THREE EXAMS, WILL BE GIVEN

The examination which all students, beginning with the class of 1917, who are concentrating in the Division of History, Government, and Economics, will be required to take at the close of their college course, will consist of three separate examinations, which will be as follows:

1. A general examination designed to ascertain the comprehensive attainment of the candidate in the subjects of this Division. The paper will be the same for all students, but there will be a large number of alternative questions to allow for differences in preparation.

2. A special examination, which will test the student's grasp of his chosen specific field. The candidate will be expected to show a thorough understanding of the subject of this field; knowledge of the content of the courses only will not suffice. The examination will be upon a subject, not upon a group of courses.

3. An oral examination, supplementary to either or both of the written examinations, but ordinarily bearing primarily upon the candidate's specific field.

This set of examinations has been established, not in order to place an additional burden upon candidates for the A.B., but for the purpose of securing better correlation of the student's work, encouraging better methods of study, and furnishing a more adequate test of real power and attainment. To this end students are being assigned special tutors, who will guide men in their respective fields of study, assist them in co-ordinating the knowledge derived from different courses, and stimulate in them the reading habit.