WE had hoped to thank the instructors for their promptness in returning the marks on the Semi-annuals in an editorial which should surpass that of our sister paper in both ardor and length. We thought it prudent, however, to wait the arrival of the marks before acknowledging their receipt, and we do not regret our caution. The first marks did, indeed, appear like the harbingers of the much-desired reform, but their appearance has been followed by a calm of such protracted suspense that it has become impossible for us to carry out our cherished plan of an eloquent editorial. That the so-called marking system has become a trite butt of undergraduate indignation we are well aware; but when we turn from the instructors who keep us in what seems to be unnecessary suspense, and contemplate those whose marking system is a mystery to all but themselves, we are tempted to remonstrate once again. And when, in addition, we think upon the course of those who refuse to acquaint us with our marks at all, we feel sure that this final growl on our part is pardonable. We would recommend that the College press be still more chary of its praise, if the adulation of a three-line editorial has such a disastrous effect.