SPEECH DAY AT WANTSAI SCHOOL
Town Life Only Artificial”. Advises Mr. Sayer
Advice to (he students not to forsake the country life after leaving schoo] because town life was only artificial was made to the students of the Wantsal Government School by Mr. G. R. Sarer, the Director of Education, when he presented prises to the students yesterday at the Annual Speech Day of the School
The Headmaster, Mr. G. W. Reeve In his report stated that there was no marked difference in this year's report compared to the previous year. He stated that the presence of the Director of Education in a humble school like Wantsal was encourage- ment enough and he and the school were grateful to him for com- ing that day.
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Continuing Mr. Reeve said:
Since my report of last year there have been no changes of im- portance, but the school building
cal difficulties of reading. books are the best source, from which to ebtain information, and the hinc tion of the oral lesson. is large- has taken on a new lease of lifefty the facts which the child has ly to clucidate illustrate and amp-" and presents a more pleasing ap-i
learnt from books." pearance both outside and in since its renovation.
The MOE made a thorough m
spection of all new boys soon after the new school year began. The result was very much the same as before, more than 20 per cent. were suffering from some form of eye Infection or defect. Darlag the year an increasing number of boys went to the Government doc- for instead of elsewhere for medi- cal treatment showing a growing confidence in the medical facilities provided. The average attendance
for the year, which was 98% re-
dects a standard of good beath in
the school,
GAMES
This year it has been possible to arrange for all boys to play games at least once a week (unless phy- sically unfit), the difference being that hitherto only boys who could play took part in games, now all boys are given an opportunity to learn and for this purpose organis ed games have been arranged. The aim is not so much to produce good players, although it is hoped such will be the case, but to pro- duce good physique and good health. My beller is that an aver age boy who takes 3 normal
amount of exercise is able to study with greater energy and keenness than the boy who takes little or one and is able to learn more in the same time than the other boy This has actually been proved by experiment in which two classes did exactly the same work. one
class doing one hour less each day, which was devoted to games, while the other class continued At the end of a specified time an examination was giver, when It was found that more boys passed who had played games and worked one hour less daily, than those
not played games; who had would be unwise to stress this too much, and to imagine that two hours less per day would double the difference!"
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Mr. Reeve then went on speaking about the close connection between physical training and games, and said that unfortunately it has not been possible to arrange for any regular training throughout the school, although he had hoped when he mentioned it a year "ag that it would
The review at a year's work was gone into in details.
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I only wish to emphasize the need of more independent reading which can be done by boys under a teacher's guidance, that is
books
which are
additional to those specifled in the syllabus; and to call attention to a natural mistake which we all make; to do all the work ourselves instead of sharing it with the class, a
ì THE PRIZE WINNERS
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Mr. Sayer before giving away the prizes said that when he was
#sked to come to the function he students and not knowing whether was told that he was to talk to the
the students -ali understood English well enough he was at a loss to understand whether he was
to talk to them in English or Chinese. However, he was assured that the boys understood English enough and if they do not catch on to what he was going to say the teachers he said would be certain to explain it to them."
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1935.
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Princess Elizabeth To Learn History
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London, Oct. 18.
UNIVERSITY OF PARTIES READY
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Regius Professor Of Election Truce May
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London, Oct 17. An important new stage in her It was amelally announced Inst education will begin next weeknight that the King has been for Princess Elizabeth, after she pleased, on the recommendation and her sister return to No. 145.
of the Secretary of State for Picadilly from Scotland,
Scotland, to approve the appoint- of Edward Hindle, Esq., M.A., Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.SE, FLS., to be Regius Professor of Zoology in the University of Glasgow. in
Kerr, resigned place of Professor. John 'Graham
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Princess Elizabeth is to have a tutor to coach her in certain subjects, particularly history.
This will increase the staff of the mall Royal "school" to three. A French governess gives lessons to Princess Elizabeth and her class mates twice a week.
The cur- riculum is in charge of the little Frincesses' governess, Miss Craw
ford.
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Letter Writing Art Another development this term Is the decision that Princess Mar- garet should start lessons pro- perly. She is now Ave years old. and is considered sufficiently for ward to attend regular classes.
During her stay in Scotland Princess Elizabeth has made great progress in letter writing. The Duchess of York encourages her daughter in this art
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Dr Hindle, who is a native of Sheffeld, was at Cambridge, where he became a Fellow of Magdalene Colleg, and received his scientiño education at the Royal College of Science and King's College, Lon- don. He also studied at the In- stitut Pasteur, Paris, and Califor- nia.University..
He is not a mere laboratory 200 logist, but is keen on living anim als and their ways, and is an en- thusiastic member of the Zoo logical Society of London.
EXPEDITION TO CHINA Dr Hindle's research work of recent years has lain mainly in the borderland between zoology and medicine, and he may be confidently expected to maintain the intimate relationis existing at present in Glasgow University
he
The little girl's handwriting is excellent, and she gives her friends long accounts of her activities.
