However much we may disapprove of hour-examinations, and however much we may be able to say against them, the sad fact remains that at present it is the custom here for the students of a large proportion of the courses to be inflicted with them once or twice a year. Of course for the present we can do nothing more than to register a protest against the system in itself, but we think that as long as it exists, it might very justly be reformed in certain points. Especially so as to the time of infliction. We think it is manifestly unfair for andinstructor to hold one without at least two weeks warning, and not as recently,-with a paltry forty-eight hours of grace to the unfortunate section. This should be an unalterable rule; the next important is the matter of marking on hour examinations. Unless such examinations are announced at the beginning of the year, it is, strictly speaking, unfair to give to them more than a provisional value, for many are unable to do themselves justice on such occasions,-particularly if the time for preparation is short. Then again special care should be taken by an instructor to see that the date for such an examination does not conflict with anything else. There are many stumbling blocks in any man's routine of study, such as Forensics, Themes and Theses, and the sudden addition of an hour examination does not make the prospect any more encouraging. But we will not particularize further,-so long as we have the system of hour examinations, let them be meted out to us under the most favorable conditions.