The Veterinary School.

The location of the Veterinary School in Boston has made it so completely separated from the rest of the University that a large number of college men know little or nothing about it. For this reason an account of what the school is doing will be of interest.

The Veterinary School was established in 1882. A three years' course of graded study was instituted, which put instruction in the theory and practice of the medical treatment of animals upon a good basis. Two large brick buildings were erected on Village street, Boston; one for the purposes of the school and the other for its hospital, established in 1883.

The hospital is the most successful adjunct of the school. Its earnings last year were $20,126.50, and its total expenditure $17,948.04. This is an excellent showing, because the general depression in business considerably impaired its revenues. During the past year four hundred and ninety five horses and six hundred and forty-seven other animals were treated within its wards. The full limit of accommodations has been reached, and it is imperatively necessary that the present quarters be enlarged and that a dog infirmary be added.

The school has a veterinary library, a valuable museum, and a forge, in which students can obtain instruction in horse-shoeing. There is a course in meat inspection, the instructor of which has supervision over the city abattoir. This gives the students a wide field for practical work.

The State Board of Cattle Commissioners has placed a part of its work with this school, and a pathological laboratory is greatly needed in which these investigations could be carried on. After this year two scholarships of the annual value of $150 each will be awarded to students of the school.

It now has a Faculty of twelve teachers and ten instructors; there are sixty-two students and thirty-one courses of instruction are given. The receipts last year were $23,592.09, of which $16,401.95 came from the fees from the hospital and forge, and $5,305.00 was received for tuition. The expenses were $26,355.01, leaving a deficit of $2,762.92.

The dean, Charles P. Lyman, recommends in his last annual report, that the tuition fees be increased from $100 to $150 a year, and earnestly appeals for a larger endowment to enable the school to acquire better facilities to carry on its work.