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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1929.
AROUND THE SCHOOLS
At long last results of the Univer- 1 Qt. Old Brown Sherry, Black Sealsity examinations are 1 Qt. Puritan Old Tomor Dry Gin
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there will be nothing else to talk of for the next few days. The list is unusually long this year, and in spite of the complaints which I The annual tennis tournaments of have heard of the papers being ex-the school is now in full swing, and ceptionally hard, most of the candi-n start is being made with hockey, dates appear to have done well.
football and basket-ball,
In a cricket match against a St. Stephen's Dollege. At a test of the Life Saving Asso-Recrcia XI., the College XI. man- ciation held recently, four students aged to win by a single run. That the scoring was low on both sides of this school passed, and are now
is a tribute to the bowlers. A. Abbas, Captain of the College XI., entitled to wear the badge.
did' exceptionally well in taking
of Recreio, took nine of the ten six wickets'; whereas G. Guterres, College wickets. The next match against Recreio will be in January. The students, some" twenty of The Xmas. bolidays are in sight The junior local results, I under- stand, will not be out for another them, have been taking some nice and the College breaks up on De) week or so, as there are far more long walks since the University,tember 21 until January 7. students taking the junior examina-examinations. A favourite walk" is' tion than the senior, and conse from Stanley to Tytam over the top quently the checking of these papers of Mount Parker, and back pi
Wong Nei Chong gap, above Re- will take longer.
pulse Bay, and down the old rond.
Teachers generally are now oe cupied with the work of figuring-out prize and scholarship winners, as promotions will have to be carried out by January 1, when the new term begins.
Christmas Holidays,
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The new dining-rooms and kit. chens in the school are in use, which leaves more space for class-rooma. The dining-rooms are in the hostel, and I understand there is room for more boarders. A new ping-pong table is also being installed in the school.
King's College.
In several of the big schools the students will be breaking-up for the Christmas and New Year Holidays,
doubt The new King's College Ambul- and preparations - are being made for excursions and picance Division effected a succession nics. The Government Schools are of smart turn-outs on the last two not breaking up just yet, as their. Sundays, when they presented them winter vacation runs over the Chiselves in full equipment or parade nese New Year Holidays. A's the
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next appearance of this columnat Sookanpoo. Their martness in will be after the New Year, I take drill earned the approvation of the this opportunity of wishing all my Assistant Commissioner and other readers a happy time during the festive season, and the best of Juck in, the coming year.
Great Volley Ballers. The Volley Ball League games" between the schools have been de- cided, and in the senior division St. Paul's College have won all their games, thereby topping the league.
The school did exceptionally wel!!
officers.
During the annual examinations all the ping-pong tables in the covered playground were idle, but now youngsters are seen grouping around them after school hours, all suffused with delight that their toil. some labour is over.
The gymgastam is a source of con
in the junior division also, tyingtinuous entertainment to students
for first place with King's College, in the lower classes. who in the higher division were second. The play-off between St. Paul's and King's College will be held some time daring next week, when the distribution trophies will also take place.
St. Paul'e, College also did well in the Small Boys' division, winning the league from nine other schools.
The return of the warm weather recently has brought the swimming pool into use again.
of the
Matriculation
The woodwork class flourishes under the able and efficient tuition of Mr. Murphy.
St. Joseph's College.
I am obliged to a reader at St. Joseph's College for sending me the following from his school:-
Central British School. These connected with Central British School will be pleased to
The great ovents of the last two hear of the successes of former pupils of the school. J. Vickare, weeks have been the waiting for examination results, the getting of who passed the Examination, with honours, of the them, and the rejoicing or repin- University of Hong Kong in Novem-ing that followed. The exams. of ber, 1927, and who was admitted to Classes & to 3 ended about the end Liverpool University last year, has of November, and the results were passed the Intermediate Examina-out for the beginning of Deccrcber. tion (Engineering) of the latter The results were read out most University. He is also doing very solemnly in the Hall before the very solemn class-groups. Many were the well'in sports, being hon, secretary
team race, at Cardiff. Liverpool University secured second "place. Vickars was also chosen to play in a water-polo match, Northern v. Southern Universities, and is in the 2nd XV. Rugby team.
LONELY DEATH OF DANCING STAR.
PATHETIC RIDDLE OF AN
OLD POEM.
"A remarkable manuscript poem, neatly written in shaky, old-fashion- ed script, was discovered among the effects of Mrs. Eva Smith, pged seventy-nine, a music-hall dancing "star" of forty years ago, who was discovered dead of gas poison- ing in her shabby two-room bare- ment flat in New York.
