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At the last meeting" of this Association the urgent needs of a 

 Scholarsh^p Fund for the Straits and Federated Malay States Medical 

 School (as per the Dean's Appeal, which I attach) were discussed, and 

 the meeting was unanimous regarding the importance of this school 

 for the whole future of the Rubber Industry in the Peninsula, in pro- 

 viding the necessary Medical Practitioners and Assistant Surgeons, 

 without whom no labour force can be maintained. 



It therefore seemed appropriate to suggest the formation of 

 a W. W. Bailey Memorial Fund for the Endowment of Scholarships at 

 the Straits and Federated Malay States Medical School, and I now 

 have great pleasure in inviting you to contribute generously to this 

 Fund. 



Believe me, Dear Sir, 



Yours faithfully, 



H.C. E. ZACH ARIAS, 



Secretary 



Straits and F. M. S. Medical School. 



Appeal for a Scholarship Fi nd. 



The Council of the Straits and F. M. S. Medical School begs to 

 bring to your notice the needs of that Institution. 



The School was started in 1905 at the instigation of the Chinese 

 Community, the object being to secure a number of locally qualified 

 practitioners. 



It is obvious that it is to the advantage of planters and other 

 large employers of labour to have in this part of the world such a 

 class of practitioners. They are acclimatised ; they are usually, if not 

 invariably, conversant with a number of languages ; they require a 

 scale of pay lower than men possessed of European qualifications. 

 Once a sufficient number of students have qualified locally, it will be 

 less difficult than it is at present for employers of labour to secure 

 qualified medical men trained from the first specially with a view to 

 their future work amongst tropical conditions and diseases. 



The difficulty was foreseen from the first of inducing sufficiently 

 intelligent and adequately educated youths to take up the study of 

 medicine for 5 years. The inducements offered to intelligent boys to 

 adopt a mercantile career w^re such that it was found necessary to 

 found a number of scholarships. 



Twent3^-five such scholarships of a value from $15 to $18 a month 

 were furnished by the Chinese Community, while the Straits and 

 F. M. S. Govts, provided suitable buildings and also 50 scholarships 

 of a like value to those founded by the Chinese. 



Students were divided into tw^o classes, namely Full Course Stu- 

 dents and Hospital Assistants. The former undergo a five years' 

 course, and. at the end of their curriculum, on passing their examina- 

 tions, acquire a Diploma which entitles them to the full right of 



