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EDITORIAL. 
College. I can only accept it as a testimonial of esteem, for 1 
have certainly done nothing to earn any such acknowledgment 
in the short course of lectures I have delivered this session. But 
if earnest wishes for the success of the A Y. C. and its alumni, 
past, present and future, can be any expression of my part of the 
obligations which all true veterinarians should feel for it, then 
you and your fellows of the faculty and your students and my 
fellow students can be assured of those wishes. 
Thanking you for your kind wishes for this voyage to the 
Bool of Healing, 
f. remain your obedient servant, 
Frank S. Billings. 
VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
It is true that it is late, but “ better late than not at all,’’ to 
discover that our call to the veterinarians of the United States, 
for the expression of their opinions on the subject of veterinary 
education, has not been entirely over-looked or ignored, and we pub¬ 
lish to-day, with pleasure, a letter from Dr. Pendiy on the subject. 
The example set by the Doctor ought to be followed. Many points 
of interest are connected with the subject, of which ignorance 
would be unpardonable. Our friends of the Ohio Society were 
in earnest in their move. It is not the first time they have ap¬ 
proached the subject. Already, in the September meeting of the 
United States Veterinary Association, in 1884, action had been 
taken on a motion presented to that effect—by Dr. Howe, of 
Dayton, we believe—and we hope sincerely that more commu¬ 
nications expressing the various opinions will soon come to us for 
publication. 
VETERINARY APPOINTMENT. 
Dr. Austin Peters has been appointed Veterinary Surgeon to 
the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, and has 
been intrusted with the work of investigating epizootic abortion 
in cows, hog cholera and other contagious diseases of domestic 
animals. 
