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COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE.
EDUCATION BOARD DISCUSSION.
The education of British children in the Colony, the teaching of short hand and University zcolarships for girls were discussed at a meeting of the Education Board, held yesterday afternoon. The Director of Education (the IIos. Mr. E. A. Irving) presided and these were also present: the Rev. Fr. Misris, the Rev. A. D. Stewart, Dr. Wan Man kai. Mr. N. Teesdale Mackintosh, Mr. B. Wylie, Mr. U. Rumjahin, Mr. S. W. Tao, Mr. A. F. B. Silva Netto, the Inspector of English Schools (Mr. E. Ralphe), the Inspector of Vernacular Schoola (bir. A, R. Cavalier) and the Secretary (Mr. Y. P. Law).
Dealing with the estimates, the Chairman said that another Inspector
of vernacular schools had been
appointed and would be of very great Besistance. He was very strongly of opinion that, more trained masters and more trained inspectors were needed. Referring to British stalls the Chair
Womcu,
bo a mistake to includo shorthand in the curriculum of the school.
The subject was then dropped, the Chairman observing that the meeting appeared to be utanimously of the opinion that shorthand should not be taugh the School.
BRITISIL SCHOOLS.
WHOLE QUESTION TO BE CONSIDERED.
The Chairman: Thủy do hay. Mr. Mackintosh They don't pay: the Govorament pays. Lot them havnj a private school."
MALARIA.
QUESTIONS BY DR. KOCK,
The following questions about the The Chaitaan ronewed bis augges prevalence of malaria are to be asked tion of a sub-committee to get the by Dr. W. V. M. Koch at this after- facts about the 'available British noon's meeting of the onitary 'child population near Victoria British | Board:-
School.
Mr. Mackintosh; Would it not be better to appoint a small committe to consider the whole question of
:
Whether there. has been an increase in the provalence of malaria in Hongkong and the New Territory during this year.
British exclucation in the Colony,-3.-What method b. been adopted apart from the Victoria School caso; they are all linked together.
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Mr. Mackintosh: Ido not want to
The Chairman mentioned that the Victoria British Sabool building would
The Chairman: Yes, if they won't bare to come down in connection with take too long to consider it. Ithink the new Queen's College, owing to al. they will report on the smaller teration of levels. It was just as question sooner. well, for the building-thon h not mattur over with one of the lady particularly au uitable-might be come to a decision on the smaller teachers who was a shorthand expert better and was, very old. This was quetion without coming to a decision and she was of the opinion that the an opportunity to consider where the on the whole question. minimum time which would bave to school sould go. It was not now on The Chairman: Well, unless you ha davoted to the subject per weeka central spot, and, of course, thers are prepared to recommend that the was two periode of three quarters-of was the constant difficulty that the Britian Schools shall not propare lor! an-hour each She suggested topography of Ilongkong imposed University examinations, there is not be started in upon educational authorities. To much prospect of changing materially, that it should Class IV. aut be taken after school have that desideratum-a big echoes the nature of the canestion they give, hours as an extra subject. The Chair with a large-staff-pant that I think we can advise the Government man sold that if it was taken after children would have to travel long as to Victoria School without raising school hours as an extra subject it distances and parents would not very wide. theoretical question. would not concern the Board much like that, except in so far as it was likely to interfere with the boys' play and their Preparation. He thought the real priot was whether it should be taken in school hours and i thay decided in favour they would have to say what subject should be abandoned in its
favour.
Mr. Teesdale Mackintosh eaid to bad read the debate on the subicct and had noticed with some nusement the alarm, that appeared to be in the inds of some of the honourabh mem
·bers and of a section of the Pres with reference to the education of British
boys and girls. As the Chairman had referred to the Government debate be made na apology for describing the proposal to teach shorthand in Kowloon British School as a very amatem attempt to deu! wish the requirements of British
children in the Colony. He quite, agreed with w at the Chairman said on that occasion that it was useless to teach shortband except in an in- tensive way. He wanted to know what was the object of teaching shorthand at all at the School, All attempts to holster up the education of British children in Hongkong would fail until they bud answered this question: "What is our motive in providing education for British children in the Colony?"
The Chairman: Really Mr. Mackin toah, we must have notice of that question. We must confine ourselves to the subject under discussion.
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Mr. Mackintosh; I am sorry, Sir, Idd not realise it was a theoretical question; I thought it was a very practical question.
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The Chairman: Will you propo resolution?
