Another change that this year has brought in the examination papers lies in the different method in which they are to be marked. The instructor can no longer, as in former years give a fixed value in per cents to each question, foot up the total and give the mark accordingly. The system of marking by classes will force the instructors to judge the papers as a whole and to establish the gradation of marks by a careful comparison of all the papers with the most perfect one they find.

It may be claimed that the difficulty of marking fairly is heightened by the additional labor entailed in the instructions, but these difficulties, if they do exist, will soon be overcome.

The relic of the percentage system which still leaves the class division a truly arbitrary thing is an indication of transtion only. We are confident that when '89 has graduated the notions of per cents will have entirely disappeared.