Bulletin Vol. 2 No. 5 Dec 1965

Sociology Director: Prof. C. Wayne Gordon Members: Mr. James A. Beaudry Mr . Ho Kam-fai Mrs. Florence Kan Ho Mr . Hu Chia-chien Mrs. Eva B.C. L i K o Miss Lee Hei-man Mr . Leng Tsun Dr. Tsang Chiu-sam Prof. Tang Chun-i Dr. Yang Ju-mei M r . Wong Shau-lam Social Work Director: Prof. C. Wayne Gordon Members: Mr. Ho Kam-fai Mrs. Eva B.C. L i Ko Dr. Tsang Chiu-sam Mr . Wong Shau-lam Miss Lee Hei-man Mrs. Florence Kan Ho World History & Religious Knowledge & Music Director: Prof. Noah E. Fehl Members: Dr. Chang Chung-fu Prof, Chen Cheng-siang Mr . Chen Ching-ho Prof. C. Wayne Gordon Mr . Lee Din-yi Mr . Tao Chen-yu Rev. Walton Hibbert Tonge Prof. Mou Jun-sun Dr. Philip Shen Dr. Mary Edith Runyan Dr. David S.E. Sheng I NTERMED I ATE EXAM I NAT I ON The Senate, at its meeting on November 2 , 1965 discussed at length the reports of the Boards of Studies on the New Teaching Method s (See Bulletin Supplement Volume 1，No. 12—June 1965, and p. 3 of Bulletin Volume 2 No. 2—August 1965) . The Vice-Chancellor's summary was tabled. Matters concerning the Intermediate Examination, to be held at the end of the second year, were resolved as follows: (1) The Senate took note of the views expressed by members as to the nature of this examination and agreed that it should be a test of a candidate's general education, his abilit y to benefit from his course of studies i n the University, and his working knowledge of some o f the basic principles in the subject field ， and that it should not be a test of completence in course work. (2) The Senate, i n consideration of the views ex pressed, resolved that the examination should be composed of two parts: Part I consisting of one paper on Chinese Languag e and one on English Language ； and Par t I I consisting of one paper on the majo r subject, one on the minor subject and one on an elective field of studies. (3) The Senate agreed that out of the five papers in the Examination the electiv e paper should be on a subject to be chosen by the student. It might well be a paper on General Education. (4) The Senate agreed that passing the examination in both parts was necessary before a student could be admitted to the third year, and that there should be no supplementary examination. (5) The Senate agreed that, in order to reduce the number of examinations, Boards of Studies should make recommendations to Colleges as to what course examinations could be eliminated and that it should be left to the Colleges to make the final decision. (6) The Senate agreed that the examination should be held at each of the Colleges and that the questions set for the same subject should be identical for all the Colleges and might include a number of elective questions not to exceed 15 percent of the total number of questions set for that paper. (7) The Senate agreed tha t the examination should be held for the firs t time in 1967 ， as it was felt that to introduce i t in 1966 would be unfair to the present second year students who had not been informed of this examination before. (8) As to the proper authority to organize and to conduct the Inter-mediate Examination, th e Senate resolved that the Undergraduate Examinations Board (formerly the Degree / Diploma Board) should be entrusted wit h all the responsibilities connected with the conduct of this examination. REPRESENTING THE UNIVERSI TY A Mr. Patrick S.K. Fang, Vice-Presidcnt of United College, has been appointed as University representative on the Advisory Committee on the B. Sc. (Engineering) degree course in Industrial Engineering a t the University of Hong Kong. A The following staff member s were appointed to represent the University o n the Professional Teacher Training Board of the Educatio n Department: Professor C. Wayne Gordon (Visiting Professor of Education)’ Professor Tang Chun-i (Dean of Arts), and Dr. S.T. Tsou (Dean o f Science). 4