American Veterinary Review. 
DECEMBER, 1899. 
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All communications for publication or in reference thereto should be addressed to Prof. 
Roscoe R. Bell, Seventh Ave. Union St., Borough of Brooklyn, New York City. 
EDITORIAL. 
THE BARNACLES GATHER. 
But three months ago, while the National Association was 
in session in New York, and the members were indulging in 
many adjectives to describe the great progress being achieved 
by our profession, and the high educational standard to which 
we had arrived, the REVIEW was called upon to record the es¬ 
tablishment of a two-year so-called veterinary school in Ten¬ 
nessee, with a faculty containing a number of veterinarians, 
some of prominence, but who announced that their names had 
been used without their knowledge or consent, and at once for¬ 
bade their further employment. In so short a time as the pres¬ 
ent we find ourself in possession of the prospectus of the u San 
Francisco Veterinary College,” located at 510 Golden Gate 
Avenue, in that Western metropolis. It was chartered in 1899, 
and “ incorporated under the provisions of Part IV, Title XVII, 
of the Civil Code of the State of California, May 22, 1899.” 
The calendar reads as follows : u Monday, June 5, 1899, session 
opens; July 3 and 4, 1899, holiday; Monday, Nov. 27, 1899, 
final examinations commence; Monday, Dec. 4, 1899, com¬ 
mencement.” u The course of study covers two collegiate years 
of six months each, beginning the first week of June and end¬ 
ing the first week of December.” The announcement further 
states that “ it will attain a high standing among educational 
institutions, and is endorsed by the veterinary and medical pro¬ 
fessions.” Just how the dissecting room is to be arranged is 
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