Bulletin Vol. 2 No. 3 Oct 1965

representatives of other post-secondary colleges in the Colony. T h e party ended after a variety of performances. • N e w Asia College announced officially on July 19 that M r . B.P. Schoyer has been appointed to the new post of Vice-president of the College, and w i l l assist the President i n duties of public relations. T h e a p p o i n t me nt was approved by the College Academic Board and the Board of Governors in early July. • N e w Asia College held a congregation on July 17 at the College A u d i t o r i um for the award of diplomas. A b o ut seven h u n d r ed guests were present, amo ng w h om were M r . J o hn T u n g , Provisional Ch a i r man of the Board of Governors, D r . T . C. Ou, President of the College, M r . B. P. Schoyer, M r . H u i Y e u ng Shing, D r . D . Y . L i n g, and M r . T s e ng Y emu i. D r . Ou and M r , T u n g addressed the congregation and gave the graduates very good counsel and advice. D i p l omas were then awarded and the congregation was completed w i t h a response f r om the Representative of the graduates. Refreshments were served afterwards. • T h e Students' U n i o n of N ew Asia College held a farewell ball for graduates at the College Auditorium on July 17 f r om 7 to 12 p . m. T h e President, M r . L ee Jig Cheun, represented the undergraduates to b i d farewell and distribute souvenirs to the graduates. M r . Ch an C h u ng L i n g responded on behalf of the graduates. A T h e graduates of N ew Asia College i n v i t ed the staff to dinner at the Princess Garden on July 19. Am o n g those attended were M r . T ao Ch e n - y u, Dean of Students, M r . D o n a ld MaCa b e, the Comp t r o l l e r, M r . Wa ng Ch i, the A c t i ng Dean of Studies, and heads of departments, M r . T a o, on behalf of the President D r . T . C. O u who was indisposed that evening, thanked the graduates and distributed souvenirs. • M r . Yao Shiu-shek, T u t o r in A c c o u n t i ng & Finance, U n i t ed College, passed away on June 12, 1965. A U n i t ed College conducted an intensive f o u r- week conversational En g l i sh course for current students f r om m i d Au g u s t. Th r ee students f r om Stanford Un i v e r s i t y, who were visiting H o n g K o n g u n d er the auspices of the W o r l d University Service, took an active part in the teaching of this course. • D u r i ng the s ummer of 1965, a pro-seminar on more advanced topics i n Real Analysis was being conducted i n the De p a r t me nt of Mathematices of the U n i t ed College for the f o u r th year students w h o have j u st completed a regular course i n Real Analysis. T h e purpose is t wo f o l d: (i) to introduce to students the new teaching me t h od of pro-seminars, and (ii) to teach students h ow to learn mathematics t h r o u gh g r o up discussions. • M r . P. C. Yao, B . A. ( H . K . ), M r . S. T . Wo n g, A sociate of the F o r mer International I n s t i t u te of Accountants of Australia, and M r . Joachim Ha rk L i m Poon, B . A. ( A rms t o n g ), M . S c. (Springfield), were appointed D e p u ty Registrar, Assistant Bursar and D i r e c t or of Physical Ed u c a t i on respectively at U n i t ed College f r om 1st July, 1965. WORLD UNI VERS I TY SERVICE GRANTS T h r ee y o u ng faculty members f r om N e w Asia, C h u ng Ch i, and U n i t ed Colleges have been awarded staff t r a i n i ng fellowships by W o r l d Un i v e r s i ty Service to carry on graduate wo rk in the U n i t ed States for one or t wo years. T h e y were awarded a substantial grant f r om W U S plus their travelling expenses. Paul Chen, a memb er of the physics department of N e w Asia College, w i l l study philosophy at the University of Southern Illinois, where he has been granted a $1800 fellowship in addition to his W U S grant. A memb er of the C h u ng C h i College mathematics department, Ch e u ng T o Yat W i l l be attending the Un i v e r s i ty of Wisconsin for advanced wo rk in applied mathematics. Also a mathematician, W o n g C h i Song of U n i t ed College w i l l be at the Un i v e r s i ty of Oregon w i t h a $800 partial assistantship in addition to his W U S fellowship. A l l three men left in Au g u s t. LECTURERS ( In the order of availability of biographies) Mr. Hsu-chao Ho, New Asia College, Finance and Commerce M r . H o was b o rn i n Fo o c h ow in 1905. He received f r om the Un i v e r s i ty of California B . A. and M . A . degrees on Economics respectively i n 1928 and 1929. H e was a dm i t t ed into the Ec o n om ic H o n or Society in 1928 and w o n in 1930 the first prize for all U . S. Un i v e r s i ty essay contest on the Haw l e y - Smo ot T a r i ff A c t of 1930. M r . H o taught in the Un i v e r s i ty of Shanghai f r om 1932 to 1939, St. John's Un i v e r s i ty f r om 1939 to 1942, Great Ch i na Un i v e r s i ty f r om 1936-38, C omb i n ed Un i v e r s i ty of Shanghai Un i v e r s i ty and Soochow Un i v e r s i ty in 1943, Na n y a ng Un i v e r s i t y, Singapore, f r om 1959 to 1960, and N e w Asia College f r om 1961 to the present. M r , H o was also an expert of Chinese Na t i o n al T a r i f f Comm i s s i on on tariff problems f r om 1931 to 1942, Section Ch i ef of Statistical Office in 15