American Veterinary Review. 
SEPTEMBER, 1899. 
All communications for publication or in reference thereto should be addressed to Prof. 
Roscoe R. Bell, Seventh Ave. < 5 r» Union St., Borough of Brooklyn, New York City. 
EDITORIAL. 
AN IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL STEP. 
On July 7th, the news was given to the daily press by Chan¬ 
cellor Henry M. McCracken, of the New York University, that 
a consolidation had been effected between the New York Col¬ 
lege of Veterinary Surgeons, the American Veterinary College, 
and the New York University, whereby the two veterinary in¬ 
stitutions had become affiliated with the latter as its “ Veterinary 
School/’ under the name of the “ New York-Amencan Vet¬ 
erinary College.” The resolution of the University trustees 
authorizing this action upon its part is as follows : 
“Whereas, New York University maintains the principle now gen¬ 
erally accepted in America that each degree-giving professional school 
should be part of a university, both to promote science and to enhance 
the value of professional degrees. Therefore, this university consoli¬ 
dates with itself the New York College of Yeterinary Surgeons and the 
American Veterinary College, this school to bear the name of the New 
\ork-American Veterinary College and to be on a like footing with the 
other six schools of the university. ” 
In giving out the news of the important action taken, the 
Chancellor promulgated the following statement: 
“These two schools have outranked in age all other veterinary 
schools in the country, and have educated more than 1000 veterinary 
surgeons. Like the veterinary school of Harvard University, and that 
of the University of Pennsylvania, this school is placed upon a strictly 
university footing. Co-ordination and co-operation with the University - 
Bellevue Hospital Medical College will thus be secured to the ad¬ 
vantage of both schools, and of medical science, and to the promotion 
of the health of the community. In order to enter the school a student 
must have obtained forty-eight counts in a Regents’ examination, this 
being considered the equivalent of a high school education. The Re- 
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