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school, or a preliminary education that will be accepted by the 
regents as fully equivalent. The regents will accept as equiva¬ 
lent a baccalaureate degree from the academic department of 
any college or university of recognized standing.” There are 
several equivalents which will be accepted ; but they all re¬ 
quire that the students shall come to this institution thoroughly 
prepared. I think the entrance examinations would satisfy the 
most fastidious committee on medical intelligence and educa¬ 
tion. 
During the first year the students take up inorganic chemis- 
try, anatomy, microscopy and histology, embryology, compara¬ 
tive physiology, breeds and breeding, dissection and the usual 
laboratory work ; second year: organic and physiological chem¬ 
istry, anatomy, comparative physiology, therapeutics, medicine, 
surgery, obstetrics, jurisprudence, sanitary science, bacteriology,' 
the usual clinics, dissection and laboratory work ; third year : 
medicine, clinics in medicine and surgery, surgery, zootechnics, 
toxicology, sanitary science, pathology, meat inspection, research 
work and thesis. 
In addition to our colleges there are other important factors 
to be considered in connection with modern veterinary educa¬ 
tion. N early every State in the Union having within her bor¬ 
ders a reasonable number of veterinarians, has state and local 
veterinary associations which meet regularly and discuss pro¬ 
fessional matters just as do similar associations of physicians. 
For 35 years we have had a national association. Last year we 
decided to enlarge and the name was changed from the United 
States Veterinary Medical Association to the American Veteri¬ 
nary Medical Association. None but graduates of colleges which 
furnish satisfactory courses of at least three years are eligible to 
membership. 
Our current literature is abundant. 
But after the young man has finished the high school, aca¬ 
demic or collegiate course and then this prescribed veterinary 
course and graduated, what does the world offer him ? What 
business prospects or what opportunities to gain reputation are 
