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and emphasised by his proposed, scheme for
College without the knowledge of the organering the Head Master, Phave the honour to buy that in justice to myself, and
my
hard-working and
very
competent staff, a thorough inquiry first be held.
on a
(18) Myself
I shall be content with the opinion of Mr. Fitch, or any other of 18.M. Anior Inspectors, based
Victoria Collige a careful perusal of the reports on wetending
over the last eleven years, c. c. during my management; together with a comparison of the purcentages Fables of individuals outjects in Victoria College, as published annually by Dr. Citit. If the percentages in subjects do not in the last two indicate a serious falling off in efficiency, then the question arises, on what does the Inspector base his charges of
the last two years of
Victoria College.
years
the rotten condition
(19) A more thorough but expensive way of conduct- ing the inquiry would be to send Mr. Fitch out to Hong Kong, and to associate with him the Inspector
Ochools and the Head Master as a Commission,
with authority for all three together, first to exam- ine class in Victoria College on the work done,
every and thin to examine every
class in St Joseph's College, the Diocesan School, and Victoria English Ichool on work done there, for purposes of compar -
ison, on which Dr. Eitil Vases so much of his argument.
a
Board
Education.
Formation
q (20) Dr. Eitel in the presence of Mr. Lockhart re- cently referred to the formation of a Board for the management of
Victoria College.
This Ipresume is part of the scheme of re-organisation which has
Care-
Carefully been withheld from me. Mean article in the China Review published early this year,
Or .bitel in relating the History of
Education in this Colony makes the following remark, XIX 349. The ben tral schools acquired a sufficient statues of its own " as soon as it was out of the leading strings of the Bourd". From 24 June 1865 (p.351) thure hasbeen no Board, why revent to the infantile stage after nearly 30 years of
emancipation.
V
(21) Under the circumstances the appointment a Board is a public proclamation
of the total in- computency of
ao Head master, who, for 8 1⁄2 yo earned the praise of the Inspector of schools, and special commendation from Lord Mout ofordion- veyed in 6.0.0. Letter No 1014/89.
Present Condition of
the College.
(22) I emphatically state that the College is in as flourishing a condition now as it has everben, and I challenge Dr. bite to lay his finger on the subject where deterioration is manifect. All his adourse criticions of style of teaching both English and Chines should have been expressed (instead of approval) from 1882 to 1890, if any real in- portance is to be attached to them, as no serious Change has been made.
My
own fervice.
Meeru
(23) I cannot with propriety dwell on this points but refer to your Lordship to W. Dr. Legge's mendation with high testimonials from Oxford professors . (2) Dr. Eitel's high encomium on the when recommending me in 1883 to act as his locum tenens, (3) Dr. Vitit's Reports 1882-1889,
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