The Johns Hopkins University commencement exercises last week completed the seventh year of the institution. These exercises differ from those of Harvard, Yale or any other of our colleges. The ten preceding days are devoted to the examinations. These final examinations are conducted by gentlemen not connected with the university and not acquainted with the students. This is a severe test, as all can see. The closing or graduating ceremonies are very simple. Visitors are admitted by ticket. Punctually at the hour, the procession - president, trustees, faculty, fellows, candidates for degrees and students - enter the hall, the president, trustees and fellows taking seats upon the platform. The president then makes a brief statement of the history of the university year. Then the professor reads the names of candidates for the A. B., giving the residence and preparatory school of the student. To those items are added the special and subordinate subjects that have had attention; also the subject of the paper or thesis prepared (by candidates for the Ph. D.) and accepted for publication. As each name is reached, the student rises and advances to the platform, standing facing it. When all the candidates for a given degree have been announced, the president formally makes the facts known to the trustees and asks their pleasure. The trustees consenting, the president in a few plain English words declares the candidates to be bachelors or doctors, as the case may be. There is no exhibit of diplomas. Beginning with the next year, seven courses are offered for the undergraduate. Besides the usual subjects, French and German are made prominent. The subjects for all the courses are alike in these particulars: English composition and literature, physical geography, ancient history, French, German, drawing, vocal culture, physical culture, theory of accounts, chemistry of physics or biology, logic, ethics, psychology with lectures on science and literature. All must take these. After that the principal subjects of the seven courses are: 1. Latin, Greek; 2. mathematics, physics; 3. chemistry. biology; 4. physics, chemistry; 5. Latin, mathematics; 6. history, political science; 7. English, French, German. Each of these courses is complete. He who follows either will fairly earn the A. B. - [Ex.