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AROUND THE SCHOOLS
Once again the University Exami- nations are upon us, and once again we hear, the oft-repeated complaint: "The papers are more difficult this year than over!"
I saw some of the boys taking their examinations at one of the centres, and observed how they col- lected in groups after wrestling with their papers. They could talk nothing but Examination, bear nothing but Examination and in fact, think nothing but Examtina- tion. To such, no doubt, this year's papers are the hardest on record. I have yet to come across the can- didate who tells his friends that the. questions were easy, and declaring
that if be did not pass yter hon ours, he would be surprised. Oc casionally, questions do appear just as the candidate anticipated, but even then none would admit that they were exactly simple.
To those who have gone through the mill, the fever" at examina tion time is not difficult to under- stand. It spreads from one to the other. The confident candidate listens to the less confdent one.
BY" EX-COLLEGIAN.” the school is entering for 440 cam- didates.
St. Stephen's College. One new hostel of this College is completed, and will be occupied by boarders before the end of this month. The school will then be able to take more boarders.
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Clementi visited--the Lady Diocesan Girls' School on Thura day, November 7, accompanied by the Acting Director of Education.
The finishing touches are being seeing specimens of students' wark,them will be ready for next term. Besides visiting each classroom and
put to the tennis courts,-and five of Lady Clementi watched the school Football is the most popular game. assemble in the playground for
in the school, however, and students will be a holiday given in celebra fire drill." Friday, November 22,
have the use of a full-sized field, tion of this visit.
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The annual sale of work of the Diocesan Girls' School will be held early in December, and the proceeds will be devoted to looal charities as well as to the school's needs.
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The final of the inter-class foot-
Being near the beach, swimming is an easy matter, and quite a few still indulge in it.
St.
On Armistice Day the school had visits from the senior students of St. Paul's College aud Stephen's Girls' College. A friend. ly football match was played, and afterwards the girls had ten on the beach after locking round the
ball in Queen's College has been school, postponed due to the examinations.
BIG FIRE AT HANKOW,
ABLAZE.
During the past fortnight, the boys of Sacred Heart English SIEMSSEN & CO.'S GODOWYS College bad football games with the Somerset Light Infantry sad volley and Hon Chung Club. The school matches with the Sheung Chi Club
did quite well.
A fire at Messrs. Siemзsen & Co.'s godowns at Hankow од November 10 is said, by the Central China Post to be the big. gest ever seen for its area in any St. Joseph's Collega.
of the Concessicas during the last At present school activities are ten years. The strong north wind prevailing at the time carried the confined to the somewhat agitated sparks from this huge conflagration movements to and from exam rooms. well into the French Concession. It is a study itself to watch the The Fire Brigades were unable to get the flames under control faces of the students as they enter, through the exceedingly low water come out, and discuss papers. The pressure. It is estimated that Tis. Juniors findings going fairly 340,000 is a very conservative Egure easy, whilst the Seniors are not and had the are occurred in the quite so confident. The worst has middle of the wood-oil season, the 'yes to come, say the teachers, who loss would have been far higher as are perhaps the most excited of all. these godowns have been known to The Lower School is busy at lakhs. The fire started in Messrs. carry cargo alone worth seven oral criticisms, favourable or other-Siemssen & Co.'s godowas at the
Both had been studious, and from an everyday point of view, both should be able to pass, but by listen. ing to each other they discover the number of alleged "traps" which the examiner had set and begin to wonder how badly they may have fallen, whereas, in fact, they may have done quite well. But they are not to know this until one day the papers come out with the examina-wise, of the examiners. Everybody rear of the offices on Erh Yao
tion results. There is a great rush for a paper and then-sighs of relief or disappointment!..
Everywhere the ery has been that
exams, have caused 'ʼn cessation of
takes things seriously at the moment of the examination. If the paper is bit too long, interest Ings; and, between papers, nobody would suspect Any examination was
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other school activities during the The Boarding Section is enrich past fortnight. But notwithstanding itself with regular play-hall ing this I find that the Volley Ball on League has been progressing quite well, and practically all the fixtures Carried out. Here are the results of
the matches up to the time of writing:
Nor.
SMALL BOYS' DIVISION, 阜
0. Queen's College beat Vernacu-
lar Middle School.
13. Ellis Kadooric School beat St.
Paul's College.
16. St. Paul's College hent Ver-
nacular Middle School.
JUNIOR DIVISION,
6. King's College heat Queen's
College. St. Paul's College beat Ying Wah College. Sih Nam College beat St. Joseph's College.
.
13.
1.
Ellis Kadoorie School beat Queen's College.
is. St. Paula College beat King's
College.
16. Ying Wah College beat St.
. Joseph's College.
"BENIOR DIVIRION.
Vernacular Middle
School Quen's College ....... Ying Wah College..... St. Paul's College... King's College ......
JUNIOR.
Queen's College
2
School
for!
the grounds door, and the billiard-table art looked at with envy, in spita o dll.exams.
the matchts layed by St. Joseph's The boys take great interest in two teams is the football leagues. After a stanewhat unfortunate be. ginning. the sohod, have got into their stride and there is plenty of enthusiasm.
Teachers and students alike, are the new school in Kowloon, and all following the rising foundations of are anticipating the beautful play ing-fields which are one of the features of the new site. Mean- while, those in the branch school who have to hear the heat of the day and the noises thereof, suffer in patience. Even they manage to get excited over examinations.
