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to comparatively elementary secondary books which quickly become obsolete, but are essential for teaching preliminary courses.
H. G. HUGHES,
Reader in History.
REPORT ON THE CHINESE COURSES IN THE FACULTY
OF ARTS IN 1928.
PERSONNEL: -There has not been any change of the staff which includes two full-time Readers, Dr. Lai Chi Hsi and Dr. Au Tai Tin, one Chinese Translator, Mr. Lam Tung, B.A., and a Librarian.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS:-The number of undergraduates attending classes in Chinese and Translation was 8, as against 17 in the previous year. One possible explanation of the decrease may be the fact that the Chinese side of the Matriculation Examinations had been stricter last year, with the result that the number of students taking Chinese was reduced.
LECTURE HOURS :-The number of lecture-hours per week for this course is as follows:
1st Year
2nd Year
3rd Year
Mandarin Class
II
ΙΟ
ΙΟ
9
DEGREE EXAMINATION:-The number of entries was 6, the number which appeared was 6, and the number which passed was also 6. Thus the percentage of passes was 100. This ex- cellent result is perhaps due to the Matriculation Chinese being
stricter.
THE CHINESE LIBRARY:-There were 663 sets of books in 27,865 volumes in the year 1927. During this year (1928) another 236 sets in 2,874 volumes were added either by purchase or from gifts. Thus by the end of 1928, we had altogether 899 sets of books in 30,739 volumes. The number of volumes borrowed by students in the year 1928 was 204.
THE CHINESE SCHOOL :-Perhaps one of the most important developments in the Chinese section of the Faculty of Arts, in 1928, was the scheme for creating a Chinese School, that is to
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say, a school of Chinese Studies under the Faculty of Arts, providing courses of instruction mainly in Chinese Classics, Chinese History, Chinese Philosophy, Chinese Literature, English, and Translation from Chinese into English as well as from English into Chinese. Apart from the existing Chinese Classes in the Faculty of Arts, this Chinese School, is a different in- stitution which aims at giving its undergraduates an intensive and extensive study of Chinese with due regard for the study of English and Translation. The need for such an organisation may be amply witnessed by the many appeals from H.E, the Chancellor and from the Vice-Chancellor, by the generous grants from the Government of Hong Kong, and by the ready and enthusiastic response from the Chinese and European com- munities. By the time when this report was in preparation, the aforesaid Chinese School had been declared open, though in- formally, and no less than six internal and five external students had been admitted into this newly created institution.
A great deal more about this school will be recorded in the next issue of report for the year 1929.
February, 5, 1929.
LAM TUNG, Reader in Chinese History.
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS.
Staff:-W. Brown, M.A., B.SC., F.R.S.E., A.M.I.E.E. (Professor of
Mathematics).
The lectures in Mathematics are attended by under- graduates of the Faculties of Arts and Engineering. The total number of students attending lectures in Mathematics during 1928 was 64, distributed as follows:-
Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Arts
Ist Year. Pure. Applied.
2nd Year.
3rd Year. Pure. Applicd. Pure.
A
17
17
18
18
20
18
5
4
4
In 1928 the Mathematics classes increased in size by some 23% over the figures of 1927. The general average of attainment was up to the standard of previous years.
The new desks with which Room J. has been supplied have added greatly to the comfort of the students and to the efficiency
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