THE SPECIAL FINALS.

The announcement that the College Office will give special finals beginning next Saturday for the men going to the Fourth O. T. C. and the June under-age camp will naturally not bring forth a unanimous chorus of jubilation from those who will have to take them. They would obviously prefer to vanish from Cambridge without going through the tortures of these tests. It would not be possible nor right, however, for the Office to distribute credit for the year broadcast to such a large number of men without examining them as long as our scheme of education is based on the examination system. To be consistent with principle these tests, however unpleasant, are absolutely necessary.

The attitude of the College Office is one which makes allowances for certain special and exceptional cases. Particular arrangements are being made in co-operation with the military and athletic authorities so that men going to Wakefield or playing in Saturday games may be especially taken care of. In fact, it is planned to have proctors accompany the Freshman teams to Andover. It will not be easy to take examinations under these conditions, but the trouble the Office is going to in order to smooth the way of these individuals shows the high importance with which the tests are regarded.