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Monthly Circular.

At the end of every month, a circular letter is addressed
by the Chairman of the Faculty to the parent or guardian
of each student, in which are stated his absences from lectures
and examinations, and any other irregularity of which
he may have been guilty; together with such further information
as to the student's progress and conduct, as it may
be deemed proper to communicate.

The object of such report being on the one hand to incite
the student to steady diligence, by eliciting the commendation
and encouragement of his friends, and on the other to
restrain him from idleness and disorder, or to urge him to
amendment by their admonition and advice, the usefulness
of these circulars greatly depends upon the prompt and
judicious attention they receive from those to whom they are
addressed. Parents and guardians therefore cannot be too
earnest in communicating such advice or encouragement as
the monthly report may suggest.