Royal Bride's Pearl-White Rabe
I have
heard more about the
Scott's bridal gown. final arrangements for Lady Alice between the Departraent of Zoo- logy and the Faculty of Medicine
An accomplished teacher, held for some years the Chair of Biology in the School of Medicine, Cairo, and he has done much teaching at Cambridge. His book on "Flies in Relation to Disease: Blood-sucking: Files," is one of the best-known text-books on this | subject.
The pearly white shade is perfect chotee in the traditional heavy satin specially made for ber
dignity
by an English firm. The gown Has a very new neckline and long sleeves. and additional will be given to it by the In- length train.
Dresses of the same fabric and tone are the revised decision for
simple lines.
Attractive headdresses are being designed for them
the and for child attendants.
Be Arranged
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London, Oct. 17.
There was confirmation yester- day of the statement in "The Daily Telegraph that, Parliament will be dissolved to-morrow week and that polling in the General Election will take place on Nov 14.
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It will, become a matter, for dis- cussion between the parties whe- ther an election truce cannot be arranged for Nov. 8. the date of the Royal wedding, and Nov. 11. Armistice Day.
The only doubt that has existed as to whether such an early date is Nov. 14 could be fixed for poll- mg was connected with the ap- plication of sanctions against | Italy."
Mr. Baldwin has been advised, I understand, that measures agreed upon at Geneva can, so for 38 Britain is concerned, be made operative by Order in Council,
In the absence of any necessity for special legislation, Ministers feel that the appeal to the coun try
should take place at the earliest possible moment.
It may be that an announce. ment in the House of Commons of Mr. Baldwin's `decision, taken after consultation with Mr. Ram- say MacDonald, Sir John Simon and other Ministerial colleagues, will not be made until to-day week.
of the Conservative, Liberal Na- At the respective headquarters
tional, and National Labour parties preparations are going forward on the basis of Nov. 14 as the certain date of polling.
Dr Hindle's more technical re. search work has dealt more parti- It is now about 12 years since cularly with trypanosomes and this Forth road bridge scheme was those obscure organisms, the proposed. The Dalmeny site was spirochastes, 30 important as į suggested to begin with. Then
animals.
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There was no need for Mr. Reeve the bridesmaids. The rocks cf apologise for asking him to give the three child attendants-the away the prizes at a humble Little Princesses and Miss Annë
school. He had a partiality for Hawkins--are knee-length. Those | humble schools. Mr. Reeve had of the five older bridesmaids will pathogenic microbes in man and came, the Inchgarvie site scheme stated that the school lacked a be to the ankles and are on very real assembly hall and the speak- er assured the gathering that an assembly hall was desirable but not essential The essential things in a school were first the eagerness of the students to learn and secondly the zeal of the teachers to impart knowledge to them. He could find excuses for the teachers sometimes when they try to teach the boys it very often meant the going over of old grounds and monotonous subjects but this information was all new
to the students who are all trying to go through the path of know- ledge.
The boys he said were lucky that the school was in an extremely delightful situation. It was situat- ed in the heart of a town and yet. it infringed on a country. This Wis an immense asset to the
school. He advised the boys not to forsake the country life when they leave school as town life was only artificial and the country life which is nature's own has a very invigorating effect on the health of all.
He closed by wishing the school Buccess.
All-Blue Ensemble
interest to
A new fur collar fashion gives the bride's gil-hine
she has chosen has a hint of grey going-away outät. The abade
ir it.
rie for both gown and cost. The Velvet will probably be the fab-
coat is being trimmed with erimine,
with the colour scheme. Alice has not yet decided on the shape of her travelling hat, but.
dyed in shaded tones to harmonise Lady
It too, is to be blue.
Blue. I learn, the bride's favourite colour, as It is the Queen's...
STATUE CRASHES TO
THE GROUND
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Berlin, Nov. 6." Cheers were called for Mr. Sayer,
The three-ton statue of the AIM AND METHOD
The Headmaster, and Staff and the famous German dramatic poet, Continuing he said:-One way of School.
Schiller, familiar to all visitors to regarding the alm of the school is
Government Scholarships for the Berlin Theatre, suffered consi- that it is the gradual widening of Class 4 tenable for 3 years at derable damage in the course of "a boy's interests.
The extent may Queen's College were won by Pangits removal from the pedestal in be .roughly measured by the Kwok Chun, Woo Shing Chau, Pun the square in front of the theatre school's programme of work This Wang Yu. Kwok Wa Man, Lee on Tuesday, prior to its erection point of view directs attention and Ding Cheung, Wong Tak Fun, Man in Schiller's Park, lively concentration, on the best Fei Hin, ways of lessening the gap between For Cinas 5, tenable at Wantsa what a boy knows and what is known to civilization. This may be done by provoking him to think upon the various ideas redacted in the different classrooms day by day. By provoking him, I mean stirring him up by any lively means Class 5: Mok Yuk Ban, tenable
for 1 year at Wantsal School.
