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Lars appears to be, with rare exceptions, totally absent.
The foregoing revelation of the amount of corporal punishments inflicted and the general conflict of race bias and neglect of the study of the peculiarities of Chinese child nature pervading the College, sufficiently account for this state of things. The relations existing between the English and the Chinese Masters of the College are characterized by mutual antipathy caused partly by race prejudice and partly by the fact that untrained and in some cases manifestly incompetent Masters are officially placed on a level with highly trained and efficient English Masters. No improvement can be expected in this respect until the rule is made that none but certificated teachers shall be allowed to rank as Masters.
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Responsibility. In conclusion I respectfully beg to submit that the responsibility for the above described condition of Victoria College and the waste of money connected with it does not rest with me as, until quite lately, by authority as Head of the Education Department with respect to that one Government School was not allowed to extend beyond an annual examination into the nominal attainments of its scholars.
15.
Enclosures. I append a copy of my address to the Masters, delivered at the conference which I held with them in the presence of the Headmaster, and beg to state that details concerning the statements made in this Report will be found in that address. I further append a List of Corporal Punishments administered (1892 and 1893) and Fines collected in Victoria College (1892).
I have &c. (Signed). J. Eitel,
Inspector of Schools.
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lars appears to be, with rare exceptions, totally absent.
The foregoing revelation of the amount of corporal punish-
ments inflicted and the general conflict of race bias anu
neglect of the study of the peculiarities of Chinese chilc
nature pervading the College, sufficiently account for this
state of things. The relations existing between the English
and the Chinese Masters of the Colle,e are characterized by
mutual antipathy cause partly by race prejudice and partly
by the fact that untrained and in some cases manifestly in-
competent Masters are officially placed on a level with
highly trained and efficient English Masters. No improvement
can be expected in this respect until the rule is made that
none but certificated teachers shall be allowed to rank as
Masters.
14.
Responsibility. In
conclusion I respectfully beg
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to submit that the responsibility for the above described
condition of Victoria College and the waste of money con-
nected with it does not rest with me 25, until quite lately,
By authority as Head of the Equcation Department with res-
pect to that one Government School was not allowed to extend
beyond an annual examination into the nominal attainments
of its scholars.
15.
Enclosures. I append a copy of my address to the
Masters, uelivered at the conference which I Lela with them in the presence of the Headmaster, and beg to state that details concerning the statements made in this Report will
be found in that address. I further append a List of Corpo-
ral Punishments auministered (1892 and 1893 ) and Fines
collected in Victoria College ( 1892 ).
I have &C. (Signed). J. Eitel,
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Inspector of Schools.
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