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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University College, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 21, No. 1. March 13, 1958
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From time to time students grumble about examinations, and these grumbles are inclined, not unnaturally, to increase during the months of October and November. But now these tense times are over —for the time being—and it might be profitable in the comparative calm to examine more closely the advantages and disadvantages of the examination system at the University level.
The alleged merits of the examination system might be set out as follows:—
| (1) | It provides a formal, standardised test, without favouritism. |
| (2) | It is a test of a student's character, of his ability to rise to the occasion and give him the sort of experience to enable him to overcome the difficulties he inevitably meets after leaving University. |
| (3) | If there were no examinations there would be little incentive, in many cases, for the student to retain his knowledge after his essay had been written and discussed. |