A work in the Laboratory, and have occasional practice in writing out an account of what they have seen and heard in the lessons. Very great improvement has been made in recent months in this important part of the work.
Class 1 Junior Division.-It is not considered that there is any necessity to retain this division, since pupils who pass the Junior University Local when in Class 2 ought to be able to enter Class I and prepare for the Matriculation Examination without delay.
Special University Class.-In September, 13 students nominated by the Chinese Government to Scholarships at the Hongkong University arrived in the Colony from different parts of China. It was found that they required considerable preparation for the December Matriculation Examination, and a Special Class was therefore formed at Queen's College to which these students and a few Class 1 pupils were admitted. Mr. Kay was transferred from Wantsai Government School to take charge of the class and did excellent work.
The social life of the College, in which great progress is being made, is fully dealt with in the Head Master's Report.
27. District Schools.-The Ellis Kadoorie School was taken over by the Education Department on January 1st, 1915, with Mr. R. E. O. Bird, formerly of Queen's College, as Head Master. The school ranking now as a District School, and working on the same lines, the Upper School (i.e., Classes 1, 2, 3) has been abolished and attention concentrated on preparatory work. It is hoped that the school will in this way eventually become an important feeder to Queen's College. The Inspector reports:—
"The Lower Classes consist entirely of new boys, and with these a very good beginning has been made. Getting nearer to top of the school, the work shown was poorer in quality, a condition which I ascribe to inferior preparation in previous years.
"Class 4, the highest class, was found to be very unsatisfactory, and really good results can hardly be looked for here.
"Reading gives evidence of having been taught at some time by inefficient Chinese Masters. Pronunciation was bad, all the common faults being in evidence, and it was impossible to understand the boys without reference to the book. Conversation was not good, nor did the boys appear very intelligent. Special attention is being given to Recitation with the object of improving Conversation and pronunciation.
"Several dialogues have been prepared, and boys are encouraged to learn these and deliver them in the Hall before their own class, and sometimes in the presence of other classes. ('Oliver Twist' is being dramatised by Mr. Lam Kwan-shan, a Pupil Teacher, who possesses undoubted ability in this direction.) At other times Model Lessons, previously carefully learned, are given by the boys in turn. A lesson upon 'The Dog' was given in quite good style by Class 4 boys, pictures and the Head Master's much-enduring terrier being used in illustration. These methods ought, in course of time, to produce very good results.
"A more liberal supply of maps and pictures is necessary.
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work in the Laboratory, and have occasional practice in writing out an account of what they have seen and heard in the lessons. very great improvement has been made in recent months in this important part of the work.
Class 1 Junior Division.-It is not considered that there is any necessity to retain this division, since pupils who pass the Junior University Local when in Class 2 ought to be able to enter Class I and prepare for the Matriculation Examination without delay.
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Special University Class.-In September, 13 students nominat- ed by the Chinese Government to Scholarships at the Hongkong University arrived in the Colony from different parts of China. It was found that they required considerable preparation for the December Matriculation Examination, and a Special Class was therefore formed at Queen's College to which these students and a few Class 1 pupils were admitted. Mr. Kay was transferred from Wantsai Government School to take charge of the class and did excellent work.
The social life of the College, in which great progress is being made, is fully dealt with in the Head Master's Report.
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27. District Schools.-The Ellis Kadoorie School was taken over by the Education Department on January 1st, 1915, with Mr. R. E. 0. Bird, formerly of Queen's College, as Head Master. The school ranking now as a District School, and working on the same lines, the Upper School (i.e.. Classes 1, 2, 3) has been abolished and attention concentrated on preparatory work. It is hoped that the school will in this way eventually become an important feeder " to Queen's College. The Inspector reports :—
"The Lower Classes consist entirely of new boys, and with these a very good beginning has been made. Getting nearer to top of the school, the work shewn was poorer in quality, a condition which I ascribe to inferior preparation in previous years.
"Class 4, the highest class. was found to be very unsatisfactory, and really good results can bardly be looked for here.
"Reading gives evidence of having been taught at some time by inefficient Chinese Masters. Pronunciation was bad, all the common faults being in evidence, and it was impossible to under- stand the boys without reference to the book. Conversation was not good, nor did the boys appear very intelligent. Special attention is being given to Recitation with the object of improving Conversa- tion and pronunciation.
"Several dialogues have been prepared, and boys are encour- aged to learn these and deliver them in the Hall before their own
class, and sometimes in the presence of other classes. ("Oliver Twist" is being dramatised by Mr. Lam Kwan-shan, a Pupil Teacher, who possesses undoubted ability in this direction.) At other times Model Lessons, previously carefully learned, are given by the boys in turn. A lesson upon "The Dog" was given in quite good style by Class 4 boys, pictures and the Head Master's much-enduring terrier being used in illustration. These methods ought, in course of time, to produce very good results.
"A more liberal supply of maps and pictures is necessary.
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