CANOSSA INSTITUTE
Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
Children of many nations and generations have entered the the schools of Magdalen of Canossa; people of all ages have be- come accustomed to enter the peaceful shade of the Canossian Convents. Here in Hong Kong the institutions which have been inspired by the devotion to the Venerable Foundress are well known. Yesterday the community of the Canussian for 'Italian Sisters of Charity, as they are commonly known) began the cere- monies attending the commemoration of the centenary of the death of Magdalen and of the diamond jubilee of the arrival of the Sisters in Hong Kong.
At St. Francis Convent at Wan-; new hall and theatre; the second chai Holy Mass was celebrated last noor is used for the second-class a hostel Sunday in the morning, and at 5 boardere, the third for o'clock in the evening there was a for working girls, and the fourth Procession, which was followed by for a muste room and study hall Benediction of the Blessed Sacra- for the first-class boarders. ment. Later the children attend- To make room in the old build- ed in large numbers a lantem ex-ing for teaching classes, the numm- hibition depicting the life of the ber of scholars which increases Ven, Magdalen of Canossa.
from year to year, the boarders' dormitories in it are about to be vacated and the boarders will be accommodated in three floors of the new building. The lighting and ventilation of these foors are all that can be desired.
Under the distinguished patron- age, and in the presence of, His Excelleney Sir Andrew Caldecot. Kt., C.M.G., C.BE., a concert was held in the large new ball in the new Convent building in Caine
Road yesterday.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,
ANNUAL GIRL GUIDE RALLY
Governor Distributes
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Awards
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Through the courtesy of the Fresident and Committee of the Fanling Hunt and Race Club the Guide Rally and Prince of Wales' Banner Competition was held Saturday, 21st st., on the Kwan- ti Race Course.
Thirteen Companies went by train and made quite an imposing from the sight as they marched station.
Each Company made 1 the Ground alter "Eome"
of the which the principa part Competition took place. The tests were evolved by Mrs. C. E. La Grist, Mrs. H. Owen Hughes, and Miss Brown a Guider from England. The last two with Ave others formed the examining committee
whom Warmest thanks to due. Throughout the day Ms. §. C. Lee rendered Invaluable assist- ance as interpreter...
are
was
Each girl carried her own lunch The building was constructed to and this was eaten on the field His Excellency the Governor, wno the design of Messrs. Hazeland and Jubout noon followed by half zn was accompanied by Capt. W. J. Gonella, architects, the contractors hour's compulsory rast. R. Cragg. A.D.C., was received on being Messrs. On Lee and Co. After lunch a Relay Race Arrival by the Rev. Mother Supe- The ventilating system has been run as a part of the Competition; rioress, assisted by the Rev. Mo-installed by Messrs. Haden and those Guides not taking part in ther Vice, the Rev. Father A Sons; plumbing and sanitary ft-this played games. Riganti, M.A., who is acting for Bishop Valtorta during His Lord- ship's absence from the Colony, on behalf of the Catholle Missiona, and Comm. A., Bianconi, Consul- General of Italy.
tings were carried out by Messrs. I A Camp-fire was Ighted at 3 C. E. Warren and Co., and lighting | o'clock by which time several
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1936.
HON. SIR WILLIAM SHENTON FETED
Laudable Tributes Paid
The Hon. Sir William Shenton, who in leaving the Colony on retirement on April 4, was entertained to a farewell fancheon yesterday in the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel by mcm- bers of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, and the China Association (Hong Kong Branch). Other guests were: His Excellency the Governor' (Sir Andrew Caldecott), Sir Thomas Southern (Governor-designate of Gambia), the Attorney General (Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K. C.), Sir William Hornell (Vice-Chancel- lor of the University), Mr. A. S. Campbell (Commissioner of the Chinese Maritime Customs, Kowloon and District) and Sir WII- Ham Shenton's Uneficial colleagues on the Legislative Council (the Hon. Mr. J. F. Braga and the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo). Other Unofficial Members of Council were present in the capacity of hosts, viz., the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock and the Hon. Mr. T. N. "Chau. The hosts also included Sir Shonson Chow and Mr. J. Owen Hughes, former members of Council. The Hon. Dr. S. W. Ta'o and Dr. E. H. Kotewall wrote expressing regret that ab- sence from the Colony prevented their being present as hosts. Sir Robert Ho Tung was similarly prevented by hidisposition. The Acting Chief Justice (Mr. R.E. Lindsell) who had accepted an invitation to be present was unable at the last moment to attend, on account of indisposition. The Bishop of Victoria was prevented from attending by an engagement In Canton.
