11
The total number of provisionally appointed students to class A was therefore
56. In addition, two men from the Coorg Administration were deputed to undergo
the course in the college—vide G.Q. Mis. No. 4054, Revenue, dated 14th December
1917. Class A thus started with 58 students on the roll.
Fourteen students who had failed in their first professional examination were
required to leave the college in accordance with the revised rule approved by Govern-
ment in G.O. Mis. No. 4048, Revenue, dated 14th December 1917.
During the year an application was received from His Highness the Nizam's
Government for three of their scholarship-holders of Rs. 50 per mensem to be trained
by the college. Government in G.O. Mis. No. 3332, Revenue, dated 25th October
1917, sanctioned the admission of these men, but the Director of His Highness the
Nizam's Veterinary Department subsequently informed the Principal that, owing to
the high tuition fees of the Madras Veterinary College, the candidates selected by
His Government had expressed their inability to join, as they would not be able to
subsist on the balance of their scholarships.
Out of the 58 newly admitted men, 18 have left of their own accord, one was
dismissed for misconduct and another was required to leave the college as he was
found to be medically unfit. Class A thus contained 33 newly admitted students at
the end of March 1918, two of the students being Coorgs, 13 Telugus and 23 Tamils
and others.
3. Professional Examinations.—The annual examinations are usually held in
December. This year it had been arranged that the meeting of the Board of Agri-
culture would be held at Poona in December and as this meeting required the
attendance of some of the members of the Board of Examiners, it was found
necessary to postpone the examinations until January. They were conducted from
the 7th to the 18th, both days inclusive. In previous years the Board of Examiners
consisted of three members, but in order to cope with the examination of the enlarged
classes it was suggested that the Board should be increased to four members. This
increase was sanctioned by Government in their Order Press No. 4076, Revenue, dated
15th December 1917, and the Board of Examiners was constituted as follows:—
President.
Mr. M. II. Sowerby, M.R.C.V.S., Assistant Principal, Bombay Veterinary College.
Members.
(1) Mr. D. Quinlan, M.R.C.V.S., Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Bihar and
Orissa.
(2) Mr. D. A. D. Aitchison, M.R.C.V.S., Principal, Veterinary College, Madras.
(3) Mr. F. Ware, M.R.C.V.S., Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Madras.
The results of the examinations are shown in the following table:—
Class.
A
B
C
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Number
presented.
50
28
25
Number passed.
32
16
17
Percentage
of
passes.
64.0
57.1
68.0
A comparison of the percentage of passes of the last four years is given
below:—
Class A
„ B
„ C
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
..
...
...
..
...
...
..
...
...
..
1914.
75.0
944
750
1915.
64.5
85.6
75.0
1916.
71.4
82.6
83.3
1917.
64 0
57.1
68 0
The Board of Examiners expressed themselves in their report as follows:—
"We consider that although the percentage of passes is not so high as last year, the
results are quite satisfactory considering the increased size of the classes and the
conditions which have existed during the year. The changes in the nomenclature of
some subjects and the altered times allotted to others appear to have worked
satisfactorily.''
A supplementary examination was held by the Principal on the 8th and
9th March 1918 for students of class A and B who had failed in one subject only in
the annual examination held in January 1918 but who had secured the required
aggregate and who were provisionally promoted to the next higher class.