Mra Smith, who forty years ago. was familiar to playgoers under the stage name of Lula Leslie. died surrounded by reminders of happier days in the form of stage costumes and Press cuttings.
The aged widow every day for the last six years had telephoned to an undertaker to assure herself tions she had given him regarding that he remembered the instruc- her burial. The day of her death was the first day in all these six years that she had not made her customary telephone call.
The manuscript poem, which was entitled "The Riddle," rends as follows:-
Where's an old
woman to go when the yeara Leave her alone with her. sighs
and her tears? Grey-haired and penniless, feeble
and slow.
Where's an old woman to go!
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What's an old woman to do when
her kin.
Fail to remember that hands,
worn and thin.
Cared for them, slaved for them all these years through- What's an old woman to do?
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What's an old woman's reward
for a life
Given to others ng mother and
wife. Leaving her faltering, furrowed
and scorned-
What's an old woman's rewardi A cloth bag tied round Mrs. Smith's neck was found to contain £144 in currency. The jewellery_ found on her person was valued at between £1,000 and £2,000.
LAW OF EVIDENCE.
BELIEF IN DIVINE PUNISH- MENT.
"A law of 1777, peculiar to North Carolina, and a few other States, which requires that a witness in a
legal trial shall be a belie Divine punishment after death, was brought into play last month in the trial at Charlotte of the strikers charged, with the murder
of the chief of police at Ginstonia.
Communist school teacher, wife of one of the defendants.
This law has seldom been used, and Mr. John R. Neal, counsel for the defence. who was prominent in the "evolution trial" at Dayton, Ten- al in the present case, on the nessee, protected against its reviv ground that the trial was becom- nga "political and religious heresy hunt.""
of the University Swimming Club, noxious looks, many were the beat- and was a member of the Univering hearts, and many were the sity team in the inter-Universities dances for joy, silently performed A young Methodist preacher, act- behind the back of the lucky boying for the prosecution, was allow ed to spend two hours exhaustive- in front; but, alas, many were call-ly examining the religious views ed, and few were chosen-chosen to of Mrs. Miller. 1 20-year-old represent their old class again among the "new crowd coming up from down below. Some boys had left their books in their old class, Joyce Baven, who went to the the better perhaps to enjoy the Godolphin School, Salisbury, has pleasure of going to get them for passed the School Certificate the last time; some had left them Examination, University of Cam to avoid the trouble of taking them bridge Local Examinations in the back again. Going to a new class following subjects, viz., English, and to a new class-room is always History, Geography, French (Oral) a joy in itself, let alone the dignity and Written), Arithmetic, Botany, that such n step upwards implies. This was especially true in the case of the classes which came over from Kowloon side to join the nobility of Hong Kong: "We are Hong Kong boys now; get away, you kids!"
and Music.
Football Results. The Central British School play. ed a series of football matches dur ing September to December, and the results are ne follows:
2. Band boys, S.L.I.
2-2
. No. 2 Platoon, S.LI... 8-2 "v."D.B.S.
.1-0
". No. 2 Platoon, S.L.I.
2. D.B.S.
e. No. 2 Platoon, S.L.I.
...... 2-3 0-6
......3-1
2-9
". St. Joseph's College Form
3..............
Band boys, B.II.
7. St. Joseph's College, Form
3.
v. Marines, H.M.8:
The Old Boys' football teams continue to do well, especially the 2nd League XI., which is slowly but Burely mounting the table of points. The first loss for some time was against the K.O.S.B. Seconds; this was followed by a five to nil win 6-3-against the Kowloon Seconds. The First XI. beat Hong Kong Club by one goal to nil, and are looking forward to trouncing Recreio next
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The witness had taken her oath on the Bible in a pervious habean corpus hearing, but she paid in gross-examination that she sidered the oath neither more дог Jess binding because it was taken on the Bible; she con- sidered any oath binding. Counsel then asked, Do you believe in the existence of a Supreme Being who controls the destiny of men and rewards their virtues or punishes" their transgressions here or here- after Mrs. Miller.-No; I believo that man controls his own destiny. Counsel.And he is a law unto himself separate and apart from The wit- any. Supreme Being? ness-No man can be a law unto himself; he lives in society,
The defence threatened to lodge and appeal. in consequence of the trial being conducted under this law allowing the impeachment of testimony on the ground of religi-.
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