Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-03-10

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enable man to pursue a course =
veterinary science with the graoto.,
profit will also fit him to meet tho -
quirements placed upon educatad
persons Here again is the necess,..
Of good command of English anna
ent. If man is to be assooioto,
with persons who use correct I'm.
lish, he also must be able to use reo
sonably good English if he desire.
to meet them on an equal footing
Besides the command of the lanyn.
age there are other preliminary sinh
jects which should be mastered ~
order to properly comprehend nrc
fessional SUBJECTS. and also for their
general cultural training. Veteri.
nary study and practice freuuentlv
comes into close relation with tho
natural sciences. Physics. for in.
stance, is essential to a clear concen.
ton of anatomy, physiology, and so
forth. Botany includes the study ~
animal foods, or organic drugs, Of
poisonous plants, and of infections
diseases due to the growth of vege.
table organisms within the animal
body. Zoology inclues the struc.
ture, habitat, food, methods of feed.
ing of domestic animals. 1t also in.
cludes the animal parasites, such as
the entozoa and epizoa which iniure
directly, and some may act as car
riers for such as protocol diseases.
Chemistry also holds an important
place in the preliminary education
Of the veterinarian Elementary
education is necessary to clearly I'M
derstand the functioning of the body
in both health and disease, and is
also necessary for the proper knowl-
edge of the composition of food,
medicines, poisons, etc.
The studies are necessary as
basis for the advantageous study of
veterinary science. Some of them
are included in the curricula of the
veterinary schools. This is very
necessary as so many of the present
applicants for admission in our vet
Urinary schools have had very little
or no training in zoology, botany and
chemistry. We are gradually evolv-
ing, however, and the entrance re-
Quirements for admission are being
raised and men must present them
selves who are better prepared. We
should have more academic training,
and more professional training. To
get more professional training in the
time now required in our veterinary
courses. will necessit tate more acad-
emic work in the natural sciences,
and thus replace the natural sciences
with professional courses. Some Of
the leading medical colleges are get
ting more time for their professional
studies by requiring a couple of
years of collegiate training in these
sciences for entrance.
quirements for entrance in our veter-
mary schools are quite variable.
Thus the status of the work in many
of our veterinary schools has a uues-
tionable place in the system of edu-
cation. This lack of uniformity has
been and is yet one of the depressing
factors in the upbuilding of the pro-
fession.
This questionable position of vet
Urinary educators in our great edu-
cational system has been discussed at
the annual meetings of the Ameri-
can Veterinary Medical Association
for several years, but no recommen-
dations have been made I believe,
however, that before many years, de-
finite action will be taken and that
veterinary education will have an es-
tablished and recognized position in
our system of education.
Academic education is that part Of
our present educational system in
which training is given in language
and in the elementary sciences
These are underlying structures for
veterinary science, and therefore,
good academic education is essential
for the veterinarian.
Now perhaps you ask what has
this to do with us who are now prac-
Using the profession. The practis-
ing veterinarian should be a man Of
influence in his community. He can
exalt the veterinary profession in
no better way than to get the right
kind of people interested in it. Too
often the persons induced to study
the veterinary science are such as
horseshoers or livery swipes, etc,
because they are handy with live
stock, and like to handle livestock
and who are probably "quacking" to
certain extent already. Veterinar-
ians are not influencing young high