The Hon. Mr. W. H. Bell (Chair- from a very high authority, to man of the Chamber of Commerce wit, my friend Sir William Hornell and China Association) presided, who, as you know, is a bachelor. and over one hundred members of Possibly you may not think a the two bodies were present.
bachelor a high authority on matrimonial affairs, but he is an onlooker and it is well-known that onlookers sen most of thế game.
In proposing the health of Sir William Shenton, the Hon. Mr. Bell said that before their fellow townsman left the Colony on re-
by the Colonial Electric Co. A friends of the Movement had ar-tirement the members of the
The attendance' was very lager- the spacious new hall was packed to capacity by friends and parents of the scholars. Among the other prominent visitors present were — The Hon. Dr. A. R. Wellington. C.M.G., and Mrs. Wellington, thecorated Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, O.B.E.
The duties of ushers were kind- ly performed by the brothers, Messrs. Rubert and Leo Chen, and Mr. Andrew Tse Yan.
PROGRAMME
.
The full programme of the can- cert was as follows:-
1.-Bong-Ode to Canossa" By
the Pupila. Violin Accompaniment by Miss
P. Lewis, LA.B. 2.-Display "The Dolls'
Show
window."-By the Little Ones. 3.-Address by Miss
Thom, MA 4-"Magdalen of Canossa.**
THE RECEPTION ROOM.
--
the
Schimbler lift providing service rived to take part. trom the basement to the top Each Company then contributed floor was supplied by the Jardine
an item to a varied and enjoyable Engineering Corporation, fire ex-programme, the items being judg- tinguishers by Messrs. Dodwell anded as a part of the Competition. terrazzo flooring by Messrs.
THE WINNERS Vannini and Co.
At 3.30 p.m. His Exce, ency Governor arrived and was received luy the Co ony Commissioner, Lady Southern. During the programm Lady Southorn entertained. His Excellency, Vice-Presidents and friends to tea while
the Guides were served with lemonade and Lakes. Through the kindness the commemora.lon of the M'ss Ellis every girl received a bir centenary of whose death the Con-of chocolate to be eaten on the vent is observing. The next pro- return journey to Kowloon. minent painting on the wall is
Tang Shiu Kul, M.B.E. gave, valu- that of Mother Luigia Grassi. the able assistance with transport.. Superioress in the Mother-house
At the end of the Camp-fire the
The new reception room is de-
with a number of "life size oil paintings of personages connected with the early history of the Institute. First is a por trait of the Foundres of the In- stitute, the Marchioness of Canos- 23,
the Sisters to the Far East. To the left of the portrait of the Foun Elconur
dress is a framed picture of her nephew. Cardinal Luigi Canossa: and beside it is an oil painting depicting the vision of the March ioness, which she received at a time when her family was in exile
Act I Magdalen's Childhood
The parting with her mo-
ther.
Act II Magdalen's Girlhood
Her life under the guverness. (Sceres I and IL)
5-Plano Solo-Aubade." By
Miss Rachel Rego.
(Alec Rowley.)
6. "Magdalen of Canossa!"
Act II.
of
Mr.
Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and the Carina Associa
to express publicly tion wished their thanks to him for the tremendous amount of good work he had done for the Colony and to wish him and Lady Shenton good health and the best of luck and happiness in the future,
asked to join in on this occasion, Naturally, some guests had been
but the list had regrettably to be med because if everyone who had worked with Str "William Shenton in various felds of aer- vice had been invited the room would not have been large enough to hold them all,
"Sir Willam was married to Miss Erica Denison whose father Weg
the head of a very old. éstablished firm of architects in Hong Kong Her mother" was a su a member of an old Hong Kong family. I am informed on the best of authority. Le, Sir William himself, that his children are the fourth generation in Hong Kong, and I should imagine that is almost a record." (Applause).
BEST SERVICE
Mr. Bell claimed that he had sald enough to establish Bir Wi- llam Shenton as a real citizen of Hong Kong, and it was obvious to
that during his years of real- dence in the Colony, Sir William had done the very best he could in the service of the public.
(Applause.) It would be impossi-
with the broad vision of sending of the Banner and at Pavia, who, In 1860, was inspired examiners announced the winners / (Applause). We have also with ble in the
the runners» up, there being only a half mark between them. They Wre 6th.
7th. Hong Kong (French Kowloon (Maryknoi Convent and Con- vent). His Excelency presented the trophies after which he made charming speech, congratulating the Guides and expressing appre- <lation of the great amount of work done for the Movement by Southorn and caled for three cheers and a "Fanling Tiger" for her.
In reply Lady Southern thanked His Excellency for coming to the Rally and for his interest in the Guide Movement and asked the Guides to show how loudly they adding a "Gambla could "cheer.
in Venice and which led her to dedicate her life to the education
of poor children. A fifth picture
is that of His Holiness the Pope.
