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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE BOMBAY
VETERINARY COLLEGE FOR THE YEAR 1911-1912.
Mr. K. Hewlett held charge as Principal and Mr. M. H. Sowerby as
Assistant Principal throughout the year under report.
2. The Students.—There were 94 students on the College Rolls at the
commencement of the year, and of these eight did not attend at all during the
session and their names were consequently removed from the register; two left
the College on account of continued ill health and one died. There were con-
sequently 83 names on the Rolls at the end of the session, and of these two did
not appear for examination although eligible, two were refused permission
to appear on account of not having fulfilled the prescribed conditions and one
was ineligible on account of sickness. Seventy-eight students therefore appeared
for the Annual Professional Examinations and 53 passed, giving a percentage of
67.95 as against 64.83 in 191C-11 and 7171 in 1909-10. In the final year or
class C 41 students presented themselves and 25 passed, giving a percentage of
60.97; in the second year or class B 17 presented themselves and 13 passed, a
percentage of 76.47; in the first year or class A 20 presented themselves and
15 passed, a percentage of 75.00. One student of class A who had obtained the
qualifying aggregate of marks at the Annual Examination but failed in one
subject was examined again in March at the usual Supplementary examination,
and passed.
3. In January 1912, the commencement of the first session, 62 candidates
presented themselves for admission to the College as against 59 last year and
41 in the preceding year. The Principal admitted 33 students to class A and one
student to class C (under the concession permitted to Salutris of this College).
The remaining candidates either were refused admission on account of failing to
give satisfactory evidence of general education, or because they were physically
unfit for the profession or else they changed their minds at the last moment
and did not join the College. There were thus 34 new admissions this year as
against 38 last year and 24 in the preceding year.
4. There were 88 students' names on the College Rolls in January at the
commencement of the first session. Of these, 34 were newly admitted, 28 were
students promoted to a higher class, 25 were failed students and one was a
student who had not appeared for the examination. Of the failed students
four determined to discontinue the course and left the College and seven being class
C students were permitted, under one of the rules of the College, to present them-
selves for re-examination without further attendance; their names, however,
being retained on the Rolls. Of the newly admitted students four discontinued
the course after attending a few weeks. There were thus 80 students' names
on the Rolls at the termination of the official year as against 94 at the com-
mencement. The decrease in numbers calls for comment and is due to a variety
of causes, among which are (I) the elimination of unsuitable students; (II) the
selection of candidates having been more stringent than heretofore; (III) the
large number of students who passed out of the College in December, viz. 25,
which is the largest number of graduates turned out in any one year since 1889;
and (IV) four scholarships being vacant on account of two scholars discontinuing
the course and there being no suitable applicants for the other two (see para. 6).
5. The newly admitted students this year mostly came from the Bombay
Presidency. Of the 34 new admissions 21 came from the Bombay Presidency,
4 from Mysore, 4 from Travancore, 3 from the Central Provinces, 1 from Indore
and 1 from the United Provinces. Of the new students 4 had passed the
School Final Examination and 11 the Matriculation Examination. The remain-
ing 19 students passed the College Entrance Test Examination. The new
students classified according to caste were 20 Brahmins, 1 Rajput, 9 other
Hindus, 2 Europeans and Eurasians and 2 Mahomedans.