The change in the time of the mid-year examinations is highly advantageous to the students. The second half-year is always more occupied than the first, and any change which tends to relieve it of its over-plus of work cannot but be regarded as a change for the better. When the mid-year examinations have dragged through their, to some of us, rather aimless existence, the startled student finds that the shadow of the cloister-like course of study which he must embrace to survive the annuals is close upon him. In past years, this realization of the coming storm has induced many to seek recuperation in a voluntary recess. But now we will be allowed a longer respite before the trying and struggling days of the end.