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fraud will, no doubt, be duly punished.” Is the above evidence 
sufficient to prove the error made in placing the “ bogus di¬ 
ploma” business at the closed doors of the veterinary schools of 
Philadelphia ? 
The Pennsylvania College of Veterinary Surgeons, chartered 
in 1866 to take the place of the old school, was in the interest of 
and under the exclusive control of veterinary surgeons. The name 
of McClure does not appear among the corporators, neither will 
it be found associated with the faculty of the college, as you will 
see by the announcement and a copy of the charter, which I send 
you. These facts should prove his unpopularity among the vet¬ 
erinary profession in the City of Philadelphia. This institution 
fitted up a hall at No. 256 North Fifth Street, where two winter 
courses of lectures were delivered by the faculty. The finances 
of the college being in a healthy condition, it was decided to fit 
up a building better adapted to the purposes of a veterinary col¬ 
lege. A building was rented and fitted up at the corner of Sixth 
Street and Columbia Avenue, which exhausted the treasury, com¬ 
pelling a direct tax upon each individual member. Two courses 
of lectures were delivered in this building, when, to save expense, 
the doors were closed in 1870, since which time quarterly meet¬ 
ings have been held in Diligent Hall. No effort as yet has been 
made to reorganize the college. In connection with this college 
the writer says: “ In 1866 the Pennsylvania College of Veteri¬ 
nary Surgeons was granted a charter. It announced six officers, 
among them Isaiah Michener, one of the leading men of his State. 
It had no buildings, gave few, if any lectures ; we may, therefore, 
conclude all Pennsylvania veterinary lectures as worthless.” To 
refute such slanderous statements I have only to say that the vet¬ 
erinary colleges of Philadelphia held their annual commence¬ 
ments in public; the exercises, together with the names of the 
graduating classes, were regularly reported in all the daily papers 
in Philadelphia, as are those of other legitimate medical colleges. 
If such evidence is not sufficient to wipe out the infamous charges 
made by the enemies of the Philadelphia veterinary schools, I 
can furnish recorded evidence from other sources, which are too 
voluminous to offer at this time. No charge was ever made in 
