subjects. In consequence the lecturers had to resort to the method of giving
the students set tasks daily to learn and then testing their knowledge by question
and answers. Though no doubt this method instilled a certain amount of
knowledge into their brains it is not a desirable one for young men. It not only
hampers the lecturer and renders his work irksome but it also keeps back the
more intelligent and brighter students. As the question of the standard of
qualification desirable for medical students has been made the subject of a
previous communication I do not propose to go further into the question here.
The lecturing staff has been sufficient but it must be remembered there were only
the first year's students to deal with. As the school continues and increased
there will eventually be four classes of students to instruct, i.e., first, second,
third and fourth year's students. The staff of lecturers as now consisted will then
be inadequate. At present the Commissioned Officers each lecture twice a week ;
when the school has reached its full proportions it will become necessary for
them to lecture at least once a day. I would point out apart from the time spent
on delivering a lecture itself, the preparation of the subject entails considerable
time and study. I therefore suggest that it will be advisable at an early date to
increase the staff of the lecturers. This might be done by appointing the
Chemical Examiner to the staff ; and also the second Resident Medical Officer
and the Pathologist as soon as these latter appointments to the General Hospital
staff are sanctioned. The Chemical Examiner is obviously the man best fitted
to lecture on Chemistry and Toxicology. While the Pathologist who is also I
believe to be Police Surgeon would have special qualifications for lecturing on
medical jurisprudence. The second Resident Medical Officer would probably
take Physiology.
The following is a table showing the results of the final examination of the
students held at the completion of one year's study.
Result of the annual examination of the first year class, held in December 1907.
No.
Name of student.
Chemistry
200.
Physiology
200.
Anatomy
100.
Grand
Total.
Remarks.
1
Raja Rao
... ...
161
177
74
412
Private student.
2
Ma Nellie Pathie ...
. . .
150
167
74
391
Public student.
3
Tun Oung Gyaw
...
135
142
66
343
4
Tha Do Khine
...
...
135
113
72
320
5
Tan San Baw
...
128
115
62
305
6
D. Daniel
. . . ...
89
142
53
284
7
V. Paul Jebamony
...
127
105
5o
282
Private student.
8
Kyu Pe
. . . . ..
103
112
63
278
Public student.
9
C. S. Doraiswamy
. . .
123
8o
66
269
Private student.
1 0
T. San E
...
...
136
77
48
261
Public student.
1 1
Saw Hla Tin
...
...
92
100
51
243
12
Sein Geh
. . . ...
97
83
57
237
1 3
Abdul Rahim
....
...
52
95
46
193
From this table it will be seen the Burmese element held its own. The two
students who passed first and second did much better than the rest, this I
attribute to the fact that they were both thoroughly conversant with English.
The Burmese female student Ma Nellie Pathie is an intelligent self-respecting girl
from the Baptist Karen Mission. I hope the Missions may be able to furnish us
with more students of this class ; they are likely to be of great use to the
Province.
Receipts and Expenditure.
Total receipts during the year, collected as fees from private students and fines
amounted to Rs. 57-2-0.
Total expenditure for the same period was Rs. 13,457-13-1 and was as follows:—
RS. A. P.
Allowance to the Superintendent
...
2,200 0 0
Allowances to the Lecturers (2 on Rs. 100) ...
2,200 0 0
Allowances to Assistant Lecturers (2 on Rs. 50)
...
1,085 1 1 4
Salary for the establishment
...
...
...
1,189 5 5