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EDITORIAL. 
rate of progress would not be continued. When, therefore, leg¬ 
islation so inimical, not only to their prosperity and success, but 
to their very life, was sprung upon them, amounting almost to 
a demand to “ stand and deliver,” we entered our protest with 
as much energy as we possessed, and we are prepared to cham¬ 
pion the cause of injustice to honest institutions to-day just as 
fervently. It has been stated by those who were instrumental 
in securing the laws which impinged so tightly upon corporate 
rights and moral justice that it was unavoidable ; that the high 
standard or nothing was the choice ; but we are told that the 
basis of all law is common sense, and it were better to await a 
time when that could prevail rather than commit a great wrong. 
However, when it was found that the sudden thrust of the new 
law meant extinction to every school in the State which depended 
upon their earnings for their sustenance, a committee went to 
Albany and laid the case before the representatives of the Board 
of Regents, who could not avoid admitting the seriousness of the 
situation, and they were appalled at the wrecks which were cre¬ 
ated by the workings of their law. As a result of that conference 
the entrance requirements were reduced from 48 to 24 counts for 
two years, and the limitation will expire with the close of the 
next college term, when it will leap back to the high rate. Under 
the reduced preliminary educational requirements the classes in¬ 
creased, but it was apparent that nfaterial progress could only be 
accomplished through a consolidation of the two schools and 
affiliation with a university. Therefore, when the powerful 
New York University held forth the inducement of its strength 
of fame and fortune, it was accepted. This having been accom¬ 
plished, with a large faculty of experienced teachers, picked 
from the combined staffs of the three schools, in a city present¬ 
ing the greatest clinical facilities that can be secured in any city 
in the country, and with the complete laboratory advantages of 
the University, a prediction of brilliant achievements for the 
new school is a safe one and it is a step that will redound to the 
great benefit of veterinary science. 
In this connection, we beg to suggest to the Regents as 
