LECTURES AND EXAMINATIONS.
Favored as the student is in the comprehensiveness, scientific basis
and order of his studies, he is not less favored by arrangements which
give ample time for the preparation of every lecture, and address motives
to him for such preparation. Each Professor gives three regular lectures
a week, with occasional extra lectures, making the average weekly aggregate
not over fourteen, or a little more than two a day. The student,
therefore, is not over-burdened with lecture-room attendance. He has
time for study in his private room, to consult books, and compare their
teachings with the oral instructions of his Professor, and to digest and
systematize his acquisitions from both sources. The daily examinations
which precede every lecture supply the stimulus to regular and active
study, serve as summary reviews of what he has already heard or read,
and as correctives of any misconceptions he may have fallen into in his
hearing or reading. The daily examinations constitute a very valuable
part of the exercises of the Institution, and are taken into account in
determining the fitness of a student for graduation.