Class 6: Lam Chung Pak, tenable ing activity on the boys part and for 1 year at Wantsal School. this can only be done to the aver
School for 1 year:-Benny Ho, Hul Po Lam, Kwok Wai Shing. Fong Hin Yeung.
Woo Hay Tong Scholarships for Class 4: Lam Sul Kal tenable for 3 years at Queen's College.
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which was, however, abandoned. Two of his best-known investi- & Beamerrock site was but parti- gations are those on Kala Azar, in ally explored, and, until recently. which the curative agent Leish | favour was evinced in Fife for the manic bears the name of one who Rosyth-Hopetoun site, which has
a distinguished graduate of | been partly surveyed. Glasgow University and on the causation of yellow fever.
In connection with the former investigations Dr. Hindle carried out a special expedition, under the aegis of the Royal Society, to the interior of China, while as regarda yellow fever he became specially well-known by his important work as Belt Fellow in relation to the production of a vaccine potent against the microbe of this dis- ease.
Apart from his own" research work, he is noted for his admirable expositions of the present state of knowledge in relation to yellow fever, spirochaetes, leptospiroses, etc.
In addition to his visit to China, Dr Hindle has travelled in the United States, Canada, Mexico, North Pacific, North Africa, In- dia, and Japan, During the war he served in France and Palestine from 1914 to, 1919...
FORTH ROAD SITE
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London, Oct. 17. The Mackintosh Rock site of the proposed Forth road bridge was at a conference in Edinburgh of yesterday approved unanimously local authorities of the East of Scotland,
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The life-size marble Agure had already when dismounted from its Pedestal and was swinging in mid- air when the scamolding support-
Lord Provost Bir William Thom- ing the tackle and block broke,
803, Edinburgh, presided. and and the statute was crashed ten others present included the Earl feet to the ground. The agure of Elgin, as a representative of fortunately fell more or less on Fife County Council. Represents- its feet so that the head remained tives of Midlothian and undamaged, but the heavy base Lothian were included, as well as split in two, and many parts of those of the burghs of Kirkcaldy, Class 7: Wong Kam Cheung, the cloak were broken off. Neces Dunfermline, Queensferry, and age boy by stimulating his interest tenable for 1 year at Wantsalary repairs will be carried out Inverkeithing, and the Forth Con- and continuing to stimulate it School...
servancy Board.
to wrestle with the matter in hand "and enjoying, it. It means creat-
from day to day. It follows that' Class 8: Yim Hong Ming, tenable
CLASS PRIZES
Interest and thought are the two for 1 year at Wantsal School. keywords of the teacher: to inter- 'est a boy and to make him think. This leads me to one or two points which I wish to make in zo eriti- cal sense, but as a natural obser vation which must occur to most Headmasters. It can best be lu- Hoi. strated by the comments made some time ago by an Inspector of Tak Keung London Schools:
Class 4:1, Bo Bau Tuen; 2, Hu Pul Lam: 3, Lam Kwan Keung..
and the status will be erected in
the spring in the park named after the famous poet.— Transocean Kuo Min.
Cheung Tin Yue Chinese Prisen
Class 4:-1, Leung Kwok Ming:
Class $:-1, Cheiing Wing In; 2 Tang Hon Huen; 3, Cheung Yen 2 Woo Shing Chian
Class 6:-1, Iu Tak Luen; 2, In
Class 7-1, Lau Chi Him; Wong Yin Hong
2.
West
The conference sat in private for fully an hour.
It was agreed to appoint a" de- putătióni to wait upon the Minis- ter of Transport at an early date. with purpose to ascertain what amount of Government rant might be secured for the scheme. ANOTHER CONFERENCE
Chinese Chai Prizes Class 4-1, Leung Kwok Ming;
It understood that if a satia- 2. Woo 'Ching Chau: 3, Les Ping factory grant is received, the local Cheung,
authorities concerned. Class 3-1, Lal Wing Lok; 2, | Within Tessonable Alavanice Wong Kang Tim.
Class 8:1. Lo Ping Chiu: 2, Mok Yuk San; 8, Cheung Wing in agreement as to their respective Cum 6-1, Hu To Lam; 2, Liam | canithibitions towards" the "barática Chung Paki nepoel er ófitna bost of the bridge, which la
Class 1-1, Wong Kam Cheung; extitilated at about 30-260 2 Kwok Wai Shing.
Another conference will discuss Clado 8—1. Yim Hong Ming; 2,' the reply given by the Minister of Le Ping Chiu,
Transport to the deputation
EK Prizes for Composition
FACTS NOT ENOUGH. "It is not sufficient to give children the facts and to see that, the facts are firmly implanted in their memories. The teacher must Classes 4, Fung Nim Sang; 5, create an interest in these facts Cheung Wing In: 6, Ching Pun In another place: he says. "when Lap: 7, Hau Kam Tat; 8. Wong a child bas mastered the mechani-Kang Tim
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