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7. Hostel.—Out of 267 students on the college roll
—
(i) 140 students resided in the college hostel.
(ii) 31 students resided in hostels under the Students' Residence
Committee.
(iii) 96 students lived with parents or guardians.
The necessity of extending the college hostel has become very acute. Out
of a total of 267 students only 140 could be accommodated in the college
hostel. The rest had either to go to hostels under the Students' Residence
Committee or reside with parents or guardians due to limitation of accommoda-
tion in the college hostel.
It has also been observed that our students find great difficulty in getting
accommodation in hostels under the Students' Residence Committee owing to
limitation of seats. Students staying far from the college experience difficulty
in attending lectures in the college and carrying on duties in the hospital.
Constant supervision by the college authorities which is most necessary is not
possible and discipline becomes slack. The question of extension of college
hostel or provision of rented houses in the vicinity of the compound as
a temporary measure should be taken in hand at once.
8. Health, Disease and Death. —The health of the students in general was
good.
One of the students developed mental trouble and had to be allowed long
leave for treatment in the Indian Mental Hospital, Kanke.
There were no deaths.
9. Discipline.— The discipline on the whole has been satisfactory.
10. Students' Association.—The Prince of Wales Medical College Students'
Association which started in the beginning of the academic session 1934-35
has worked satisfactorily. It has conducted and controlled the various sections
of the students' activities which ran independently before. It has contributed
a sum of Rs. 100 towards the College Mutual Aid Fund.
Athletics :—
At the beginning of the session office-bearers and captains for the various
sections were elected. The students have shown activities in practically all
the games.
The absence of a suitable playing ground for the students in the college
compound or in its vicinity is a great disadvantage. It is necessary that a
play ground should be provided as early as possible.
The Annual Sports hell on the College Re-Union day was a great success.
There was a large and distinguished gathering. The general standard has
improved considerably.
Teaching :—
In compliance with the suggestions made by a conference of representa-
tives from the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London, the Royal
College of Physicians of London, the Royal College of Surgeons of England,
and the Society of Apothecaries of London recommending important changes
in the medical curriculum and while awaiting the completion of a new
medical curriculum embodying the recommendations of the General
Medical Council every effort is being made to ensure that the teaching is
essentially of a practical nature and. that the subjects taught in the laboratories,
e.g., Pathology and Pharmacology as well as Anatomy and Physiology, are
being applied at the bedside.
Efforts to promote a closer liason between the various departments are
being made e.g., the Professor of Anatomy has been asked to prepare a
specially dissected specimen of the female pelvis so that he in conjunction with
the Professor of Obstetrics and Gynæcology may impress on the students the
anatomy of this part as an introduction to the lectures on Obstetrics and
Gynæcology.