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Although the many innovations in the method of conducting the required English courses of the senior and junior year's have much to recommend them, the promoters of this scheme seem to have overlooked one fact which has hitherto received attention. We refer to the practice of writing commencement parts, which seniors are requested to follow. In former years a commencement part could be substituted for part of the forensic work of the senior year. At present, however, no account is taken of commencement parts, and no allowance made directly for those who wrote them. It is true that a writer of a part could probably get Mr. Briggs to recommend his subject to Dr. Royce, who, in turn, would probably allow the substitution of this part for the long thesis. But this is mere supposition, as no actual provision, as far as we can learn, has been made for commencement parts. In addition to this, the theses are due on the last day of March, and very few men care to write their commencement parts and have them entirely finished as early in the year as this.

We hope that some provision can be made in regard to this subject, if not for this year, surely for the next. If, by offering additional inducements to the writers of commencement parts, the number of competitors can be increased, this increase will naturally result in an improvement in the commencement exercises, an improvement greatly to be desired.

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