In many courses the midyear marks are not given out until very late, in some courses not at all. The result is that some students remain for a long time in ignorance of the value of their work in the eyes of the instructors. Now, this would all be very well if the purpose of the examinations were simply to accommodate the instructors. This is no doubt their chief use; but students, too, should derive some benefit from them. Examinations are at best necessary evils, impositions on instructors and students alike. It seems just, therefore, that students as well as instructors should derive from them whatever benefit they may give. The knowledge of one's midyear marks is often of value, giving one an opportunity to learn how one's work is regarded by the instructors, and at the same time serving, if need be, as a warning to one who is delinquent. Those who begin an unfamiliar study, Philosophy or Political Economy, for example, are often unable to estimate their own work, until, by means of the midyear marks, they see on what basis they must study during the second half year. It seems, therefore, a duty incumbent on instructors to inform their students as to the results of their midyear examinations as soon as possible.