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College and the Head of Department, was published. included some 200 pages and many illustrations (7 in colour), the articles dealing in the main with the fauna and flora of the Colony.
G. A. C. HERKLOTS,
Reader in Biology.
GENERAL.
Number of Arts Undergraduates.
First Term, 1930.
Ist Year
2nd Year
www.3
32
30
3rd Year
13
4th Year
15
90
External Students
13
Total
103
Second Term, 1930.
Ist Year
29
30
14
15
2nd Year
3rd Year
4th Year
External Students
Total
Examinations.
3888
12
100
There are four examinations for the degree of B.A.
(a) Intermediate Examination, Part I.
(b) Intermediate Examination, Part II.
(c) Final Examination, Part 1.
(d) Final Examination, Part II.
The details of the number of candidates, of passes and of failures, are given below:-
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Intermediate Examination, Part I.—26 candidates, 18 passed,
7 failed, and I was referred in one subject. Percentage of passes 69.2.
Intermediate Examination, Part II.—30 candidates( 13 passed, 9 failed, and 8 were referred in one subject. Percentage of passes 43.3-
Final Examination, Part I.—14 candidates, 11 passed, 2 failed, and I was absent. Percentage of passes 78.6.
Final Examination, Part II.—16 candidates, 13 passed, and 3 failed. Percentage of passes 81.3.
M.A. Examination.
Three of our graduates, one in Japan, one in the Federated Malay States, and one in Hong Kong, are at present, with the approval of the Faculty, preparing work which they mean to submit for our degree of M.A.
Development.
Under the trying conditions experienced during 1930, develop- ment in the real sense of the word was practically impossible, and a perusal of the reports, supplied by the heads of the various departments, will show that little has been done to make provision for commitments which have long existed. Thus the Group of "Letters and Philosophy" is still without a full-time professor, reader or lecturer in philosophic subjects, and the Department for the Training of Teachers is largely carried on by part-time methods. The need for elevating the standard of training for teachers has been recognised and the creation of a Diploma Course recommended, but this improved method of producing teachers can never be realised until it is possible to appoint a lecturer in Education. The teaching of Geography is also in a very un- satisfactory state, for at present there is no Department of Geo- graphy, and the subject only appears in the curriculum of the first year of certain groups. During 1930 the staff of the English Department did the work in connection with this subject, and for the first term of 1931 the Lecturer in Commerce will provide the necessary instruction. It is to be greatly regretted that a subject of such importance as Geography is not in the hands of at least a Reader, so that the demands for increased teaching in this subject, made by the heads of several departments, might be met in full.
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