" TO BE NOTED "

It was not like the third year commerce exams were not drab enough.
Everything about the exams suggested boredom and despair.
Even death.
As one of the points on the back of the examination pass declared:

When the candidate dies prior to the examination, the entire examination fees shall be refunded.

Comforting thought, only that the examination fees was not worth a couple of dollars, even if you took inflation into account.