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Arts Faculty.
Such provision has been made
from the start, but for a considerable period
no provision was made in the courses or on the
staff for instruction beyond the Intermediate
stage. In 1926 finds raised in British Malaya
were used for strengthening the staff and the
library, and facilities were afforded for the
study of Chinese up to the Degree stage in the
Arts Faculty. In spite of this, no candidates
have taken it for the B. A. Degree. Only 18
out of 101 students in the Arts Faculty are
taking Chinese as an Intermediate subject.
4.
In 1929, largely at the instigation of
Sir Cecil Clementi, a Chinese School of Studies
was established providing a four-year course
leading up to a Diploma. This was not accepted
by the University as conferring a degree status
owing to the low standard of the English portion
of the course and the fact that the admission
test to the course was far below Matriculation
standard, being in fact for non-Chinese students
on the lines of the Junior Local Examination.
The School was supported from an endowment fund
raised locally and from Government grant.
University accepted no financial responsibility.
The
At the time of the report there were 10 students
in the School and 6 teachers,
Bome of whom
however, gave part of their time to University
Intermediate students.
5.
Special
The Committee is convinced that it is a
mistake to offer specialised Chinese courses
for students who are not capable of passing the