CO129-561-7 Hong Kong University 4-1-1937 - 22-9-1937 — Page 75

ich has 10 students taking the full course assuming in September

the usual two are added. I have one Eurasian assistant who gets

211 (eleven) pounds a month. The Chinese Dept, has a professor,

and two full time assistants though their salaries are lower, but

like ours are on the usual competitive and economic basis. I have

submitted my time table to the Aeroc. of University Teachers for

their comment I cover three subjects History of Education and

Philo ophy of Education for final year students men and women of

24-5 years of age who read widely, five lectures per week together

with essay marking, Psychology for all students in the Arts Faculty

vho wish to take the subject - 3 lectures a week, supervision of

practical teaching which is given over largely to my assistant who

goes round the schools. I criticise and give demonstration lessons

on Thursday afternoons and of course I am in m office from 9.20 to

1 p.. when not lecturing for inerviews, iiscussion etc. night

school (free) which I have persuaded my students to run for the

past six years. Education Society Education Journal and meetings

connected with University activities.

I em President of the

Hon Kong Teachers Assoc. and have been since its foundation 3

years ago. I published two booke last year, have written a paper

for a Conference in Tokyo this year and so on. To say that or to

suggest that my work is inadequate for the University is to my

mind a gross libel, but it is undoubtedly due to the enmity

I have created by my mild assertion of University principles and

ideals. It is particularly galling too as I have done more in the

last two years to put the name of this University on the map than

other members of the staff. I mean academically, I have

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