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has been demonstrated that this method of government is infinitely superior to the old one. The machinery of the University upon this plan works like a well-lubricated engine, with but little friction. As to final examinations, there are none. The daily examination of every student ena bles the professors to know their exact merit. It might happen that a poor student, by

dent, in the plan of daily examinations over the lecture system. The truth is, the law is in the text-books. The professors can no more make law than can the student, and very few of them can state it with more clearness than it has been written already. All that the lecturer can possibly do is ac complished by the questioner, who, when he finds the student's difficulty, can remove it

CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY BUILDING. (Burned in 1864.) cramming or some other device, would come out of the final examination with flying col ors; while on the other hand, a student of real merit, owing to a want of self-possession or the presence of his evil genius, might make a failure. It is thought better, there fore, to form an estimate of his worth, based upon the two hundred examinations to which he has been subjected; and herein lies the infinite advantage, both to professor and stu-

on the spot. In the course of a careful ex amination it can be ascertained where com ment is needed, and it can be given at once. Two hours thus spent — the student being allowed to ask questions himself— cannot fail to interest the class greatly, and to illumine the dark parts of the text; in this manner a student's merits can be best ascertained. It may be well to mention here a few of the sons of the Lebanon Law School who