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9. Examinations and Certificates:- Examinations will be held at the end of the Session in June, and Certificates will be awarded to successful candidates. Certificates issued will be of value in obtaining employment from the Government or from private firms, in proportion as the Certificates earned indi- cate a greater or less degree of proficiency.
10. Courses of Instruction:-
English.
Only students who have attained to a fair standard of profi- ciency may enter the First Year English Class.
The First and Second Year English Classes study Correspon dence, e. g. Letters containing applications, consignments, agen- cies, orders, etc., Reading and Conversation, Précis, and Pitman's Business Manual.
A Third Year English Class is open to advanced students only. This Class covers the ground in Political Economy required by the University authorities in the Matriculation Examination.
Chemistry.
The course is designed to be of value to those who wish to acquire a knowledge of every day chemistry, as well as for candi- dates for the Examination of the Hong Kong University. The course is essentially practical, every student being trained in the correct methods of manipulation to ensure the highest possible accuracy of results: adjustments in the ordinary scheme of work can always be made to meet the requirements of individual stu- dents.
Lectures are given at the commencement of each class, tho- roughly to explain the practical work to be undertaken. The course is divided thus:
FIRST YEAR: Weighings and measurements in graduated vessels, solution, emulsion, filtration, decantation, distillation. The difference between physical and chemical change. Solubility. The recognition of the simple gases and the preparation of metallic salts. Separation of mixtures.
SECOND YEAR: Preparation of salts. Gravimetric work on the effect of Heat on substances. (eg bicarbonates, nitrates. etc.) Water of crystallisation, Acids, bases and salts: simple alkalimetry. Analysis of simple salts (one metallic and one acidic radicle).
THIRD YEAR: Difficult preparations. Volumetric analysis (acids, bases, silver nitrate, oxidising and reducing solutions etc) Analysis of mixtures of salts (two metallic and two acidic radicles including phosphates and acetates.) Quantitative determination of metals in salts, etc.
The course will be of considerable value to those who wish to acquire a general knowledge of the subject, and extend their schoolwork.
Metallurgy.
This course is open to all holding third year certificates in Practical Chemistry, or to those who possess the requisite knowledge. It covers the reduction of oxides, sulphides etc, preparation of oxides, sulphides and silicates; preparation of alloys, cuppellation, refining of metals etc.
Physics.
These courses are on the lines of the courses in Chemistry: great attention is paid to correctness of method and care in working.
FIRST YEAR: Elementary measurements: use of instru- ments (screw gauge, slide callipers, wedge, spherometer, etc.) and graduated vessels (burette, pipette, etc.). Weighings, mass, volume and density. Properties of matter (elementary). Pressure in liquids. Principle of Archimedes, Boyles' Law.
SECOND YEAR: Elementary mechanics (Triangle and pa rallelogram of forces, moments, levers.) Elementary heat, ligh and sound, as for Junior Local Examination.
THIRD YEAR: Essentially a Matriculation course. Proper- ties of matter. More difficult mechanics. Heat, in greater detail than in the second year course. Light, including curved mirrors, lenses and optical instruments: the eye Sound, including open and closed organ pipes, etc.
Theoretical classes in both Physics and Chemistry could be arranged if desired: there will be in any case a short lecture at the commencement of every practical class.
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