THE ILLUMINATIONS
The Convent building was spec. (Continued). Scenes tally illuminated for the occasion, few the entrance being fitted cut with II., IV. and V. A months later.
strings of coloured electric lights 7-Act III Magdalen's recovery from the main entrance on Caine Road all the way up to the old and alter her long illness. 3.-Plano Solo Aquarelle," By new reception rooms. The columna were festooned with lighted elec- Misa Frances Chen.
(Edric Cundrell.)
tric bulbs. In addition the whole
9.-Magdalen of Canossa,"
Act TV. Magdalen's te In Venice-She finds her voca- tion. 10-Plano Dnes--"Light and Sha-bour. A notable feature of these dows,"By the Misses An-luminations was the central de-
sign, carried nette Chen and Lily Wong.
out entirely with brilliantly lighted electric bulbs, in (Dr. A. Mistowski.)
which the following large lettering 11-Magdalen of Canossa."
white Act V. Magdalen's first years appeared picked out in
light:
among the poor.
12. Piano Solo-“Capricció,"-By
Miss Florence Kwan.
(Nv. Wilm.)
13.-Epilogue - *Magdalen
Canossa,"
of
The Last Years of Magdalen's
facade of the old building was lit up for a distance of several hun dred feet, producing a very strik- ing effect as viewed from the har-
"Evviva MAGDALENA DI CANOSSA"
Viewed from the harbour, these simple words halling their revered
foundress by her humble adherents
Lady
Llon" as a finale.
The Companies then formed up and marched back to the station having had a happy day with per- fect weather.
number of piano solos by students, Rev. Father, de Angelis, the P.LME, addressed the gathering about Magdalen" of Canossa, the founder of the institutions that now bear her name. He assured all present that in the students of the Ganassa Institute, the Govern- ment of Hong Kong would always find obedience to authority. It was one of the chief, principles of the school,
"We are very glad." continued Mr. Bell, "to have with us our Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott.
short time avaliable us Sir Thomas Southorn I do merely to enumerate all the work not think I can still call him our that Sir Wam had done: sufice Colonial Secretary: I can, how it to say that he had
an out- ever, describe him as the Gover-standing record in this respect
of Gamila. nor-designate
CAD-one equalled by few and very plause). I know very little about rarely surpassed. Southern that if we boast of our official Member of the Executive Gambia, but I learn from Lady Sir William had been an
UA- tiger in the New Territories, they and Legislative Council's since boast of lions in Gambia, We 1927 and for this and his "other have also other friends of Bir Wil-public work his Late Majesty liam with us to-day-Members of bestowed on him the we-desery- the Bench, the Bar, the Legisla-ed hondur of a knighthood in the tive Council, the Hong Kong Uni- New Year's Honours List of 1933, The news of this bestowal of this versity, etc. To all these guests we extend a very hearty welcome. honour was received with a uni- His Honour Mr. Justice Lindsell versal chorus of approval by resi- was unable, at the last moment. dents of the Colony and Sir Wil to be here on account of indispost-hom and Lady Shenton were tion. I also regret that Dr. Ta'o overwhelmed with congratulations and Dr. Kotewall are not with us, from their many friends. 'but they
the away from Colony. Our good friend, the Bishop of Victoria, is also away. As regards the hosts, there are notable absentees. Bir Robert Ho Tung has been prevent ed by a cold from being here to-day; Mr. C: C. Knight is in Shanghai, Mr. A. L. Shields left for Home this morning on the Empress of Britain and Mr. C. Blaker is on fortunately still in the Nursing
some
Home."
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Sir Wilam's work for the Hong Kong General Chamber of Com- merce must be specially mention-
ed for he had been a tower of
member of the
strength. As a member of Shul Legal Sub-Committee since 1921 he had rendered yeoman service. He had been Trade Marks Sub-Committee sirice 1928, and a co-opted member of the General Commitee since 1928 The members of the General Com mittee felt that in Sir William A HONG KONG MAN
they bad colleague of out- Coming to the subject of the standing ability who was always toast, Mr. Bell remarked that Six ready to give of his very best In William Shenton is essentially a the way of advice and assistance. Hong Kong man inasmuch as he He was gad of this opportunity has
of putting on record publtaly the spent nearly twenty-eight ernment had given in the early professional career-in the Colony. William's good work.. days of its history, without which In this respect he differed from so the founding of the school could not have been accomplished. The daughter of the then Governor of Hong Kong herself tock a great interest in the school, and helped Immensely.
