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results as would the expenditure of the money on scholarships,
and I am strongly in favour of the latter course. In this
connection I would quote the following remarks made by Sir
William Hornell:-
Now the interchange of University teachers is commonly used to cover two rather different arrangements.
It sometimes refers to an arrangement by which an ordinary University teacher, say the Professor of
Physics in Hong Kong University, may change places temporarily with (say) the Professor of Physics in (say) the University of Manchester. This is all very well so
far as it goes, but its success must obviously depend on a general equality of advantages. The University of Manchester may find it interesting and perhaps stimulating to have in its midst a Professor who has had experience
in Hong Kong. But obviously an extremely important
consideration from the point of view of the Manchester University is that the Hong Kong Professor should be able to teach Physics and to conduct the work of the department
in Manchester of which he is put in charge almost equally
as well as the man he is replacing. I believe that our Professor of Physics would put up a reasonably good show
in any British University, but I should not feel so confident, nor am I afraid would the British University
concerned, about the average professor of a University in
China. The difference of standards and methods as between
British Universities and Universities in China would be a
substantial difficulty. This interchange of teachers
between Universities and schools in Great Britain and
Universities and schools in the British Dominions has been
under consideration for years and practically nothing has come
of it. I am exceedingly sceptical about the practicability
of