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OURL, HOJO, NAMAZUTA, SAYO,the contrary, sixteen years' experience at SHINNEW KAMIYAMADA, Ool Sherborne, and before that a term of service at Rugby, have convinced him that there is no form of education so fitted as the public school system for producing honest, truthful, hardworking, arki wif rospecting Englishmen.
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"A German once come to me and said: 816 I want you to take my son. · I know he'
would be better taught in many ways in Germany, but there are two things he will nover learn in faut country. One is to telj the truth and the other not to ho a bully."
"I digrao altogether with Canon Lyt- telton's opinion that public sekool life produces solish respectability, Speaking from my experience, I should say that the anxiety of a boy to do well for his house or his lol.develops the scase of public spirit and consideration for others to s greater extent than is possible with any other educational system.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an MEETING of the abure-named Company EXTRAORDINARY. GENERAL will be held at the CouŢANK'S OFFICE No. 2. Lower Albert Road, Victoria, Hong kong, on TUESDAY, the 1st day of Desember, 1008, at 12.50 o'clock in the
"A striking instance of the fact that it is not always the cleverust schoolboy who succoeda best in after life came before me quite recently. An old boy drove up to the school in a 30-h.p. motor car. Don't you remember me?' he said. "I was the afternoon, when the subjoined Rosolations, stupidest boy in the school.
which were passed at the Fatraordinary General Meeting of the Company beld on "He told me in reply to my inquiries the 17th day of November, 1968, will be that had succeeded wonderfully in business,bmitted for confirmation Special Keno and was then in a position where he had a
latione very large number of men ander his increased by the sum of $113,600 divided 1. That the Capital of the Company be control. In my opinion it is not the actual inte 16,000 Shares of $7.50 eagh and that knowledge imparted that is of so much the Directors be authorised to allot sach absres pro rats among the existing Share- value in public school life. Much more holders scoording to the number of shares important are the habits of industry and in respect of which they may, on the 27tis mezhed and the feeling that when you have day of October, 1008, be registered, in the got's job to do you should do your utmost proportion of three new Shares for each complete lot of Five Shares hold by them. on that date and that, any of such naw abares remaining over after each allotment shall be dealt with by the Directore in their discretion,*
to do it well,
FINEST TYPE OF EGY, **There is no doubt, I think, that the English public school system produces the fizual type of boy, fo uso i Kipling please on God's exta,' He is loyal, trustful truthful, unselfish. If I had to undertake journey through the loneliest wilds of Africa I should choose a bodygused of my old sohoctboys. Whorever there was trouble or danger I know that they would be standing by me."
Canon Westcott is a great believer in the moral value of public school games.
"In a philathlete," he said. "There ia-nothing I love more than watching a good game of football or cricket.
2. That the Articles of Association of the Company be altered by deleting paragraph for the following paragraph ***
of Article IX, and by substituting there
2.
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To play a game such is Rugby football requities courage and pluck. I look to eco a boy striving his utmost for his wobool, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a even if it necessitates physical pain to do MEETING of the aboved-named Company EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL so. Only by such games as theso con true will be held the COMPANY'S OFFICE manliness be acquired, but while games No. 2, Lower Albert Road, Victoria, Hong Juve their proper place in sohoal life, T kong on TUESDAY, the lat day of always insist that it is better to be an
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