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Arts Faculty.

Such provision has been made

from the start, but for a considerable period

no provision was made in the courses or on the

staff for instruction beyond the Intermediate

stage. In 1926 finds raised in British Malaya

were used for strengthening the staff and the

library, and facilities were afforded for the

study of Chinese up to the Degree stage in the

Arts Faculty. In spite of this, no candidates

have taken it for the B. A. Degree. Only 18

out of 101 students in the Arts Faculty are

taking Chinese as an Intermediate subject.

4.

In 1929, largely at the instigation of

Sir Cecil Clementi, a Chinese School of Studies

was established providing a four-year course

leading up to a Diploma. This was not accepted

by the University as conferring a degree status

owing to the low standard of the English portion

of the course and the fact that the admission

test to the course was far below Matriculation

standard, being in fact for non-Chinese students

on the lines of the Junior Local Examination.

The School was supported from an endowment fund

raised locally and from Government grant.

University accepted no financial responsibility.

The

At the time of the report there were 10 students

in the School and 6 teachers,

Bome of whom

however, gave part of their time to University

Intermediate students.

5.

Special

The Committee is convinced that it is a

mistake to offer specialised Chinese courses

for students who are not capable of passing the