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teach the school subjects.
Generally speaking, the
Committee's recommenuations were now receiving due attention.
Mr. Burney pointed out that no mention was made
of housecraft for girls and deprecated the omission of
this subject from the curriculum.
Dr. Esdaile said that needlework was the nearest
approach that had been made to house craft.
Dr. Firth considered that the details of the music
curriculum were very vague. No hint was given of the difficulties encountered in introducing English music to the Chinese. He suggested that the Committee might ask that the teacher of music should have some knowleage of the general principles of Chinese music or be prepared to
study Chinese music.
In the course of the ensuing discussion it was mentioned that English music, as well as native music, had been satisfactorily cultivated at Achimota and amongst the Chinese in Malaya. A music master had been asked for in Hong Kong one reason being that there were two important British schools which required attention.
Dr. Firth said he had not meant to imply that African and English music were incompatible, but that it needed an exceptional type of man to teach the latter to
the Chinese.
Mr. Mayhew said that creation of the post had not yet been sanctioned, but if it were, he was sure that the points raised by Dr. Firth would be borne in mind.
The report was accepted in the light of the
foregoing discussion.
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