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medical department 121 Every table is furnished with cupboard under lock and key and deposit of 105 6d is made by each Pupil on first receiving possession The Laboratory opens the first week in October and closes in the middle of July with vacation of fourteen days at Christmas and seven days at Easter Hours of attendance daily from 10 till except on Saturday when the Laboratory closes at An attendance of three months in this class may be substi- tuted for the Course of Manipulations by those who require Certificates of Instruction in Practical Chemistry Students taking perpetual ticket for the Class of Chemical Manipula- tion may in addition have the option of attending the Class of Analytical Chemistry for month during any subsequent part of their period of study XIV Resident Medical Tutor It is the province of the Tutor to assist the Junior Students resident as well as non-resident in their studies The course of instruction given by the Medical Tutor is intended to assist the Junior Students in overcoming some of the difficulties which thev have to contend with at the com- mencement of their attendance upon Lectures The following is tbe plan pursued by the Tutor He arranges his Pupils in classes each class consisting of not more than fifteen Students Each class attends for an hour during the Winter Session three times week one day being devoted to Chemistry another to Anatomy and third to Physiology Each class is examined viva voce upon the subject of the Lec- tures which they have been attending during the preceding week An opportunity is thus afforded of ascertaining the progress which each Student is making of correcting any mis- apprehensions and of explaining any difficulties which may have arisen With this familiar and conversational mode of instruction the Tutor is enabled to combine advice to each Student as to his plan of reading and note-taking and resid-