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KONININKOVnununun HONG KONG UNIVERSITY RAMENCOMEN examinations. Dr. H. G. Earle who was the University's Professor of Physiology from 1915 to 1928 is now the Director of the Henry Lester Medical Research Institute in Shanghai.
In 1912 there were 21 students in the Medical Faculty; in 1016 there were 65; in 1929 there were 88. There are now 154 students in the Faculty--140 men and 14 women. The University medical course which extends over six years leads to the combined degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B., B.S.). This combined degree has been conferred on 198 graduates-11 of them being women. The University also confers the higher degrees of Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and Master of Surgery (M.S.). The degree of M.D. has been awarded to 7 graduates; there is only one Master of Surgery.
The staff of the faculty now consists of whole-time professors in surgery, pathology, anatomy, medicine, obstetrics & gynaecology, and physiology. The professors of chemistry and physics and the lecturers in these two branches work in the faculty as does also the reader in biology. There are eight full-time assistants to professors and one whole-time demonstrator. There are part-time lecturers in opthalmology, tropical medicine, therapeutics, radiology, venereal diseases, a part-time tutor and a part-time demonstrator in anatomy and a part- time demonstrator in materia medica and pharmacy. The part-time lecturer in tropical medicine (a Government medical officer) acts as anaesthetist to the surgical clinic and teacher of vaccination.
There is a University Medical Society and it publishes a periodical entitled Caduceus." In this, a number of useful papers have been published. l'apers have also appeared in other medical and scientific journals. A list of some of these papers appears in an appendix.
The Professor of Physiology, accompanied by the Professor of Physics, has twice visited Borneo to investigate the rural distribution of blood groups in that part of the world.
A joint conference of the China Missionary Medical Association and the British Medical Association was held in the University in January 1923.
The inaugural ceremony took the form of a special Congregation which was held in the City Hall. Honorary Doctorates were conferred on Drs. Houghton, Hune, Cousland, and Muir. Eight sections of the Conference were presided over by members of the University staff. The staff also contributed twenty papers.
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The Faculty of Medicine has many needs. It would scarcely be otherwise, for neither the science of medicine nor the art of healing is standing still. The department of anatomy is required to give special courses in histology, embryo- logy, neurology, and general anatomy, but there is no department either of embryology or of histology. There is no separate building for the department of surgery and the fact that the departinent of gross anatomy has to find room for operative surgery is prejudicing the development of both these branches. separate school of surgery is an urgent need. Then the facilities for teaching preventive medicine and hygiene are quite inadequate. This is a defect to which the University must pay early attention. The modern doctor should live up to the adage Prevention is better than cure." The public health worker is already in demand in China and the demand is growing. What a chance for some rich man to establish and endow a Manson Institute of Public Health!
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THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING.
HE first three years of the curriculum are the same for all students. In the fourth year a student can specialise in civil, or in mechanical, or in electrical, engineering. All students are required to take during their first and second youre the full workshop course prescribed. Students are also recommended to take advantage of the facilities offered for additional workshop instruction during the summer vacation. All students except those who have been specifically exempted by the Board of the Faculty, are required to pass an examination in English. For those not exempted from this special test four hours English teaching a week are provided as part of their first year course.
The Faculty of Engineering is the only faculty in the University which awards degrees with honours. The standard in the case of these honours degrees in assessed by special examiners from among the external examiners in engineer- ing of the University of London. Bachelors of Science in Engineering may be admitted to the degree of Master of Science in Engineering not earlier than two years after graduation. The requirements for the Master's degree are the presentation of a suitable thesis and the passing of a written examination. the examiners so desire, vivu voce and practical examinations may also be held. The University Calendar shows one master of science in engineering-an engineer graduate who is now employed in the Port Development Branch of the Public Works Department of the Government of Hong Kong.
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The permanent and whole time staff of the Engineering Faculty consists of the Taikoo Professor of Engineering who is Professor of Mechanical Engineer- ing and Director of the Engineering Workshops, the Professor of Civil Engineer- ing, the Professor of Electrical Engineering, a lecturer in civil engineering, a part-time lecturer in civil engineering, a lecturer in mechanical engineering, a demonstrator in electrical engineering, a demonstrator in civil engineering, a demonstrator in mechanical engineering, a workshop instructor and a de- monstrator employed in the Materials Laboratory. The Professor of Mathematics works both in the faculties of engineering and arts, and is a mem- ber of the board of each of those faculties. The professors and lecturers of chemistry and physics, as also the demonstrators of these two subjects, work in each of the three faculties, viz., the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of En- gineering and the Faculty of Arts, and the professors and lecturers are members of the boards of each of these faculties. Special lectures are given annually by selected members of the Public Works Department of the Government of Hong Kong.
The Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company have for some years allowed students of the engineering faculty to work in their shops dur- ing the aunimer vacation. Last year this Company arranged for member of their staff to be in general charge of these students, while they were in the Taikoo workshops, with a view to helping them to get the greatest possible ad- vantage out of their stay in the works.
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