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SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1983,
QUEEN'S COLLEGE?
OLD' BOYS' ANNUAL
DINNER.
LAST NIGHT'S HAPPY REUNION.
THE CHINA MAIL..
master who is not content with of the School and all it stands for, it does, all the traditions and ideals discharging his glutics in a perso greatly strengthens the hands functory manner only. (Prolong of myself and my colleagues ed cheers.) Speaking for the old in the discharge, of our duties boys we claim him as the "Father and responsibilities towards the of the Association," with Mr. Kay, succession of boys that passes his gifted lieutenant, the through our hands.(Applause)- chronicler-in-chief, and brain of
Once again Mr. President and the "Yellow Dragon."-Choers.) gentlemen, I thank you personally Even when the lights suddenly have known Mr. Tanger, personal and on behalf of the mem- falled, the mishap was merrily heldly and intimately, for quite a long to have been deliberately planned, | time. As a teacher we know him for your expression of confidence School Staff one of the highest simply that the committee might to be give yet further proof of its re-order. He is, besides, a per-, and I will now call upon thein and the other guests present source; so happy had been the sonal friend of his "boys."-
I
bers of the
success and
This toast also was honoured with
general arrangements to make last (Applause.) Assisted as he is by a to the continued
this evening to join me in drinking night's Queen's College Old Boys' thoroughly capable, energetic, and prosperity of the Queen's College
notable sympathetic staff, I-have no hesi Old Boys' Association. Association dianer a success. And this impression tation in saying that Queen's was certainly heightened when, scholars (amongst whom is include the greatest enthusiasm, and Mr. after candles had been served ed my younger son) are to be
Tanner was again loudly cheered as out, the
ap heartily congratulated. Under the he resumed his scat. lights weni again, amid laughter and cheers. regime of Mr. Tanner, and his etaff, Well over two hundred were long will Queen's College continue announced that Mr. George Grim- During the evening it was present for this the Associations to prosper. (Applause). Before I ble, a former Queen's boy among third annual reunion, dinner and sit down I will propose continued those present, had donated $5,000 very delightful occasion indeed it prosperity to Queen's College and towards the building of a new club proved, The spacious hall, its staff and couple with the toast house. This was promptly follows prettily decorated with naval, the name of our Headmaster, Mr.ed by other donations, including flags, was lit with coloured Tanner. (Applause).
$2,000 from Sir Robert Ho Tung, which made the total $13,500. electric lights and lanterns. Music was discoursed during the evening by a Portuguese band accommodated on the stage later used for the concert given by tea- chers and past pupils.
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Sir Robert Ho Tuag, former Queen's boy himself and President of the Association, presided, and after he had rung the College bell,
Hongkong Hotel Company, this
was of course, very enjoyable.
The toast was honoured with the greatest enthusiasm and it was several minutes before the cheering died away enough for Mr. Tanner to begin his reply.
After thanking the gathering for the honour they had done him in coupling his name as Headmaster with the toast of Queen's College, he said.
swing,
James Ralston late has grown He had his run of bacholor fun, sedate, he's tired of single life,
James, if you find she is unkind,
and now he wants a wife.
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to attend the Mission which
„Father in the Cathedral of the Im
But pack your grip and take a trip don't grouse or say No Can,"
on the good ship "Sui An." You all know. Mr. Fletcher he
refuses to grow up. While we grow old and solemn maculate Conception. The Mission dogs he still remains a pup. will begin on WEDNESDAY evening, His madness and his gladness March 21st and will end on Holy THURSDAY morning, March 29th, 'drive away all'misery. An exasperating, aggravating, ir 1923,
ritating, captivating handful is John C.
The concert programme began with the College Song, written by "K. W. L" and sung by Mr. E. J. Edwards. This went with great My Wild Irish Rose catchy chorus. Mr. Choa Man Chan everyone swelling the next submitted a very charming pianoforte solo, after which Mr. J. Ralston sang "Old Q.C." an
sung
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TWO CONCERTS: THURSDAY, APRIL 5th, at 9.15 p.m.
AND
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Programme Arranged by
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dinner began. Served by the I am very proud indeed of my other "K. W. L." song. Mr. Leung long association with the old Kam Tong contributed a Chinese school where my work and inter song, Mr. Tant Wing Kwong Sir Robert Ho Tung proposed ests have lain ever since I joined little Chinese song in different the King and Mr. U. Rumjaha, the Department well over 22 years, dialects, and the Vice-President of the Association, fago, and where I hope to remain Buddhists" an excellent exhibition the Republic of China. Both toasts for the balance of my time in the of Sutra Chanting: These items. were honoured with great en-
Colony. (Applause),
were, of course, received with thusiasm.