Father de Angelis also made re-
lie, as related by one of her were very striking and appropriate,ference to the help that the Gov-years--practically the whole of his Chamber's appreciation of
Nuns. 14-Address by the Rev. Father
de Angelis, P.I.M.E.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
Effective scenery for the differ- ent acts of the play was skilfully painted by Mrs. Taiz specially for yesterday's performance.
After the school children's con- cert was over and before the ga- thering dispersed; the distinguish ed guests were invited to remain behind, and light refreshments were served.
Mr Bell also referred to the very cordial relations existing be- tween Europeans and their Chinese fé.low-townsmen a matter of very great value in a. Colony gucn as this. I was due to the fact that members of the different races had come to know one an
many-whether Governors, Coloni- a' Secretaries, bankers or business- men-in that the latter spent a few years working here and were then likely to be moved on else where and possibly, if they were The great General, Napoleonlucky, back again to Hong Kong. Bonaparte had said to an officer Sir William came to the East in other a great deal better 'n recent who offered his arm to Magdalen 1908 28 an assistant in that old-years and B1 Wam Shenton of Canossa "Dont touch her. She established and highly respected had done much to bring about
ST. MARY'S SCHOOL The celebrations conclude at Bt. THE NEW BUILDING
Mary's School at Kowloon to-day. The occasion was also the in- Solemn Mass will be celebrated at auguration of the new building & a.m. In the chapel of the school, which is in course of completion, and at 6.30 p.m., a sermon will This large annexe is six stories precede the Benediction of the is an angel." Napoleon was dead, frm now known as Deacons, and this very happy state of affairs.
and
in height and is an improved addi-Blessed Bacrament with "Te Deum” forgotten, while Magdalen he gradually worked his way up "Gentlemen, concluded Mr. Bell. tion to the edifice in which the in the Rosary Church on Chatham would be remembered for all time until he became Sentor Partner. when a man is known to practi- Sisters of Canessa carry on their Road. The feature of the con
THE ATTENDANCE
(Applause). He had a further cars everybody by his Christian educational and other work, including celebrations will be the His Excellency the Governor was claim to be considered entirely a name or a nickname, it is a tribute particular work on behalf of Chris-presentation of an open-air tableau. accompanied by Mr. H. J. Critt- Hong Kong man inasmuch as he to his personality and popularity. tian education and the caring of depicting the "Life of Magdalen of well (pfivate Secretary) and among chose as his bride one of Hong I have known str William for Chinese orphans and foundlinga. Canossa.”
those present were: The Hon. J. Kong's most beautiful daughters nearly twenty-five years, and I Yesterday saw the use for the Under the title of "After à Cen- P. Braga, the Hon. Dr. and Mrs. (Applause).
can never remember it being first time of the New Hail, which | turỷ,” a booklet has been produced Wellington, the Hon. and Mrs. It is just possible, continued anything else to all his friends is a fine, spacious building. The by a Blater of the Congregation, R. A. C. North, the French Consul Mr. Bell, that I sin not putting except "Bud". Notwithstanding his floor rises in tiers, so that the giving sketches from the life of General and his wife, Mr. Justice this quite correctly, because knighthood, he is still "Bud" and I occupants of the seats at the farth- Magdalen of Canossa. It contains J. J. Hayden and Mrs. Hayden, Mr. friend of mine fald it down quite cannot imagine bis being called eskid have as clear a view of several pages of excellent collo- and Mrs. G. R. Bayer, Mr. and Mrs. recently at a wedding, when pro-anything else. I feel sure you the stage as those sitting in the type in photo-tint. The brochure W. J. Carrie, Professor. and Mis, posing the health of the bride will all join with me most heartily front row. The Hall is provided has been distributed to all friends L. Forster, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Mae- and bridegroom, that in the great in thanking Bud" for all he has with indirect lighting. Its di- of the Convent, and is an ex- fadyen, Professor W. R. Finnigan, majority of crees it is the lady done for the Colony during the mensions are as follows:-Length cellent souvenir of an outstanding Dr. and Mrs G. D. R. Black, Mr, who chooses the man although past twenty-eight years and in 72 ft., whith 38.6 ft., and height historical occasion,
8. M. Churn, Mrs. M. O. Pristez, of course, the men are quite con-wishing Kun did Erics, Yvonne
· ADDRESS TO GATHERING Mr. and Miss J. M. Machado Alves, vinced that the boot is on the and David, heath, prospertly and At the conclusion of a well en- Mrs. F. X. D'Almada Castro and other foot. I would not have the ground noor is occupied by the acted "concert which included a Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Ellyer
quated this unless it had come
16 ft. Beneath the Hall is the basement, devoted to a laundry;
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