had been brought up with a sharp turn, crushing every repre¬ 
sentative except the one endowed by the State’s bounty. 
At the conclusion of the conference, it was understood that 
the Regents would ask for authority to postpone the enforce¬ 
ment ol the 48-connt requirement for a few years, and we are 
pleased to quote from a recent letter of Mr. James Russell Par¬ 
sons, Jr., the following explanatory paragraphs : 
Regents’ Ofeice, Albany, N. Y., April 15, 1898. 
Prof. Roscoe R. Bell, New York: 
Dear Sir. — . . . Inclosed pleavSe find new circular relative to 
requirements for admission to the study of the several professions. You 
will note the announcement that for matriculates before January i, 1900, 
veterinary student certificates may be granted for two years of satisfac¬ 
tory high school work or its equivalent, or for 24 academic counts. As 
we are now permitted to accept partial equivalents, veterinary schools 
will be allowed to matriculate conditionally any student who can sat¬ 
isfy the Regents that he has had a satisfactory high school course of one 
full year, the condition of 12 academic counts to be made up before begin¬ 
ning the second annual course counted toward the degree. 
The veterinary law states that candidates for veterinary degrees must 
have passed Regents’ examinations equivalent to the minimum require¬ 
ment for candidates for medical or dental degrees in this State. Now, 
turning to the medical law, we find that for matriculates before January i, 
1897, the requirement in Regents’ examinations was 24 academic counts. 
Yesterday morning I was assured by Deputy Attorney-General Has- 
brouck that we should be justified in ruling that veterinary schools 
might for the present matriculate candidates for degrees on the 24 aca¬ 
demic count standard. Very truly yours, 
James Russell Parsons, Jr. 
So that it is assured that students entering the New York 
veterinary colleges for the next two years may do so under the 
two-year high school standard, 12 counts of which must be pos¬ 
sessed at the time of matriculation, and the remaining 12 before 
beginning the second session. For this material concession the 
schools should be thankful, and we trust they may be in position 
to accept the higher requirement at the close of the probation¬ 
ary period without that shock which the abrupt enforcement 
produced at the beginning of the last session. 
The Review stands for fair play. It championed the cause 
