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AROUND
Not co very many years ago Chinese boys attending Hong Kong schools wore queues, knew nothing about games, and took little or no interest whatever in happenings outside the school or the family circle. The Chinese schoolgirl was a coy maiden, often with bound feet, and recreations of any kind were almost unbeard, of, and cer- tainly forbidden.
BY
THE SCHOOLS
EX-COLLEGIAN,"
There is nothing grand about it. As Father Knox has said of even the best tennis- It is pat-bal! raised to the power of infinity, but it is pat-ball still.' We do con- deam, or used to condemn, certain forms of action as not cricket-we shall never say that anything is
'rot tennis.!!
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Aquatics.
There have been no school ac- That was not so many years ago,quatic events during the past and we come to the reason why fortnight, but the St. John Am- China celebrates the **Doublebulance sports which took place in Tenth," the tenth day of October. King's College interested a number Young China especially takes the of students. St. Joseph's College, Double Tenth to heart, foras predicted, did quite woil, and gone are the days of unsightly the number of good swimmers, it quches, of unathletic figures, and had 'should stand the school in good of short vision. To-day the stead in any open inter-pchool meet. students and young men of China I understand the school is not can stand up and keep their place having its own swimming meeting. with students of cther countries.
Football. In sports, in study, in social activities they can keep pace with theit, brothers the world over, and small wonder that they and their sisters, who are now largely fred from the superstition and ignorance el the past, hail the Double Since the termination Tenth" in a true holiday spirit, school football, there has been no for is it not China's greatest day.test to show which of cur big local the day of emancipation and of schools in the best at football, but if a league should be started at any light'i
time, I feel confident that St. Joseph's College will have a good
The interest in football displayed by students of St. Joseph College is unusual, and the school has a football record of which many in- stitution might well be proud.. of inter-
deal to say.
Students in Hong Kong are in no way behind their compatriots in other parts of China in their enthusiasm for the "Double Teath" festival and in practically, every school, spreches, concerts, pienics, and other forms of celebration have the senior division and one in the Leen mapped out for to-day. Sone
The past pupils of the "schoul have entered two teams in the Hong Kong football league, one in
junior. Although the senior team
On Saturday November to 5. (November 2), the programare is :- 3.30 to 4.30 p.m.-Finals of the Inter-House Sports.
3.30 to 3 pm-Tea.
3.13 to 6 pan-The Ceremony in the Hall, at which His Excellency the Governor wil genk. The Band of the 1st Ba. Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) by kind permission of Lieut.-Col. C. H. Little, D.S.O.. will play on the Terrace and in the Hall.
All Old Boys, parents, guardians and friends are cordially invited. On the evening of November 2, 3.
and the buildings will be illuminated.
On Sunday, November 3, a specin! service (with sermon) will be held in St. John's Cathedral at 11 am.
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The Double Tenth" is China's latest addition to its list of national holidays, but to students it is the greatest holiday because it is the one event which is not linked with tradition or legend, and com- niemorates something which the Chinese are cajoying to-day.
School Cricket.
Since the appearance of my last. notes, in which I observed that only limited number of boys in Hong Eong schools take any interest in ericket, I see from the latest copy of the Yell w Dragun that the Editor of that "journal has made sne interesting remarks about cricket in Queen's College. As the observations can with truth be ap plied to a number of other shouls, I take the liberty to reprint then below.
By the way, my observations re school football have brought me a letter from a reader pointing out that the Central British has a foot-, ball fixture arranged for this month, games being played every Wednesday.
On September 23 the school play- ed a drawn game with a team from the Somerset Light Infantry, and 1 understand another game was played yesterday. The remaining fixtures are as follows:-
Oct. 16 Against Diocesan Boys'
School; n3 ;
Against Somerset Light Infantry
30 Against Diocesan Boys'
School.
Nov. 6:
Against Sumerset Light Infantry.
A School Concert,
I learn that St. Paul's College
will be giving a concert to-night at
p.m in the College Hall, and a very interesting programme of Chinese music and other items has been arranged. No doubt friends of the school will be glad to hear how they are celebrating the day.
Que of the most deplorable things at the present moment is the
A New Teacher, Jack of interest shown by the majority of Queen's boys in cricket. King's College has increased its Were it not for the Indians there staff by the addition of a European would be no school ericket. Were teacher last week. The newcomer no for the Indians there would is Mr. T.-G. Ferguson, B. A. Cam- be no school cricket eleven at all bridge, who has just come out from We can find no fault with the home.
interest taken in football and it"
is possible that so much interest
St. Stephen's Girls' College,
The new wing of the school, which goes there that there is none left has been under construction for over for cricket. It is very unlike some time, is now ready and some ly that this is the reason, however, of the classes have already moved and it is certain that very few into the new building.
The school hopes to have science course in the very near future.
The observation of the "Double Tenth" is not forgotten, and a
the
Chinese boys have even given cricket proper trial and considers tion. It is a game which grows on one; which, when one has once come to appreciate. ope can never combined meeting of ali speak of in too high terms of branches of the Y.W.C.A. is being praise; a game which one can look held in the school hall. back on with a glow as deep ds tho glow of the setting sun through the neighbouring trees when stumps were being drawn at the close of see classic match of one's school
"It is incomprehensible how Chinese boys can neglect so dignified and epic a game and pay' as much attention as they do to Tenais is an excellent game, of course, in its proper place but it is not really a school game
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