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Government and he believed that in time there would be a much
greater demand for the more highly educated men.

Mr. Hewlett thought that we ought to adhere to the three years'
course of training, and that a sufficient number of men for the higher
posts could be obtained by proper post-graduate teaching. In
particular, he wished to impress upon the meeting that for certain
of the higher posts, as for example, for the teaching of anatomy, it
was quite unnecessary to put the selected men through a course
of pathology and allied subjects.

The Chairman contended that the men who were selected for the
higher posts in the Service, including the men who were to bear
the responsibility of teaching, should have a wide general education
and a sound knowledge of the basic sciences. The subjects which
Mr. Hewlett considered to be unnecessary were of great importance
in veterinary science.

Mr. Kerr recapitulated the views which he had already presented
to the members in a circular. The first point to be decided was
what the position of the services was likely to be in future. It
had to be admitted that the services must become rapidly
Indianized. At the present time there were a number of Bengalis
under training in Europe with a view to appointment to the
Imperial Service. It had also to be decided whether there should
be direct recruitment to the Deputy Veterinary Superintendent
grade, or whether men of this grade should be promoted from the
lower ranks.

Mr. MacGregor stated that the training at the colleges must
cater predominantly for men of the Veterinary Assistant type. Any
further training must be imparted in post-graduate courses. He
was emphatically of opinion that no additional subjects could be
included in a scheme of three years' training, for it was his experience
that in order to teach properly the subjects that were already down
for study in the three years' curriculum at least four years were
necessary, particularly in view of the fact that the large number of
gazetted and other holidays observed at his college interfered very
materially with the prosecution of study.

Mr. Cameron further dwelt upon what he considered to be a
satisfactory method of post-graduate training for men who had
undergone the initial training of Veterinary Inspectors and were
selected for promotion to the Veterinary Deputy Superintendent
grade.

Mr. Branford contended that if such men were not given a
comprehensive ground-work of education to commence with, they
could not be deemed capable of taking full advantage of advanced.
post-graduate study.

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