Bulletin Vol. 2 No. 2 Aug 1965

L 'U n iv e rs ite de Paris in 1931. Since then, he has had a long career in the fie ld o f higher education. F o r seven years he was Professor and Head o f the D e pa rtm e n t o f E du cation o f N a tion a l Peking U n iv e rs ity , fo r one year he was C hairm an o f the F a cu lty o f A rts o f Changsha P rovisional U n iv e rs ity (la te r know n as N a tio n a l Southwestern Associated U n iv e rs ity ), fo r three years he was Professor o f Education at N a tio n a l C entral U n iv e rs ity , and fo r one year he was Dean o f the F a cu lty o f A rts o f N a tio n a l Cheng C h i U n iv e rs ity . F rom 1938 to 1945 he was D ire c to r o f H ig h e r Education o f the M in is try o f E ducation, and in 1949 and then from 1954 to 1958, he was V ic e -M in is te r o f E ducation. In 1951’ 1954 and 1958’ he was a delegate to the General Conference o f U N E S C O . Since 1937, he has visited the U n ite d States and Europe several times, m ostly on official m issions. T h e last tim e he w ent to the U n ite d States was when he accepted an in v ita tio n o f the U n iv e rs ity o f H aw a ii to take pa rt in the Advanced Scholars Resident Research P rogramme o f the East- W est Centre, fo r a du ra tio n o f five months, from September 1964 to F ebruary 1965, Despite his very heavy teaching and adm in istra tive duties, D r. Ou has been a pro du ctive w rite r. He has w ritte n in Chinese, F rench and E nglish, and his p u b lic a tions in clud e the fo llo w in g : A n Introduction to Logic (in Chinese), Shanghai: Chung Hw a Book Company, 1926. A n Outline o f Philosophy o f Education (in Chinese), T h e C omm ercial Press, Shanghai, 1934. Chinese Translation o f John Dewey's Freedom and Culture, Cheng C hung Book Company, T a ip e i, 1953. Chinese Translation o f A . Lalande's Precis Raisonne de la M o ra le Pratique, C hung Hw a Book C om pany, T a ip e i, 1955. L a Doctrine Pedagogique de John Dewey, P a ris : J. V irn , 1958 (L a B ib lio theq ue d ’ H is to ire de la P h ilo soph ie). A Chronology o f John Dewey (in Chinese), in N ew Asia College Academ ic A nn ua l, V o l. I V ， 1961, A Re-evaluation o f the Educational Theory and Practice o f John Dewey, in the Education F orum , M a rch , 1961 ， published by K appa D e lta Pi, an H o n o r Society in Education. Some Facts and Ideas about Talent and Genius in Chinese H istory, in the Year Book o f Education 1961 ， published b y Evans B rothers ， Lo nd on , in association w ith the U n iv e rs ity o f Lo nd on In s titu te o f Education and Teachers College, C o lum b ia U n iv e rs ity , N ew Y o rk. SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION A Board fo r the Selection o f Undergraduates fo r Social W o rk Education fo r 1965/66 was appointed by the Academ ic P lanning C omm ittee on July 5, 1965. T h e Selection Board consists o f: M r. H .T . W u , U n iv e rs ity Registrar (C hairm an) P rof. P .V . Y oung, D ire c to r o f U n iv e rs ity Studies in Social W o rk M r. H a ro ld H o , C hung C h i College M rs . H o T u n g T e -H in g , N ew Asia College M r. N .H . Young, U n ite d College M r. H o K am Fai, U n ite d College M iss Lee H e i-m an , Chung C h i College M r. Steve S.C. Huang, U n iv e rs ity Assistant Registrar (Secretary) T h e d u ty o f the Board is to select students o f all three Colleges, who have com pleted th e ir second- year courses and taken the required prerequisites, to enter in to the Departm ents o f Social W o rk at either C hung C h i College o r U n ite d College. A test o f one general paper w ill be conducted by the Board to assess applicants' academic standard as well as th e ir p ro ficie ncy in E nglish and Chinese. B oth C hung C h i and U n ite d have a D e pa rtm e n t o f Social W o rk w h ich on ly offers th ird - and fo u rth -y e a f courses leading to a degree o f Bachelor o f Social Science (B.S.Sc.). T h e nature o f the D e p a rtm e n t o f Social W o rk, like the D e pa rtm e n t o f Journalism , tenable at N ew Asia College as from September, 1965, are p ro ­ fessional departments. T h e ir courses are open to students o f a ll three Founda tion Colleges and adm is sions to the Departm ents are on a com petitive basis. S tudents who are to be adm itted in to the Depa rtm ent o f Social W o rk may apply fo r the several scholarships set up by various sources as w e ll as the endowm ent o f the H o ng K o n g and Shanghai Banking Corporation. NEW TEACHING METHODS A TIMETABLE OF ACTION T h e U n iv e rs ity Boards o f Studies have u n til A ugust 1 ， 1965 to make definite recommendations to the V ice- C hancellor on the details fo r the im p lem e ntatio n o f new teaching methods. (See Special S upplem ent o f U n iv e rs ity B u lle tin , V o l. I ， N o . 12) T h e V ice -C hance llo r, in his statement to Senate, asked each U n iv e rs ity Board o f Studies to w o rk out the details o f the fo llow in g plan : (a) W ith all the w ritte n w o rk required in small group teaching and w ith the In te rm e d ia te and Degree Exam inations, each College should be given fu ll fle x ib ility to determ ine the achieve­ ments o f the students d u rin g the fo u r years o f 3