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demanded, and spoke of the vast field of usefulness and success 
opening up in the Northwest, where educated veterinarians were 
wanted to protect the vast herds from the ravages of disease. 
Principal McEachran then addressed the audience, as fol¬ 
lows : 
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen :— On behalf of my col¬ 
leagues and myself I beg to thank you for the encouragement 
given to the school by your assistance here to-day. It is very 
gratifying to see the growing appreciation of our efforts to raise 
the science of veterinary medicine and surgery to its proper posi¬ 
tion as a scientific profession, evidenced by complimentary 
remarks which have been spoken here to-day, by the presence of 
so many gentlemen of influence and position. I have to thank 
also those gentlemen who have afforded substantial encourage¬ 
ment in the form of prizes. I need not name them, as their 
names are already before you, and one of them, Mr. D. Morrice 
(who, 1 regret, owing to absence from the city, is not with us to¬ 
day), is universally known for his open-handed liberality in all 
matters of education and progress generally. I have to thank 
those gentlemen who have given us their valuable assistance as 
examiners, some of whom have come long distances to lend us 
their names to certify to the world that our young men have 
profited by the instruction they have received. I will not detain 
you longer, but will merely add to the advice so ably given to 
those of you who have to-day readied the summit of that steep 
hill up which you have been toiling for the past three years ; you 
can now look forward and you will see still higher objects, which 
by toil you can attain, but you will find that on yourselves, on 
your own individual efforts, will depend your future success. 
Contrary to what you expect your very scientific acquirements 
will often debar you from obtaining positions where science 
should be the chief qualification. Thus, for instance, the posi¬ 
tions of inspectors of public abattoirs and meat supply, should be 
filled only by men of science, men who are experienced micro- 
scopists, lint usually they are not; why, because there are certain 
diseased conditions of meat (trichinae for instance), which inter¬ 
ested parties prefer not to be seen. You will have discourage- 
