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KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.07)
(UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.)
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SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND COLONIAL
LANGUAGES.
In the year 1890 the Imperial Institute founded a SCHOOL OF MODERN ORIENTAL STUDIES in union with University College and King's College. By the arrangement then entered into, University College became responsible for teaching in connection with Tudian Languages, while Modern Oriental Languages other than Indian were to be taught at King's College. Unfortunately, no endowment of any kind was provided at the time, and after the inauguration of the scheme, no interest seems to have been taken in it.
Recently, University College has received a subsidy from the India Office in connection with the School of Indian Languages, and that enables them to carry on the teaching in a fairly satisfactory manner. The Colonial and Oriental School at King's College receives at present no Government assistance from any of the Departments concerned, except that a promise has been made to the Hausa Association in relation to the study of the Hausa language, and assistance is asked to enable it to make the School more effective and useful.
The School includes, or is intended to include, the following languages:
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I. LANGUAGES OF THE FAR EAST.
a. Chinese. Owing to the public spirit of members of the China Association, the teaching of this language has been placed temporarily on a better footing, but the income guaranteed is only for a limited number of yours. The College is in possession also of a small endowment. There are some twenty students, mostly candidates for appointment in Banks in China. It may be pointed out that Chinese is one of the languages which may be taken up by Indian Civil Servants, and that a knowledge of the language is required by officers who wish to qualify as Army Interpreters and for the Colonial services. A memorandum is appended on the teaching of Chinese in London, and a note of the staff of the School.
b. Japanese.--A Professor has recently been appointed, but he is entirely dependent on his fees for any emolument that he may receive, and it is obviously quite impossible with the number of students (many of whom will be in different stages of progress) for an adequate income to be provided to pay the Professor for holding classes. Morcover, the Professor ought certainly to have a native assistant.
e. Malay. The same remarke apply in this case. A teacher has been appointed, and occasional inquiries are made for classes, but it is hardly possible to expect anyone to give a regular course of lectures for a single fee, which was limited by the Imperial Institute to £3 3s, a teru.
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180.-5.4.05.