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the said body politic and corporate shall have been a student, shall 
in any way or manner act or interfere as the examiner of such 
person; and that all qualified students who shall have passed the 
said examination to the satisfaction of the examiners, shall have 
the right to claim admission as members of the said body politic 
and corporate.” 
As stated in the published memoirs of Professor Dick, page 
XLI. “Although Professor Dick had been one of the petitioners 
for the charter, as he stated at the first general meeting held un¬ 
der it, he was not to be held as homologating it by any part he 
might take in the proceedings; the reason being that several 
clauses affecting him had been introduced into it, and others 
omitted without his knowledge or consent. He showed himself 
willing, however, to afford every facility to the working of the 
charter, so far as the Edinburgh Veterinary College was concerned ; 
and for three years after the charter was obtained, the Highland 
and Agricultural Society’s certificate was not granted to the stu¬ 
dents who passed the examiners appointed by the Council of the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.” For the reasons given 
in full in the memoir above referred to, Professor Dick severed 
his connection with the Hoyal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 
and the Highland Society again conferred their certificate, which 
continued to be recognized by the Government and the India 
House. 
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The withdrawal of Professor Dick from the Hoyal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons did not prevent any of his students who 
chose from becoming members of that body; in fact, a certain 
proportion of them every year became members of the H. C. V. 
S. For the convenience of the Scotch students, a board of exam¬ 
iners was appointed to meet once a year at Edinburgh. 
Successful candidates from either teaching college, passing at 
either board, were admitted and declared to be members of the 
Hoyal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and could use the initials 
M.R.C.V.S. The addition of either L. or E.,is as unnecessary 
as it is stupid, there being only the one College of Veterinary Sur¬ 
geons in Britain. Eighteen months ago, the H. C. V. Surgeons, 
with a view to encourage higher education, applied for aucf ob- 