The Diocesan Boyz School. The advantages of having a large Hall and plenty of space around the buildings were easily seen on November 2, when about 1,100 per- sans visited the School, and again on November. 5, when about £00 peo-
Road. Realizing the nature of the carge, which comprised wood-all and vegetable tallow, the firemen decided it was futile to combat the flames, which were then shooting well into the sky, so brought their pumps into play on the adjoining buildings. Unfortunately, the pres sure was so low that little could be done and the godowns of Messrs, Garrels Borner & Co. were soon seedingly serious and the Deutsche- ignited. The situation looked ex- Asiatische Bank at one stage was threatened.
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All Night Blaze.
It was not till round seven o'clock in the morning. were the Bars under control thanks mainly to the All day the Brigade were kept on wind which had dropped somewhat. the scene as the wood-oil plant was still ablaze though well in hand.
The buildings and godowns of Siemssen & Company together with the godowns of Garrels Borner and the South China Steamship Co. were completely gutted. Fortu- nately, the property is well covered by insurance. The Royal Exchange Insurance
The together with surance Co of 1842.as well as the Netherlanda Fire and Marine In- Guidhall Fire Insurance Company are the underwriters.
"CRUDE
SAW
7. Vernaculat Middle
ple attended a concert in the Hall DOCTOR USES A BUTCHER'S beat Queen's College.
from 7 to 9 p.m. and thea moved" Schools Volley Ball League,"
to the spacious tennis courts for the **Gym display which, in the The positions in the three divi- event of rain, would have been held
ARRANGEMENTS sions up to date are as follows:- in the covered playground, which is " IN A MORTUARY.
120 ft. long by 12 ft. wide. About SENIOR.'
300 to 400 more people came along Mortuary Arrangements alleged Played Won Lost later, and from 9.30 to 12 about 300 to be "crude and unrefined" were prople danced or watched the dane criticised by, a doctor at Gateshead ing in the Hall, the floor of which Police Court when Henry McLean, had been polished in the interval. of Haig-street, Dunsten, was ac Anuther noticeable feature was thecused of causing the death of Tom quiet, thorough, and rapid manner Clark, aged forty-five, a rail pun in which the scholars, under the cher, of Dunsten. guidance of prefects and senior It was alleged that the men were Played Won Lostboys, moved the forms and chairs seen fighting in Haig-street. Me- without any scrambling and incon- Lean," it was stated, went in front venience; this was in marked con of Clark and struck him a severe trast to several combined concert- dances we have attended in Hong one for you" Clark attempted to blow on the face enying, "That is Kong.
rise and McLean again struck him The whole Sebool has taken a on the face saying, "And that, is great interest in the Interport one for you." Clark fell and ericket matches, and watched struck the back of his head on the especially the doings" of its Old pavement. Played Won Lost Boys, Fincher and Anderson. They
longed to
E very popular cricketer, Zimmern (8 reserve for Hong Kong), behind the sticks," and look forward to his being in rluded in the team another year. Pong Pun Fong, a Class 1 boy, is one of the leading lights" of the South China Athletic Football XI.
King's College St. Paul's School ...
1
1
Ellia Kadeorie
Ying Wah College... Sih Nam School St. Joseph's College
.2
1.
1
1
0
2
SMALL BOYS.
St. Paul's College... Vernacular Middle
School
I
1
Queen's College 4.. 1 0 1 Ellis Kadooric
1
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Mr. Frank Lambert, for "dcLean, asked during the hearing: May I draw attention to the fact that in cross-examination the doctor for the prosecution isid that conditions for the post-mortem were ideal! How is it that they state to-day that everything was in order?
Bad Lighting.
Last season the Senior was won by Ellis Kadoorie School, the Junior by St. Paul's College, and the Small Boys by Ying Wab The University Examinations and College. St. Paul's took the Junior the Annual School Examinations the defence, said that he was pre- Dr. John Edmund Basham, for shield outright, having won it four began on Tuesday, November 12 times in succession
The present Class 1 lost many of sent at the post-mortem. When he This year the Vernacular Middle its best boys in 1897, when several arrived as the mortuary the only School have a good chance of win boys left while the School was com The table lighting was had.
thing in the room was the body, ning the Senior,, and St. Paul'spelled to go into temporary pre- He added. in renly to Mr. Lam- the lowest division; four or five mises.,
bert, that the whole operation was teams have equally likely chances in On November 4 photographs of coarse, unrefined, and crudo. No. the Junior division.
the School, the Staff, the various attendant was present, and the doc, Classes, and the servants were tor had. to obtain an instrument token,
from outside. The doctor perform. Several Old Boys have been, mar-ed_well in the circumstances. ried in St. John's Cathedral re Dr. Basham, cross-examined by cently. Mr. Wong Sik Chung the Mr. William Carr, for the presceu- son of Mr. Wong Kam Fuk married tion, stated that at the time he Miss Minnie Lee on November 8. objected to the condition of the saw MF Thomas W. N. Tam, LL.B., used, which was a butcher's band
Other Items.
The sporte "At Home " arranged between Old Boys and present pupils of Queen's College has been put back for a week, and will now be held on November, 30.
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King's College have closed-down married Miss Jessie-To on Novem-saw obtained from outside. Instead, Mr. F.-J.-Nightingalo, Enat-Sur-- since, November 11. The school hall | ter 2, Mr. Kwok Chan, another Old of severing the skull in the anal rey coroner : If the road is clear and gymumiun ve oter-Tejala Boy, the for får Fraun Sur Ese quarter of four it took me hard a motorist bay every rigliato drive he tioned for the Junior Local Exami- was married on November 9 to Miss McLean was committed for trial how he likes and on what side of nations. As da'examination centre 16. S. W. Chan.
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