THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1906. 1323
No. 635.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
PROSPECTUS OF EVENING CONTINUATION CLASSES.
Supervisory Committee:
The Honourable Mr. A. W. BREWIN.
Dr. G. H. BATESON WRIGHT, D.D.,
E. A. IRVING, Esq.
P. N. H. JONES, Esq., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.
Organizing Secretary:
W. H. WILLIAMS, Esq.
Date of Commencement of First Session.
WEDNESDAY, 3rd October, 1906.
1. Object of Classes.-Evening classes in Technical subjects will be established at Queen's College for the purpose of affording facilities for a commercial and scientific training to students generally, and of enabling those who have left school to continue their studies.
2. Subjects of Instruction.-The classes will be conducted under three sections. The subjects taught will be as follows:-
(a.) COMMERCE SECTION :-Pitman's Shorthand, Book-keeping, Commercial Geo- graphy, Commercial Arithmetic, Modern Languages, Letter Writing and Advanced English.
(b.) ENGINEERING SECTION :-Practical Mathematics, Applied Mechanics and Me-
chanical Drawing.
(c.) SCIENCE SECTION :-Chemistry, Electricity, Heat and Steam, and Hygiene.
Full particulars relating to the different courses of study are given in Appendix A, but the Syllabus is liable to alteration from time to time as found desirable.
No class will be formed unless at least five students join.
During the first week of the Autumn Session all the teachers will be in attendance from 6 p.in. to 8
p.m., and students are advised to consult them before entering their names for any class.
3. Sessions and Time Table.-There will be two Sessions in the year--the first commencing in the first week of October, and closing two weeks before Chinese New Year, the second commencing two weeks after Chinese New Year and closing in the last week of May.
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Classes will be held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., or at such other times as may be approved. A Time Table shewing when and where different classes will be held, is given in Appendix B.
4. Conditions of Admission. --The classes are open to all who are over 14 years of age, irrespective of nationality, but applicants under 17 years of age must produce satisfactory references.
Students are admitted at any time during the Session.
Applications for admission must be made on printed forms and signed by the applicant. These forms can be obtained by personal application at the College on Class nights.
Pupils in attendance at a Day School will not be almitted except with the approval of the headmaster of the school.