1904-1919
HONG KONG, 1913.
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The most important schools, apart from the excluded schools (of which the Department has no knowledge), are Queen's College for Chinese and three District Schools its feeders, and the Belilios Public School for Chinese girls. There is an Indian School of growing importance. Kowloon School and Victoria School, for children of British parentage, have an average attendance of about 120. The Diocesan School and Orphanage, St. Joseph's College and the Ellis Kadoorie School are important boys' schools. The Italian, French and St. Mary's Convents, and the Diocesan Girls' School are the most important of the English Grant Schools.
The Hongkong Technical Institute affords an opportunity for higher education to students who have left school. Instruction was given in 1913 in Mathematics, Machine Drawing, and Building Construction; in Chemistry, Physics and Electricity; in Commercial English, Logic and Political Economy; in French, Shorthand and Book-keeping. Classes in Sanitation (Public Hygiene) and First Aid to the Injured are also held, the examinations being conducted under the auspices of the Royal Sanitary Institute, London, and of the St. John Ambulance Association, respectively. Classes for men and women teachers are a feature of the institute.
The Lecturers are recruited from the members of the medical and educational faculties of the Colony, and from the Department of Public Works, and receive fees for their services. The institute is furnished with a well-equipped chemical laboratory and excellent physical apparatus.
While the Technical Institute has suffered in several directions from the activity of the University, it continues to perform many useful functions of its own. The Normal Classes for men and women, the Shorthand, Mathematics and English Classes were all well attended, as also a "First Aid" Class.
The University of Hong Kong was opened for teaching in September, 1912. Chancellor, His Excellency Sir Francis Henry May, K.C.M.G., B.A., LL.D., Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Sir Charles Eliot, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.C.L., M.A., LL.D., Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Professor C. A. M. Smith, M.Sc., M.I.M.E., Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Francis William Clark, M.D., Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor A. E. W. Salt, M.A., Registrar, A. C. Franklin, F.I.C.
Faculties of Engineering, Medicine, and Arts are fully established. In the Engineering Department courses are being given in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering, leading up to the degree of B.Sc. (Eng.). The Medical faculty prepares students for the degrees of M.B. and B.S. The Arts faculty gives the degree of B.A., which, like all the other degrees of the University, is modelled on the London Pass Degree.
Five years of residence are required before the M.B. or B.S. can be granted, and four for the B.Sc. (Eng.) and B.A. There are three terms in the Session, which begins on September 15th and ends about May 31st. The fees are $300 for tuition, and $240 for board and residence, with a deposit of $25 caution money. All fees are payable in terminal instalments.
1904-1919
HONG KONG, 1913.
279
14
The most important schools, apart from the excluded schools (of which the Department has no knowledge), are Queen's College for Chinese and three District Schools its feeders, and the Belilios Public School for Chinese girls. There is an Indian School of growing im- portance. Kowloon School and Victoria School, for children of British parentage, have an average attendance of about 120. The Diocesan School and Orphanage, St. Joseph's College and the Ellis Kadoorie School are important boys' schools. The Italian, French and St. Mary's Convents, and the Diocesan Girls' School are the most important of the English Grant Schools.
The Hongkong Technical Institute affords an opportunity for higher education to students who have left school. Instruction was given in 1913 in Mathematics, Machine Drawing, and Building Con- struction; in Chemistry, Physics and Electricity; in Commercial English, Logic and Political Economy; In French, Shorthand and Book-keeping. Classes in Sanitation (Public Hygiene) and First Aid to the Injured are also held, the examinations being conducted under the auspices of the Royal Sanitary Institute, London, and of the St. John Ambulance Association, respectively. Classes for men and women teachers are a feature of the institute.
The Lecturers are recruited from the members of the medical and educational faculties of the Colony, and from the Department of Public Works, and receive fees for their services. The institute is furnished with a well equipped chemical laboratory and excellent physical apparatus.
While the Technical Institute has suffered in several directions from the activity of the University, it continues to perform many useful functions of its own. The Normal Classes for men and women, the Shorthand, Mathematics and English Classes were all well attended, as also a "First Aid" Class.
The University of Hong Kong was opened for teaching in September, 1912. Chancellor, His Excellency Sir Francis Henry May, K.C.M.G.,B.A.,LL.D., Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Sir Charles Eliot, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.C.L., M.A., LL.D., Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Professor C. A. M. Smith, M.SC., M.I.M.E., Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Francis William Clark, M.D., Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor A. E. W. Salt, M.A., Registrar, A. C. Franklin, F.I.C.
Faculties of Engineering, Medicine, and Arts are fully established. In the Engineering Department courses are being given in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering, leading up to the degree of B.Sc. (Eng.), The Medical faculty prepares students for the degrees of M.B. and B.S. The Arts faculty gives the degree of B.A., which, like all the other degrees of the University, is modelled on the London Pass Degree.
Five years of residence are required before the M.B. or B.S. can be granted, and four for the B.Sc. (Eng.) and B.A. There are three terms in the Session, which begins on September 15th and ends about May 31st. The fees are $300 for tuition, and $240 for board and residence, with a deposit of $25 caution money. All fees are payable in terminal instalments.
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