At the close of every examination time one cannot help a feeling of dissatisfaction with the process by which the work a man may have done or left undone during the term is determined. It cannot but be unsatisfactory in almost every way. But it is particularly of the system of "cramming," now so much in vogue and which our examination system so carefully nurtures, that we wish to speak. It is absolutely certain, as things are here at present, that certain men will be absent from as many recitations as they dare, and will do little if any work on their courses up to the time for examination. Then with the aid of tutos and a few days of hard "cramming," they will acquire enough of the leading matter of the subjects in hand to pass the lest prescribed, and be permitted to go along in the same manner until the next examination time when the process is repeated. Such a state of affairs is really ludicrous, when we reflect that men are sent to college to at least acquire some little knowledge more than they had on entrance. It is worse than a waste of time. It cultivates laziness, and encourages procrastination by urging dependence on a few hours work to carry one along. This would be less painfully evident if any good came from this "cramming," but, on the contrary, a man forgets the few facts he has crammed together in his brain quite as rapidly as he learned them, and has nothing to repay him for his trouble excepting the severe mental strain he has been put to, which may be an injury to him perhaps all his life. There seems to be absolutely no good at all in work like this in a great majority of cases. But what can be done to remedy it ? Nothing, we think, so long as the regular system of examinations is continued. If "cramming" be necessary for a man to just continue with his class, he will of course do it and do it with the same results we have indicated. The only way to change it seems to be to change the examination system. Everyone agrees on this. Why then cannot some thing be done ? Surely we have endured it long enough. We do not think we are asking anything at all unreasonable when we again request those in authority to take some active measures in regard to the subject. We have said nothing about the injustice and inefficiency of the system, but simply have spoken about one of its necessary evils that alone is a strong reason for condemning it. Let something be done about it then by all means, and we earnestly hope at least some appreciable effort may be made to bring a better state of affairs.