VETERINARY EDUCATION IN ONTARIO. 
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The course of instruction in the Ontario Veterinary College is ex¬ 
actly the same as, till quite recently, it was in the Edinburgh and Lon¬ 
don Colleges. Students are required to attend two sessions at least , 
and to pass the examinations before obtaining a diploma. They are 
also required to pass the summer months in practice with a duly qualified 
practitioner. The facilities for this are very great in connection with 
this College, for, whether the students spend the summer in Toronto or 
in the country, they can always be with gentlemen doing large and. pay¬ 
ing businesses. Students are also required to pass a practical examina¬ 
tion before graduating. 
In view of the services of this College to the cause of Veterinary 
education in the past, and its prospects of usefulnes in the future, it must 
be painful to all who have the advancement of the profession at large at 
heart to notice the spirit of jealousy manifested towards it by some 
writers. The commanding talents of the Principal, and the ability of 
its staff of Professors, have given it the confidence of the whole country. 
About fifty young men from every part of the continent attended its 
classes during the past winter. The high state of efficiency attained by 
its graduates, the increasing attendance, and the interest manifested in 
its progress over the whole continent, indicate that it is but on the 
threshold of its career of usefulness. The wisdom and energy which 
have achieved for it the eminent position which it now occupies will 
carry it forward still further in the path of advancement. 
In conclusion, I may be permitted to notice briefly a recent attack 
upon this institution—an attack, I am sorry to observe, emanating from 
an interested party, not free from offensive personalities, and altogether 
surprising to one accustomed to look upon the writer as a gentleman. 
One chief objection to the Ontario Veterinary College, in the mind 
of the writer referred to, appears to be the shortness of the time re¬ 
quired to graduate. While not denying the benefit of lengthened study, 
the fact that the Edinburgh and London Colleges have sent out so many 
eminent Veterinarians when their requirements were the same as those 
of the Ontario College, broadly and pointedly contradicts the assump¬ 
tions and conclusions of the article referred to ; and the professional 
public will be somewhat interested to know that the practice of the Col¬ 
lege whence these attacks emanate does not invariably agree with its 
preaching in the matter of allowing a “short cut into the profession.” 
One, at least, of its recent graduates has been allowed, according to his 
own statement, an exceedingly “ short cut into the profession.” This 
instance is not referred to for the purpose of casting any slur upon the 
