THE order of the Final Examinations was posted on the 1st of April; hence no one can complain that sufficient notice has not been given of them this year. Beyond what satisfaction there is in knowing exactly when one is to be tortured, we cannot, however, see how this early announcement will make preparation materially easier. It is useless to attempt to take time needed for term work or for recreation in order to prepare for examinations to come in two months, or even in one month. Under our system, work for examinations can hardly be begun more than two weeks beforehand; - seldom then, without neglecting something else, perhaps of more real importance. It was found necessary last year to place the electives in thirteen groups. We suggest that the order and dates of the examination groups be definitively settled and announced with the elective pamphlet. If then a man has three or more examinations running, it will be at his own risk. This is, it is true, a still further limitation of the elective system, but it is a necessary consequence of the grouping system. We wish that the number of groups might be extended to fifteen, in order to avoid, if possible, grouping together such courses as Political Economy 3, Spanish 3, Fine Arts 1, Fine Arts 5, and Music 3, for instance, which is now so unfortunate.