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In reply to Mr. Mackintosh, the Chairman mentioned that it was only proposed to send back to the Victoria School the girls-not the boys-wh bad hitherto gone to the Kowloon British School. Communications had Mr. Mackintosh; I propose, that been received from the parets of sub committee be appointed to con- Quarry Bay during the holidays as to aider the whole question of the educa. the inconvenience of sending girls to tion of British children in the Colony, Kowloon. He thought there was a belcre any new expenditure is recom great deal in it and had undertaken mended in connection with British to do bis list to find sullicient staff to education. restore Clas III. from the beginning
ol next term.
Mr. Mackintosh: Again feel. I ought to protest against any diecus sion of a new building until we know what our policy is. It is useless to discuss the building until we know the type of school and type of edirea tion we want.
Mr. Wylie thought that Quarry Bay, where there were something over 100 children, should be kept in mind, but, in reply to the Chairman, he enid ke did not go so far as to suggest having a school at Quarry Bay, but perhaps a temporary one,
The Chairman remarked on the
difficulties of supplying the educe ional needs of a British population dotted along the enormous (listance fron West Point to Shavkiwan. The problems were: a central school; a sebool at one end or the other; a school at both ends; or a school. at the centre and at both ends. The bigger the schools were, the bett from the point of view of economical staffing..
The baiman: When is your committee going to report?
Mr. Mackintosh: Tcould tell you that aft-1 the committee had been appointed.
..
to ascertain the incidence of malaria in the Colany. 3.-Whether the extenriva building
operations now in progrese might be held accountable for the in- "crasp of malaria, if there be any
increase.
4.-li no, whięte any prophylactic wetbod can be adopted, such a8 onsuring the administration of quinine to the workmen and coolies engaged on such work.
An amusing phase in connection with the Fukien situation is the cap. tivity of the former Commissionor of Finance under Li Hou-cbi, Fei Yu- kai. This man was captured and placed on board a gunboat at the cut- break of hostilities for "protection." Now, however, the naval authorities refuse to pay $200,000 for his free. dom, while the people ineist that all
his money and properly bu confiscat
cd before he is release and the pro cecda hauded back to the people of Fukien.
Mr.
Junior Lanal, exawinces became Senior Local next year and the 36 Senior Locals became Matriculation candidatos next year, subject to mishaps by-the way. If I werd a
remarked mathematician, Mackintosh," I should divide there The Chairman: The point I raise figures, at least, by two. The night is rather a practical one. We bave gis candidates for Matriculation, all competitors got to find a building for these this year, were children before the other is pulled for the echolarship opened to boys down, and tell the Government what and girls and they represented we want.
practically all the schools in the Colony. It was clear that girls had a very poor chance of winning the scholarship while they were competing against boys. Boys were able to offer subjects like physics and chemistry which the girls could not offer; and, further, thote subjects counted just The Chairman proposed Mr. double the marks awarded for draw. Mackintosh as a member of the sub-ing, history and geography which the committee: Dr. T. W. Pearce and girls cou'd tuke. The boysalo und
tremendous advantage in mathematica Mr. Wylic were also nominated.
Mr. Mackintosh quite agree, but I am not euro we can tell them un'es we bring forward a scheme which will embrace all the British: children in the Colony
Mr. Wylie seconded the motion which was then carried,
of
The Chairman: I think the at which they had spent more years Department ought to be represented, than had the girls. Mr. Mackintosh Mr. Mackistush: I propose Mr. referred to the Director's remarks at prize givings in Ralphs.
There members were accordingly favour
encouraging guls lappointed.
to matriculate and added that 3 echolarship open to girls would have the same e: ccuraging effet upon girls' schools as the one alrendy offered bad upon boys' stboole. There was a tremendous number of candidates for the one scholarship already founded. The
Mr. Mackintosh thought that too much stress was laid upon geography. when considering eites fr schools,.. rather than in thinking about the form of education exquired. "We ste con- sidering British children," continued Mr. Mackintosh," therefore we may
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mau said several master had arrived, during the year but the staff was still short. On the other hand, the stall of assistant mistresses had been very largely increased from Home. The Chairman spoke of the frequency with which changes took place either through marriage or sickness- amongst the women teachers, and wentioned that during the present year there had been three beadmit trees-e at the Victoria School; these changes were all due to illness. As to the Vernacular Normal Schooi, thie was formed two years ago with the idea of producing a supply of more or less trained teachers for the vernacular schools of the Colony. The two years' course at the School finished at the end of the present year.
Mr. Mackintosh: I accept your In theory, the Sebool ought
to have turned out 20 ruling. Sir, but I do suggest that you men and 20
but be capot in fairness, consider this point was afraid there would not be any.
