The evening class, 1960-1964

Abstract

The only way to write a book is to sit down and begin it; the only way to take a degree is to sit down and begin it. Realising the vital need for at least a proportion of properly-taught and adequately-qualified teachers in Malta, the Union of Teachers, under the able leadership of the late Alfred Buhagiar, approached Professor Aquilina as Dean of Arts on the feasibility of an evening degree course. Their pleas could not have fallen upon more sympathetic ears. Professor Aquilina 'sold' the idea of an evening course to the University authorities and, with the full co-operation of the university administration, and the subsequent blessing of the Department of Education, the Evening Class was launched in October, 1960.