Within the past year a great deal of remodeling has been completed in the Veterinary Clinic building as well as in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology in the Veterinary Quadrangle building.

On September 17, 1964, two western ewes were admitted to the Iowa State Veterinary Clinic. The two were part of a flock of 43 ewes, 23 lambs, and 1 buck, which all showed symptoms of scabies. The flock had been purchased about one year prior to examination.

During the recent annual meeting of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association in Des Moines, I was greatly impressed by the excellent scientific presentations made by I.S.U. graduates and faculty, the large attendance, the intense interest in papers and demonstrations, the prevailing optimism for the future, and by the participation of our students and their wives in the activities of the Associations.

Many of the veterinary colleges around the country have introduced recent changes in their curricula, designed to improve the quality of their training or to increase the number of students they are able to accept and graduate. One college, Texas A & M, has gone to a trimester system to provide year around training and shorten the period required for graduation. Another, Michigan State, accepts two classes per year and plans to increase the number of students it graduates in this fashion. Several others have gone to a program of summer clinics for a portion of the vacation period between the junior and senior year in order to provide more organized training in the clinical disciplines.