Hour examinations are now in vogue. These irritations, more disagreeable than their semi-annual prototypes, have grown in fashion during this year and now bid fair to become a characteristic of all the larger and many of the less numerous courses. These examinations are out of accord with the tendency of study at Harvard, and mark retrogression to the days of term examinations and required studies. Many lazy ones are caught in the trap, but we fail to see what good accrues to them by the operation, while for those who are working earnestly a deviation from good work to ill-advised "cramming" is the result. The hour examination is not a benefit to anyone.
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A Festivus for the Rest of Us
