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Chinese work shown up at this examination.
Ten students entered
for the examination and five passed. The Chinese work shown up
by the successful candidates at this examination is quite reaso11-
ably good and indeed lr. Wells, who examined this year not only
in this School Final Examination but also in the latriculation
and Senior Local Examination, holds that the Chinese work shown
up by the worst student who failed at this School Final Examination
is better than the Chinese work shown up by the best candidate at
the atriculation Examination. I have consulted Mr. Wells, also
Drs. Lai and Au and Mr. Lam Tung all of whom took part in the
School Final Examination. They all hold that each of the five
candidates who were declared to be successful at the School Final
xamination are quite capable of following with advantage an in-
tensive course of Chinese at the University. A copy of Mr. Wells'
report on the Chinese work shown up at the School Final Examination
is attached.
It seems to me that what is called for at the present
juncture is to establish a School of Chinese which shall, to start
with at any rate, teach a course of Chinese and English to those
who are capable of passing an admission test of the same standard
and on the same lines as the recently conducted Government Verna-
cular Middle School Final Examination. Such a course should not,
to begin with at any rate, load to a degree but to a special
diplome of the Chinese School.
8. If this be agreed to, then it follows that we require
to raise money at once for (1) a Chinese School as suggested above
and (2) such staff as will enable the University to continue to
include Chine sc as a degroo subject in the Arts Faculty curriculum.
It would, I consider, be fatal for the University, at the present
juncturo, while providing for a staff to teach Chinese for the
purposes of a University diploma, to discontinuc its provision
for instruction in Chinoso as a subjcct for the Arts Faculty
acgroo.
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