SOME objections have been raised among undergraduates to the new system of having examinations in the afternoon. On inquiry we have ascertained that it was the desire of the Faculty to devote not more than eighteen days to the Semiannuals, and that to fulfil this end it was found necessary to assign some examinations to the afternoon. It has been the endeavor of those who have had charge of the schedule to arrange the examinations so that no person should have two on the same day, and they have succeeded entirely, except as regards such students as are making up conditions. A number of cases have occurred this year in which students have had several of their examinations occur closely together in the first few days. This shows plainly the propriety of an early publication of the schedule, in order that unavoidable inconveniences of this kind may be lessened as much as possible for the unfortunate.
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PROPERTY FOR HARVARD COLLEGE.
