The rule which allows each instructor to assign his marks for the year according to his own judgment is doubtless a wise one. Courses are conducted differently by different instructors, and it would be manifestly impracticable to attempt to fix any method of assigning the marks for the year which should be binding upon all. Each instructor, however, can do much toward removing the objectionable features of the present plan by removing the veil which in so many cases enshrouds the assignment of marks, and telling to his section the exact principle upon which he proceeds. One instructor has very kindly taken this course, and the result is that much of the uncertainty which ordinarily worries a man with regard to his final marks is removed. Every one in the section knows exactly what portion of his work is to be marked, and what importance attaches to each, so that he is able to judge approximately concerning his stand, and is consequently relieved of much unnecessary suspense.

If all instructors would do this they could without a great deal of trouble to themselves render a great service to their sections, and prevent the hard feelings sometimes engendered on account of a man's feeling that he has been marked too low, simply because he does not understand the principle upon which his work for the year has been adjudged.