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7 There are some points of detail in these papers which should be noticed. Better teaching of English to the Chinese and better English text books for the use of Chinese are evidently wanted. The teaching of colloquial English especially seems to stand in need of improvement, though the head master's last report shows that it is receiving attention.
(2) Dr Eitel complains that parts of the building are in a filthy condition. His statements are controverted by Dr Wright. The Governor will doubtless have satisfied himself as to the actual facts and have given instructions, if they were needed, that the class rooms and offices are to be kept clean and wholesome.
(3) The representations made by the Assistant Masters deserve attention, and especially their suggestion, which appears, on the face of it, to be reasonable, that an authorised code of regulations should be promulgated, to be binding alike on the headmaster and his staff.
(4) There is not a little in Dr Eitel's address at the "bona-fide teachers'" Conference which appears to be open to exception as being neither courteous nor wise.
Dr Eitel's position and title is that of Inspector of Schools. He speaks of himself as Head of the Education Department, but his duty is to inspect merely, and, a fortiori, if the higher classes in the College are, as suggested above, no longer to be inspected.