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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE BOMBAY VETERINARY
COLLEGE FOR THE YEAR 1918-1919.
Mr. K. Hewlett, the Principal of the College, held charge throughout the
year under report. The staff remained as in the previous year except that
Mr. A. D. Lopez, Lecturer, was transferred to the Subordinate Civil Veterinary
Department, Bombay, and was succeeded on 1st August 1918 by Mr. K.
B. Nair.
2. The Students.—There were 119 students' names on the rolls of the
College at the commencement of the year. Of these 19 students were eligible
and appeared for the Supplementary Examination held at the end of April 1918
and all passed successfully. Of the 19 students passed at the Supplementary
Examination 3 passed into Class B from Class A, 6 passed into Class C from
Class B, and 10 students appeared for the Final Examination and having passed
left the College. The number in consequence was reduced to 109. Six
students discontinued the course and 4 were refused permission to appear for
examination on account of their irregular attendance. Consequently the
number of students examined at the Annual Professional Examination in
December was reduced to 99, of whom 64 passed. The percentage of passes
this year was 64.64 as against 61.39 last year and 62 in the preceding year.
In the final year or Class C 34 students appeared and 23 passed, giving a
percentage of 67.65; in the second year or Class B 30 students presented
themselves and 21 passed, giving a percentage of 70 ; in the first year or Class
A .35 students presented themselves and 20 passed, giving a percentage of
57.14. Two students of Class A and one student of Class C although they
obtained the required aggregate of marks failed to qualify in one subject and in
consequence were eligible to appear for re-examination at the Supplementary
Examination to be held at the end of April 1919.
The results of the Supplementary and Annual Examinations held in
1918-19 are as follows :—
In the Final Year or Class C 44 appeared and 33 passed, in Class B 36
appeared and 27 passed, and in Class A 38 appeared and 23 passed. The
percentages this year therefore for three classes were 75, 75 and 60.53
respectively as against 60.71, 64.86 and 63.64 last year, or the total 70.34 as
against 63.30 last year.
3. In January 1919, the commencement of the First Session, 42 candi-
dates presented themselves for admission to the College as against 54 last year.
This decrease in numbers is due to the alteration in date of the Matriculation
Examination at Bombay from November to March. Suitable students are not
willing to wait about doing nothing from June when the Matriculation results
are now declared until January when students are admitted to this College. In
order to overcome this difficulty Government have recently sanctioned changes
in the College Sessions and so from the next year (1920) students will be
admitted in August instead of in January. Of those who presented themselves
the Principal admitted 36 in Class A. The remaining candidates were refused
admission on account of educational or physical unfitness. There were thus 36
admissions this year as against 35 last year and 41 in the preceding year.
4. There were 116 students' names on the rolls in January 1919. Of
these 36 were newly admitted, 41 were students promoted to a higher class,
35 were failed students and 4 who had not appeared for the examination. Of
the failed students 11 discontinued the course and of the 4 who did not appear
one left the College. There were thus 104 students' names on the College rolls
at the termination of the official year as against 119 at the commencement.
5. Of the 36 new admissions 24 were natives of the Bombay Presidency,
2 of Travancore, 6 of Mysore and one each of Central Provinces, the Moglai,
Indore and the Punjab. Of the new students 11 passed the School Final and
4 the Matriculation Examination and 1 the Previous Examination. The
remaining 20 students passed the College entrance test or were otherwise eligible
for admission. The new students classified according to caste were 19
Brahmins, 2 Marathas, 1 Sikh, 6 other Hindus and 8 Mahomedans.