A to whether you are going to teach thing like that number. It had been shorthand in a British School, until- rather hard to persuade the mner, you have decided what kind of educa “especially, to complete the full course,
tion you intend to give to British They did not yet realize what it children in the Colony,
Mr. Wylie said be was againet the reasonably make some kind of cem That the Board of Education Colony suffered from a great death WHITEAWAY LAIDLAW & CO. would lend to; they were not quite sare that, alter they had spent two teaching of shorthand in Kowloon pariens with conditions at home. I should rermmend to the Govern of women teachers and must begin to years going through the course, they Britiel School; be thought it would be doubt very much whether parents at ment that n scholarship in duch tion train them. For a supply they would would find remunerative employment biraply a waste of tmc. is entirely home choose a school for genraphical in the University of Hongkong be have to go to girls trained in Chinese That is, to my mind, the opened to competition by girl candi- or other hoola, Government or -at-the-end-of-it, e-boped-that--associated himself with the remarks Tons. results would show that their the Chairman made on the subject great mistake we are all making in dates from all schools in the Colony, grant in aid, and perusps most of all illusory. Hongkong daring the course of the Budget do. Hongkong. You have a community to be awarded on the results of the to the grant in aid schools. It might would want most of tb: graduates bale. Shorthand was a subject which at Quarry Bag which-consists of chil-Matriculation Exsuination in Novembe said that ce scholarship might for vaca_cies in the Education De required intensive study sad if it was dres of parents employed in "B. & S. her in each year and, if possible the not produce one teacher, but it would partment and any others would, he intended to teach it as part of the practically a "B. & 8." community. first be awarded on the results of the bave a very mal influenca in per uad- thought, bave very little difficulty in curriculum of the school it would re. Three children will require quite a oxomination to be held in November, ing girls to take an interest in a
veration and in vocational training. finding work la where. There did quite a tremendous amount of different type of education from the 1922.
Mr. Mackintosh reminded tho Dr. T. W. Pearce seconded. Ha ant seem to be mark difficulty in home work before any real children whose parenta are in a differ
success could by achieved. The ent ptation and walk in life, and Bonid that, just a year ago be pro- said that, spaking from long getting women to finish the course. He believed that quite a number average boy did not want short- we must keep that in mind when we posed that.scholarships-for boys and experience. girls' schools were one of were completing it with a view to tan Enstead of trying to teach attack a problem of this yort." irls from the grant-in aid echools the most satisfactory aspects of educa improving and extending their shorthand at Kowloon British School The Chairman suggested the ap should be awarded in the University tion in the Colony and they deserved education and not so much for it would be more to the point if the pointment of a small sub-committee and the Board's recommendation was the encouragement of a scholarship, putting their knowledge to money children were taught mole English. to consider the question. What Mr. accepted by the Government. Since The Colonial Government did a great value. The subsidies for vernacular To teach a boy shorthand who had Mackintosh had said was very cruu. then the higher education of girls thing when it gave an impetus, years theoretically, but it was extremely liad become more important; ona ago, to girls' education and a great schools in Hongkong had been in nota sufficient grasp of English was
was only a object lerson-in the words of Sir arassed by several theasand dollars, ridiculous, and even what it difficult to get. mothers to see that always knew it and he would like the vote to be English was given would be spoilt be their objections 10 letting their question of time before the question John Davis when Governor-had still further increased, bat not more use of phonetics which must be children travet rome mites by tram of the education of girls in Hongkong thereby been provided for to China. A war, however, than a small number of these schools observed and understood Lefore a boy and then by ricksha, get a scratch and China would have to be tackled. repeated stimulus were eufficiently good to justify the could properly understand aberthandel and perhaps get wet during the The time had come more quickly, recessary from time to time, and such expendituro. When they were, he had
Dr. Pearce a rociated himself with journeyings,--that all these objections oven, than be expected. In the an impetes would be a girls' scholar no doubt a grant would be forthcom- te remarks of Mr. Mackintosh and, wrre mtis eide issuea and that they entries for examination to be held ship at the University; aspecially ing When they got more mustera
Mr. Wylie.
ought to look, steadily, at the quality this month there were eight giri valuable at this time of change and and mistresses from the Normal School
of the education. It was very hard candidates for Matriculation; 36 for movement of men's and women's- they would doubtizes see a great im-
to persuade people not to expect a the Senior Local and 72 for the minda.
Junior Local Examinations. The 73 The resolution was carried, provement in the schools and be able to insteade the subsidien very con-- siderably.
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Whether shorthand should be. taught at the Kowloon British School was the next question discursed.
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