When a man is preparing for the examinations, he is naturally anxious to get some idea of the sort of papers the various instructors are accustomed to set before their classes, so that he may be able to turn his labors to the best account. This has been recognized by the authorities at the library to a certain extent, and recent papers have been collected and bound for use in the reading room; but for some reason the assortment is by no means as complete as it should be. The mid-year papers have not been kept for the past six or seven years, although these are the very ones now in demand. The old examinations are of little value on account of the continual advance in the courses and change of instructors, and the corresponding variance in the character of the questions. The constant use which is made of even these old specimens and of the final papers shows the urgent need of a complete collection of recent papers, mid-year as well as final, in all courses in which examinations are held.