The First Six Years 1963-69

secondary school students in Hong Kong to the use o f the computer for instructional purposes. The material for these courses was specially prepared to introduce and popularize computer pro gramming at the secondary school level. Selected Form V I students from 38 Chinese and English schools attended these pre sentations. Student reaction was predominantly favourable. The most frequently expressed complaint was that the course was too short. In August o f 1968 ， the University o f Hong Kong and this University set up a Jo in t Computer Committee to advise the Vice- Chancellors on the planning and development o f computing acti vities at the two Universities. Some short intensive programming courses for faculty mem bers were conducted by the Centre in the summer o f 1969 to in troduce computer programming techniques to those who were not already fam iliar w ith the 1130 System. I t also organized an under graduate course in “ Computer Concept and Programming" in the Colleges and co-sponsored the extramural certificate course in “ Systems Analysis” . Graduate Studies ( I) Graduate School Indispensable to any university is the collection in its libraries o f the knowledge contained in books and a ll other forms o f written records. But one o f the basic functions o f a university is to refine this knowledge through the minds o f good teachers and communi cate it in a meaningful way to the students. This is the educational function o f a university. Further, i t must classify the fund o f know ledge available, test it and continuously contribute to it. This is the research function. When the educational function and the research function converge, the logical and most productive next step is to develop a programme o f graduate studies. This programme o f graduate studies must provide a solid foundation for a successful undergraduate programme. One en sures the excellence o f the other. W ith a graduate school in oper ation, scholars o f established reputation, who are able teachers as well as productive researchers ， are more readily attracted to the university because o f the additional opportunities afforded for advanced study and research in their fields o f special interest. The chance to become part o f a purely undergraduate educational in stitution, no matter how new and exciting, frequently does not prove to be a sufficient lure. A programme o f graduate studies was, therefore ， accorded a high p rio rity in the overall scheme for de velopment o f The Chinese University. 49