SOME instructors have the habit of causing their examination-books to be corrected by other persons. This practice seems to us unjust, as the instructor is the only person who can make a just estimate of the knowledge shown by his examination. In the pursuit of the course he is supposed to become acquainted, to some degree, with the strong and weak points of the students who take his elective, and the examination shows how far his estimate has been correct; further, it affords him an opportunity of giving a student credit for apparent improvement. On the other hand, a person unacquainted with the system on which the instruction has been carried, and unacquainted with the students themselves, is unable to form an accurate judgment of the value of an examination-book. It is not fair that a student should prepare for an examination under one instructor, and that his mark should be given him by another.
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PROPERTY FOR HARVARD COLLEGE.
