In an open letter to the President and Fellows of Harvard College, a portion of which we publish this morning, an attempt is made to throw discredit on the Veterinary School and on those who have it in charge. It is to be regretted for the sake of his position that the writer felt compelled to use such vigorous language as to assure his readers that those who advised the foundation of the school did it solely for their own selfish purposes, or that the school appears to have been established for the "development of English flunkeyism on American soil," while he also takes occasion to use Butler's furious war cry, "Harvard deeds!" Such statements do not deserve a reply; they carry their own refutation with them from their absurdity.

But still, while we think that no one's motives ought to be impugned, it is an entirely imaginable case that the school may be unjustly interfering with the veterinary profession, if it takes away their cases by charging fifty per cent. less for its services than members of the profession must do to support themselves. there ought to be room for both. It would seem as if some plan ought to be devised, if the school is to be run as a school, by which competition with outsiders could be avoided. It is certainly no part of a school's duties to enter into a sharp competition with a profession whose interests it proposes to advance. So far the letter seems to deserve attention, and enough notice of it ought to be taken to arouse an inquiry as to whether the Harvard Veterinary School is in reality pursuing the most successful course when it succeeds in bringing down on its head the maledictions of the veterinary profession in its neighborhood.