Beginning next year fourth-year students in the Medical School will choose all their courses under the elective system. Heretofore all work except courses amounting to three hours of examinations has been prescribed.

The elective courses will be given as half-courses or as multiples of half-courses. A half-course occupies the entire day for one month (the all-day plan) or the forenoons or the afternoons for two months (the half-day plan). Each half-course has a value of 125 hours, and eight half-courses are necessary to satisfy the requirements of 1000 hours of work demanded in the fourth year. The two half-courses elected for the first two or the last two months of each half-year must be formed on the same plan in order to avoid conflict. Students wishing to specialize may elect more than one of the half-courses offered in a particular branch of medical study, but no student will be allowed to devote his whole year to one subject without the consent of the head of the department concerned.

Complete information about the arrangement of courses under departments and a general plan of instruction are given in a pamphlet entitled "Fourth Year Electives," just published by the Medical School.