Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-02

ed, the corporation thoroughly under
| stood that a high-class school in bio
logical science could not be made self
| sustaining through fees from students,
but did expect, by showing through
| their action that they believed there
was real value in veterinary medicine,
/ to draw the attention of donors to it..
and ultimately-long before this-to
receive the necessary endowment.
Development of the Science
when this school was established,
| all the veterinary teaching in this
country was in the hands Of private
schools which maintained a course Of
study extending over not more than
eleven months of total residence. There
were no admission examinations, and
! instruction was given almost entirely
by lectures. Since that time matters
in this direction have been so much
changed that now all of the veterinary
schools are maintaining graded courses
of three years, covering a period of
residence Of from eighteen to twenty
seven months, guarded by fairly good,
and in some cases, exceedingly good
admission examinations; and two
other universities, Pennsylvania and
Cornell have ADDED departments of
veterinary medicine.
while SO much has been gained.
largely through the example set by Har-
ward, there is still very much more to
be accomplished before the original OBJ
ject of this school can be fully attained.
But there is every reason for believing
that il means can be furnished which
will enable the school to pursue its
polcy to the er1, that the profession
of veterinary medicine in America can
be placed upon an entirely scientific
plane and among the sciences which
contribute not Only to the preserva-
| ton of a considerable amount of pro-
perty, but also among taose which help
to guard and preserve mankind against
disease. 1t is within common knowl-
edge that much Of the advancement
which has been made in the direction
of preventive and curative medicine has
been made through the study of disease
processes in the lower animals. This
study is really in its infancy; and it is
fel. that is further evolution can at any
rate be AIDED largely through more
general scientific study Of those
branches which now exist under the
! general heading Of veterinary medicine.
Hopes Of the Future
II Was hoped by the organizers OF
the school thai there might be gradual
ly brought about a condition of study
o. these matters that would attract the
attention Of men of equal education
with those now entering the professions
OF medicine and law. 1t may rather
confidently be said that if, during the
next Is years, this school can be main
tanned in its course and as much &C
complis1ed as during the past IS years
of it's existence, its object would be
fairly reached, and men will have
been created who are capable of demon
strating that a useful science exists
where before no more than a simple
art was practised."
Previous to 1898, the Harvard Medi-
cal School, Dental School, and School
of Veterinary Medicine were each gov
erned by separate faculty. A year
ago, however, this method was changed
by a vote of the corporation, so that
now the three schools are brought to-
gether under the charge of a single
faculty of medicine, which has super
vision of the degrees of Doctor of Med
icine, Doctor of Dental Science and
Doctor Of Veterinary Medicine In
time it had been hoped to bring the