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Rh he could accumulate genuine scholastic credits by examination or otherwise, pari passu, during the time he is accumulating the money for his medical education. So much actually accomplished, the rest will be easier. The reduced number of schools will not resist the forces making for a higher legal minimum. The slate universities of the west will doubtless lead this movement; for once established on the two-year college basis, they will induce the states to protect their own sons and the public health against the lower-grade doctors made elsewhere. The University of Minnesota, having by statesmanlike action got rid of all other medical schools in the state, is thus backed up by the legislature and the state board. North Dakota and Indiana have taken the same stand. Michigan and Iowa will probably soon follow. "The adjustment is perhaps difficult, but not too difficult for American strength.