versities are starting this week and there are larger numbers than ever before in attendance at most of the leolleges. A new Arts Building has just been completed at, MeGill, which will provide adequate. ac-Jcommodation for the many departments of study. The. interior: of [the building is new and has been Jenlarged, but the old front has been retained, so that although the building is now fitted with every modern convenience, it still presents the old familiar appearance from the out lo. The medical course at McGill s become famous the world over id this year there were over 500 plications for entrance to the first year in which only a few over 100 can be accommodated, Most -of jthe men now studying medicine are graduates of the Arts or Science faculty of a university and the bar~ in all faculties in most of the jeolleges in the country are being ised higher every year, which ensures higher standards in the universities and this should mean that the secondary schools will raise their standards in order to better prepare students for the colleges,
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