Bulletin Vol. 3 No. 6 Jan 1967

to give guidance to the students d o i ng practical teaching i n their schools. T h e system has been f o u nd not only valuable to the teachers-in-training, b ut also a good l i nk between the Un i v e r s i ty and the local secondary school system. For language t r a i n i n g, the School is equipped w i t h a 16-booth language laboratory and an adequate collection of audio-visual aids to f u r t h er the students' abilities in all En g l i sh c ommu n i c a t i on areas. Last s umme r, nineteen students of the first class of the School obtained the D i p l o ma in Education. T h e y were examined by not only I n t e r n al Examiners f r om the Un i v e r s i ty b ut also t wo External Examiners, one f r om Co l umb ia Un i v e r s i ty and the other f r om the Un i v e r s i ty of H o n g K o n g. A l l Diplomates are n ow i n the teaching profession in H o n g K o n g. (See the October, 1966 issue of this Bulletin) T h e School of Ed u c a t i on recently announced that i n the academic year 1967/68, it w i l l continue to offer the one-year course w h i ch w i l l be open to graduates f r om recognized universities. T h e ma x i mun intake of students is 40. Candidates w i l l be required to sit for a q u a l i f y i ng examination. Applications should reach the School not later than F e b r u a ry 20 , 1967. T h e f o l l ow i ng table shows the present student enrolment in the School in the year 1966-67: N u m b e r of Students T o t a l Sex Male 7 22 Female 15 Feeder Universities T h e Chinese Un i v e r s i ty C h u ng C hi 8 15 22 N e w Asia 5 U n i t e d 2 T a i w an Un i v e r s i ty 1 7 T a i w an N o r m al Un i v e r s i ty 6 Ma j o r Subjects for first degree Chinese 9 17 22 En g l i sh 2 H i s t o ry 1 Geography 1 Sociology 2 Fine A r ts 2 Physics 1 5 Ch em i s t ry 1 Biology 3 COMINGS AND GOINGS Δ T w o overseas members of the Un i v e r s i ty Council, President C l a rk K e r r of the Un i v e r s i ty of California and Professor C . H . Philips, D i r e c t o r, School of O r i e n t al Studies, Un i v e r s i ty of L o n d o n, arrived in H o n g K o n g i n early January to attend a Un i v e r s i ty Co u n c il meeting held on January 6 , 1967. W h i l e in H o n g K o n g, b o th President K e r r and Professor Philips visited the three F o u n d a t i on Colleges. D r . K e r r also called at the Un i v e r s i ty of California S t u dy Centre in the I n t e r - Un i v e r s i ty Ha l l. Δ Professor L o u is A r n a ud Reid, V i s i t i ng Professor i n the School of Education arrived in H o n g K o n g on December 27 , 1966. A M r . D . A . Gilkes arrived in H o n g K o n g f r om En g l a nd on January 4 , 1967 w i t h his f am i ly to assume duties as Assistant Registrar (Finance) of the Un i v e r s i t y. Δ M r s. L i n Me i - c h e n, Ex t e r n al Ex am i n er in Social W o r k of the Un i v e r s i t y, arrived in H o n g K o n g on January 11 on her way to Geneva. D u r i ng her short stay here, M r s . L i n met w i t h the Social Wo r k faculty members in the Colleges. She left for Geneva on January 13. Δ D r . L u Hu i - c h i n g, D i r e c t or of Counselling, C h u ng C h i College, arrived in H o n g K o n g on January 15 f r om the U n i t ed States to assume her post. Δ Professor Lee Preston of the Graduate School of Business Adm i n i s t r a t i o n, Un i v e r s i ty of California, Berkeley, U . S . A. arrived in H o n g K o n g f r om Cairo on January 10, 1967. He is n ow V i s i t i ng Professor w i t h the L i n g n an I n s t i t u te of Business Adm i n i s t r a t i o n. Δ M i ss M i c h i ko Nakahara and M r . H i r o a ko K a n i arrived i n H o n g K o n g on January 24. T h e y came to take u p posts in the Un i v e r s i t y 's p r o g r amme of Japanese studies. 7

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