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in the Railway and Public Works Departments of the Provinces 

 of the Union and of Rhodesia. 



Another important development in the direction o'f teaching 

 Science is the establishment of a Medical School for Soujth 

 Africa. It is difficult to understand why South Africa had not 

 its Aledical School long ago, considering that Australia and New 

 Zealand have their own Aledical School, and that the Dominion 

 of Canada possesses many Medical Schools. For some years 

 past, students, who intended studying medicine, took the first 

 year's subjects — P)Otany, Zoology, Physics and Chemistry — at 

 the South African College, and some of the other colleges which 

 could provide the teaching in all these subjects. The students 

 then proceeded to England, and were at once admitted to the 

 first professional examination. This examination, at the end 

 of the first yeair's medical course, is now held by the University 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, and is recognised 'by the Medical 

 Faculties of the Scottish Universities. The Council of the 

 South African College 'has now taken a further step in connec- 

 tion with the establishment of a Medical School for South Africa 

 by appointing Professors of Anatomv and Physiology, and by 

 erecting suitable buildings for the Anatomical and Physiological 

 Institute. When this is comiplete the South African Medical 

 student will be able to take the first two years of the medical 

 course in South Africa, and then ])roceed to Europe for the 

 study of the clinical subjects. lUit 1 have no doubt that it will 

 not be many years before we shall have in South .\frica a fully 

 equipped and efficient Medical School, which will bear com- 

 parison with any of the Medical Schools in the other Dominions 

 of the Empire. 



T cannot conclude this part of my address without reterring 

 to the Agricultural Schools which have, of late, been called into 

 existence, and in which those sciences are taught on which the 

 intelligent study and practice of agriculture depend. 



The first attempt to establish an Agricultural School was 

 made in Stellenibosch. and the first imjpetus was given in con- 

 nection with the festivities at the bicentenary- birthday of that 

 beautiful village. It was at first intended to 'lave this Agri- 

 cultural School in connection with the Stellenbosch College. 

 After some changes it has now developed into an independent 

 Agricultural School, and is located on the farm Elsenbu rg, neriv 

 Stellenbosch. Other agricultural schools have been founded at 

 Middelburg in the Cape Province, and at Potchefstrooni in the 

 Transvaal, and it is to be hoped that in every province of the 

 Union — and in Rhodesia — a numllDer of Agricultural .Schools will 

 be founded, according to the words of our Minister of Education, 

 ^Ir. Malan:— 



'■ We must have more .\gricnlture in Education and more Education 

 in .Agriculture." 