Since saying something of a warm applause, but the two great NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mer, d'Albuquerque, Portugaess Cormulate, Proposing Queen's College, Sir similar nature at last year's As- hits of the evening were un-
an' EXTRAORDINARY GEN- Robert Ho Tung said.→→→
sociation dinner, it has been two doubtedly the song "Old Masters" ERAL MEETING of THE HONGKONG Mr. Edkin, 11 the Feat Mr. Tanner, Gentlemen and or three times suggested to me written and sung by Mr. Kay, and HIDE AND LEATHER COMPANY, M. Markenzie, Danedin, Backer Road,
The Reed, J. T. Holman, Cathedral Hall, Fellow-Members of Queen's that I might, perhaps, take a some-The
Duct"
written by Mr. LIMITED will be held at NOON on Linut. Colone? W. A. Nicholson, C.M.O, what more general interest in mat Kay and College Old Boys' Association,
by Messrs. SATURDAY the 24th day of March D.S.O., Hondquarters, It affords me very great pleasure. ters educational in Hongkong, in- Edwards and Fletcher. These 1923, at the Company's office Stephen's Mrs. Worlakanse, Central Polles Station,
Mrs, Sanders, TN. Hospital, as President of our Old Boys stead of concentrating to quite the roused the gathering's wildest Buliding Nos. 67 and 69 Des Voeux The Anderson Music Company, feo Hous Association, to preside for the extent I have always done upon enthusiasm and in both cases en-Road Central, for the purpose of con- second time, during the three years will agree with me, but my invar- with this the official programme ing Committee appointed on the Queen's College. I don't know if you cores were inistently demanded. sidering the Report of the Investigat of the Association's existence, at this, our annual reunion. To meet able reply to these suggestions ended and the rest of the evening 29th November 1922. you all in such numbers and to has been that it is this so-called was spent recalling oid times and renew acquaintance and friend- general interest, this diffusion of pledging further friendship. ships formed at our school benches effort, that leads to so much time forty and more years ago is a and energy going to waste, and pleasure given to few and I ant that personally I prefer to stick to Good Evening all ye gentlemen happy to think that I have been on my own particular job and try-Just lay your glasses down
my old practice of concentrating who studied at Q. C. spared to enjoy this privilege once again this year. (Cheers and Applause.) At the same time I may tell you that it is my intention to make room for others (cries of no! noas I do not think that it is to the best interest of our Association for any one member to be President, for
ing to make something of it- (Applause)-
increased membership, and added: He congratulated them on their
"And still more, the Association spirit of sustained loyalty to its is to be congratulated upon that ideals which animates most of its members, a spirit that
is
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moment please and list to me. To-night with your permission I
About the men who spent such
awful years in teaching you.
shall say a word or two
.
From early mora till late at night
our worthy No. I
Dated the 16th day of March 1923. By Order of the Board,
F. CRUSH.
Acting Secretary.
HONGKONG CLUB.
NOTICE.
HONGKONG CLUB, will be held in the THE Thirty-seventh Yearly General Meeting of the Members of the Club House on MONDAY, the 26th
100 long a puriod-(cries of Ques, all the more remarkable when one is here, is there, is everywhere, he's March, 1923, at 5.30 p.m.
tion -You must not expect me, |
therefore, to occupy this chair next year. Through the personal in fluence and efforts of your energetic honorary secretaries and hard- working committee, (applause)- it is extremely gratifying tu us that the roll of members has been so materially increased.-- (Applause.) Last year we had
a
strength of 451 members on the
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considers the difficulties against which, in its development, it has had to contend.
When one remembers, for stance, that Queen's College is entirely a day school; that it is not
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always on the run. He has no wife to plague his life! with him Q. C. comes first. And now and then strafes his men
-if he didn't he would burst.
a separate and self-contained esta- With great big book comes A. H. blishment, but forms part of a large government department; and that, The although a small percentage of our
Crook, to study he's inclined. whole encyclopædia js boys, almust all the sons or relatives He, argues black is white, that
crammed inside his mind... register, including 51 life members of "Old" boys, do fortunately, At present we have no less than 82 join us as beginners, and spend the
round is square, that low is life members, or nearly half as
high, many more as we had at this time whole of their school life with us. But one man that he can't convince quite the larger proportion of our
is Mr. Tse Tsan Tai.
