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William H. Park, M. D. (University-Bellevue Hospital Medical 
College), Professor of Bacteriology. 
John A. Leighton, D. V. S. (American Veterinary College), Profes¬ 
sor of Diseases of the Foot. 
Julius Huelsen, Jr., D. V. S. (American Veterinary College), Profes¬ 
sor of Sanitary Medicine. 
Ernst J. Lederle, Ph. D. (New York College of Veterinary Surgeons), 
Lecturer on Milk Inspection. 
Harry D. Hanson, D. V. S. (American Veterinary College), Associate 
Professor of Theory and Practice and Clinical Medicine. 
George G. Van Mater, M. D., D. V. S. (American Veterinary College), 
Professor of Ophthalmology. 
Charles E. Clayton, D. V. S. (American Veterinary College), Asso¬ 
ciate Professor of Clinical Surgery and Demonstrator of Anatomy. 
Robert W. Ellis, D. V. S. (American Veterinary College), Lecturer 
on Zootechnics and Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
W. V. Bieser, D. V. S. (American Veterinary College), Demonstrator 
of Anatomy and Curator of the Museum. 
Henry Henning, V. S., Assistant in Clinical Surgery. 
The new school will open its first term on October 2, at 141 
West Fifty-fourth Street, the building occupied for the past 
twenty-five years by the American Veterinary College. 
What is the significance of this departure ? 
It is one more evidence of the steady advance of higher edu¬ 
cation for the American veterinarian. It means for the two old 
private schools—the pioneers of veterinary science on this Con¬ 
tinent—perpetuation, elevation, and the opportunity to grow up 
to that standard which has been the dream and the ambition of 
those who have labored so long, so hard, and so lovingly to se¬ 
cure those ends. The Review has in the past demanded jus¬ 
tice for these struggling seats of veterinary learning because they 
needed a champion, and its conception of justice was that, while 
all efforts should be directed toward the elevation of the educa¬ 
tional standard, no overt act should be committed by legislative 
aid which would crush them to the earth ere their ambitions 
could be fulfilled. The history of the private schools of this 
country, as a rule, is one of restless progress. Their records 
show that they have increased their facilities for teaching, their 
educational requirements for entrance and for graduation, and 
the length of their courses, just as rapidly as circumstances 
would permit, and there was nothing to indicate that the same 
