that the Committee wished these examinations to be restricted
to sndi snlgects as mig^t fidily test g^eral scholarship, wilb''
oat making them so severe as they are in other comitries. If
there has been any donbti it is in reference to Greek, for which
it has been suggested that the candidate might, in his option^
Bubstitate two modem languages, one of thembemg Gennan —
the language in which so many learned treatises on CSvil
and general law are now written ; and the other, French, or
Italian, or SpanisL

The Committee have had some difficulty in dealing willi
this suggestion, and they think it better, instead of coming to
a resolution on the subject, to report the matter fo^ the deci-
sion of the Faculty. Although, therefore, they have stated
Greek as one of the subjects on which the candidate shall be
examined, they do so with the explanation, that they have
come to no judgment adverse to the propossl of allowing the
candidate an option in accordance with the above suggestion.
It is no doubt quite possible to be a Scotch lawyer
without a knowledge of the Greek language. The pointy
however, is not, what is barely sufficient to sustain the
position of an advocate, but what is the best means of culti-
vating the understanding in the years devoted to study.