De Rome our Science Master-and
a London B.Sc.
Has just become a Pa Pa and is
proud as proud can be,
By Order,
A. H. ABBAS,
Secretary. Hongkong, March 15, 1923.
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on TUESDAY, 20th March at 6 o'clock P.1. THE Regular Mentily Meeling will bo held at the Galli Ufice, Sailor Home, A full attendance le sent in to the trans action of business to be brought before the Aramant General Mexting.
W. J. STOKES,
Braneli Scerptary. Hongkong, March 17, 1995).
NOTICE.
He likes to mess about with bua-THERE will be an Old Alleynian
sens, chemicals and sinks,
Hotel.
He calls the lesson "Chemistry," 19:b, in the Hongkong
Banner on MONDAY, March the pupils call it " Stinks."
Tel Central 2523. Q. A's please communicate with J. E. WARNER, St. Stephen's College.
The mighty E. J. Edwards I am
last year. Encouraging as the boys come to us after they have figures are, I think the younger qualified for admission to the Upper members of the Association should make it a point to organise a men- School, and so spend at most 3 bership "drive" in order to bring years here! When, I say, one con up our numbers to well over the undoubted and widespread loyalty. siders these things they make the four-figure mark.-(Applause.)
I would like to offer one sugges more remarkable.-(Applause).
of our "Old" boys so much the tion in this connection, and that is that we should endeavour to gathering of those interested in the educa
Some days ago I attended a meet-, into the net of membership the old tion of British children in the boys who have gone abroad and Colony at which a resolution was whom it should not be difficult to passed to the effect that the staff of reach through honorary officials of the proposed new school should be the Association being appointed at modelled, as far as teaching such important centres as Shang- qualifications go, upon that of hai, Peking and Singapore.-(Ap Queen's College; and it occurred to To save his life, inform your wife plause.) By this means a league of me then that in another important Old Queen's Collegians may be respect they could not do better found with infinite possibilities for than take another leaf out of the good for the old students of Queen's College book, by emulat Queen's College. In the Queen's ing the cordial understanding and College Old Boys' Association I co-operation existing between
am given an analogy for me to parents and guardians of boys on briefly touch upon. When the idea the one hand and myself and my was conceived of forming an as- colleagues on the other. sociation, I thought that one of the $ objects of the promoters was to hand President impress upon you the I was very pleased to hear our. together our old collegians to rally necessity of maintaining your in- round our "Alma Mater" and to terest in the Association and of} promote interest in the College. continually bringing in new mem- Several past students of Queen's bers.. We cannot, I think,
College have elected to follow,an too greatly emphasize the import official career in China. I expect ance of the Yellow Dragon, which there will be many more amongst under the direction of our present us io-night who will follow in the capable editor fulfils with steadily footsteps of some of predecessors, and when they do so, reflecting and recording the pro our increasing success its functions of I hope the spirit of co-operation gress of the School and the cvon at the sacrifice of some Association, and of Uning up all personal interest will animate them Queen's College, boys-past and for the good of China in the same present, at home and abroad. - way that they co-operate for the greater, success of our Old Boys' said is to his resignation of the With regard to what Sir Robert Association (Applause) -
Presidentship, I am sure that when In conclusion, let us hope that he does resign, we shall all be before our next reunion the re- very sorry to miss him from the unification of China will have beon Presidential chair. But that is a accomplished (Cheers and Ap contingency that, fortunately, for plause)and that at no distant date the moment we need not consider, The building of railways, and the and I am sure that whether in the opening of mines in China will be chair or out we may always count pushed forward with as much speed with every confidence upon Sir possible, so as to afford employ Robert's very valuable help and ment not only to the engineering advice. (Applause) graduates of the Hongkong Un- For many material: benefits t.iversity, and those of the different bestowed upon the School during universities in England and Amthe past year, our present boys and erica, but also to China's masses, members of the Staff owe most If I may have Mr. Tanner's per- grateful thanks to the Association, mission for doing so, I would But the greatest debt of gratitude like to make just a brief per we owe to you is for the formation sonal reference. In him, the and maintenance of the Atrocia prosent students have a head- tion itself, which, crystallizing as
Grows more enormous every day
Sorry to confess
Should you invite him for a bite his shadow grows no less.
remember I implore,
he eats enough for four.
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