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sufficiently to emphasize the value of a University as an instrument of civilization in a commercial community.

The Vice-Chancellor has on several occasions addressed

the members of the Court on this and on cognate matters.

17. The remaining resolutions of the Council and

the Court are self-explanatory.

18.

No specific reference is made in the Court

Minutes to certain important matters of the University

(1937) Committee's report, but generally the reason for the

omissions are clear. For instance paragraph 64 of the

report comments on the organization of the Department of

Education within the Faculty of Arts and recommends the

abolition of the Professorship of Education.

Both in the

University and outside there has long been dissatisfaction

with the work done by the University in the training of

teachers. For this reason, in my speech of Congregation

on January 7th 1938 I announced my intention to appoint

the committee to which reference is made in an earlier

paragraph of this despatch. As the University was adequately represented on this Committee and as the

Committee was to report directly to the Governor,

understand that the Council was content to abstain from

passing any resolution on this issue. The Committee, as has been already stated, did not accept the conclusion of

the University Committee (1937) Report but, on the contrary,

has) advocated a wide extension of the training of teachers

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Ps confor Anglo-Chinese and Chinese schools in which, it is

contended, co-operation between the University and the

Government Education Department will increase the

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