American Veterinary Review. 
NOVEMBER, 1900. 
All communications for publication or in reference thereto should be addressed to Prof. 
Roscoe R . Bell, Seventh Ave. <S° Union St., Borough of Brooklyn, New York City. 
EDITORIAL. 
OPENING OF THE SCHOOLS. 
The veterinary colleges of the country to the number of 
about sixteen threw open their doors for the admission of stu¬ 
dents during the early part of October, and from all points 
come reports of the most encouraging character. The modifi¬ 
cation of the entrance requirements in New York State secured 
an increased attendance at both of the universities, the New 
York-American having 25 freshmen and a return of all the so¬ 
phomores and those in the graduating class, while the New York 
State College reports a 33 per cent, increase. Similar encour¬ 
aging reports reach us from the University of Pennsylvania, 
Harvard, McKillip, Chicago, Kansas City, Ames, and the Cana¬ 
dian schools, while from a few of the colleges no word has yet 
been received. 
This was to be expected, since the general prosperity of the 
country and the augmented value of live stock could not fail to 
send forth young men in quest of a veterinary education. The 
efforts of interested parties to cause the abandonment of the 
horse having miscarried and the date of his retirement having 
been indefinitely postponed, those who have hesitated to come 
within the profession for fear of its becoming obsolete, may 
now feel that it offers to young men of education and adapta¬ 
bility more enticement than it ever did, as the field is becoming 
so widened and diversified that there is plenty to do to meet the 
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