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(c) that post-graduate training in Orthopaedic Surgery should be provideu,
17. Dr. Kauntze urged that while the study of tropical diseases must form a 1rge part of studies in systematic medicine there wor need of the development of post-graduate teaching in Tropical Disenseo.
D. Faculty of Engineering.
18. The Chairman Expressed grave doubts of the value of isolated small schools of engineering. His experience led him to the conclusion that murc effective training would be achieved by the provision of post-graduate study of engineering in the West after a good scientific training in Hong Kong. Mr. N. L. Smith referred to the unwillingness of Chinese to work in factories and workshops as apprentices side by side with Chinese of lower social standing, but the absence of any such hesitation among them when apprenticsa in Englenu. ir. Sloss suggested that the ship building industry supplied facilities for training in mechanical engineering of notable vils. The Chairman maintained the view that small engineering schools were inordia.tely costly under present conditions impossible adeguately to staff. Mr. Morse referred to
a previous attempt in Hong Kong to limit teaching to courses in : civil enginecring, but Mr. Sloss pointed out that little econ "ly was nchieved because 1. burntories and staff for the teaching of the elements of mechanical and electrical engineering still were necosegry. Sir George Mosc said that a revived University of Hong Kong was not being established to provide for all of China's educational needs and that the Committee should keep its attention Miructed to chat might be regarded as essentially British cultural interests. It was aprced that further consideration of the suspension of sagineuring eacning in Hong Kong should be deferad until na opportunity had been given to Professor Redmond to statc a cass for itu rutention.
Training of T chers.
19. It wus tnted that the Education Department in the Colony prɔvided a two year course for matriculents who procceded to: a Government c.rtific subj that the University recently had initiated cources for Diplon: in Teaching after one year's post-gradu-te study, that ample froilities for practice in teaching were given in schools near the University.
30. (A) Mr. lcus suggested that the Diploma course should extend to two years becaurs of the need to train all students in the tucanique of Anglina teaching as well as in the subjects of their choice. îate was put forward as a personal view, not as the considered opinion of his colleagues in the Deg rtment of Eluci
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(b) Professor i nech feared that such an extension might for economic re song, discourage stulents from advanced studies in tacir own subjects.
21. The donirability of the appointment of an expert psychologist for work in schools and in the training of teachers was supesim. 22. The Committee discussed the difficulty adequately of staffing the University of Hong Kong and other Colonial universities. The Chairman hoped that an arrangement for the secondment of lecturers from British univcrsities might give cffcctive help
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