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ST. FRANCIS SCHOOL
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PRIZE DISTRIBUTION MR. RALPHS SPEECH.
za English teacher. I have dia cussed the matter with Father de Maria, who entirely agrees with the principle but finds it difficult of accomplishment. He has tried to get Sistars from England, but failed. He has tried, too, the experiment of sending Italian
to England for
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915.
TELEGRAMS.
OBITUARY.
MR. STEPHEN PHILLIPS. (Senter's Service To The Telegraph At the distribution of prizes to Sisters
Besired December 10. the pupils of St. Francis School course of training, but here again
The death is announced of Mr. (Italian Convent, Wanchai he was unsuccessful, for the Beanah) took place in S Sistery fell sick, owing, as they Stepbeo Phillips, one of the Patrick's Hall by kind permisseported, to the evil climate of greatest modern British dra sion of the Chicle England, and the accustomed matista, who will especially bat League) Testerday of racon," od." So we can only wait for remembered by his ""Paolo and evidence was Do wanting to happier times and hope that Francesca, " and " Ulysses." prove that the school is a progres when the war is over, Father de live institution and one that is Maria will renew his efforts to well patronised by parents of the obtain a Mistrees from England, district. The chair was occupied by Mr. E Ralphs, Inspector of English Schools, he being accom panied by Bishop Pazoni, and Father De Maria (bead-master)
A very satisfactory report on the work of the school (which was published in last night'a Telegraph) was read by Father de Maris, Mr. Ralphs afterwards handing the prizes gained to the successful students,
the world:
and that he will then be success-TRADE UNION ALLIANCE ful...
London. Received December 10.
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I should like to see the older The met important Trades girls taught cookery. This is Union Omference ever held has being done in one of the Girls' formally szed to the establish Schools in the Colony, and the re-ment of a triple industrial alliance salts have been gratifying in of miners, railwaymen and tanë-
have already every way. I
part workers. spaken to Father de Maria on the and I hope that object,
too late for insertion on this page they will be found on the Extra.]
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
London Recerted December §. In the House › f Commože, Sir Benjamin Roberts naked whether at least one Indian representative culd be included on the Civil Service Selection Committee.
Mr. Austen Chamberlain replied that he did not think the com-
next year a class will be started. [In the event of telegrams arriving Then again the course in hygiene In the course of a helpful might be modified, less attention speech Mr. Ralphs said: "I bring devoted to definitions and know a large number of schools, written expositions which may or each of them the finest in the may not be deistëod by the world, ja the opinion of the writers, and more given to prac- pupils attending it, and I hope that tical werk; for instance the treat you, the girl of the St. Fasment of cusand bruises and the School all feel quite sure that elementer of sies aarsing migh your school is certainly the S-t be imported to the senior girls, INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE.
as there is a small in Hongkong, at least, if not ja more specially
I want to be|Hospitdetached to the School. proad of your school, but at the laws -xles - fr of subjects fame time you must make sure isostatos, an 1 it is well in that the elicol can be proud of deed that the children have been yen, proud of your success, in sacossafalja their stadies. Bat lesson and in play, within the wich now to refer to the tone and school and Latofir; proud of your discipline of the school, far more conduct when with your teacher important than mere book-learn-mittee would be required until the and when with strangers, prouding. I have slready said that I war was over, or that it would be "cf your success in after-life when found all the children happy and you have left school for the world, interested in their work; I am
Many of
Have just received pleased to be able to add that prizes in token of good work done prompt and willing obedience was in school; to those toate la noticeable feature throughout children we all tender our congra-the scil. Too great importance tulations, but I hope you will re cannot be attached to this, a member that although sil cannot on the careful mining of charac win prizes, all can sirive to delter in youth depend the hap serve them. And I know that piness and success of maturer that the Foreign Minister in s many of you who have Got got years. There is nowadays are speech before the Diet said: prizes have done a great deal of 25-table tendency to think only of China's reply to our represen sed bonest work in school, and giving pleasure and gratification tations with reference to the mon- The esti-faction of having dens ir children, allowing them to folarchical movement being ambiga- one's duty in that way is m itself their own sweet will, oiquore ons, we enquired whether it a rich reward. Having gives this the claims of daty, obedience an implied acceptance of the advice advice to the pupils, may I now self-control, to think caly of their tendered. Iregret that the reply ventme to do something which I present eojyment rather than is confidential, but I may say that bave no doub: some of the girls | Lueir future happiness. It seems some delay in the execution of the before me would dearly love to be forgotten that life's lessons echeme is contemplated and that do at times, that is, offer a few of discipline have to be learned the matter is now being discussed words of advise to parents sidooner or later; is it not better in by the Powers interested. teachers.
every way that they should be
Fou
I sin sure you will all join ineleazzed through the wise and
to the interest of aprane to settle is composition until the circam- isces with which they had to deal were better knownL
JAPAN AND CHINA.
London. Received December 9. A message from Tokyo sya
in congratulating Father de careful training of teachers and Maris, and the Sead Mistress and parente than that the child should! good
busbands and
her able Staff upon the progress go into the world unprepared for good patriots, good citizens. made by St. Francis' School car-lita trials? The lessons that ex-That is the true educational and ing recent yeare. Father deperience of the world will then and because it is so, the criterion Maria has shewn in his report teach will be far harder and far of a teacher's success is not what how the attendance has steadily harsher than any that can be his pupils are at the age of 12 or 15 or 19 or 21 years of age, but increased, until at the end of the taught in the school-roomi,
must how they acquit themselves as At the same time, we echool year in Jane last the maximum monthly enrolment was strive to make our children happy. men and women in the responsi 130 and the average dail- sttend- I think it was Raskin who said ble arena of mature life.”
The great struggle in which we ance 111. When the tendance The girl grows & flower does, at a school increases in this way, she will wither without san." are cow engaged makes it all the it is a fairly sure indication that Let us bring happiness to our more necessary that our children it is doing good work and that children by all means, but let it should be steadfastly trained in the education given is apprecist be true happiness, consistent that promp: obedience, that self ed by the parents of the papils, with order, discipline and un-control, that self surrender in the As to the character of these fisbaess. Let us indeed even service of others which is now education given at St. Francis' thus early train them to find being held up before the world as- School, Izm in a position to happiness is little acts of anglorious examples in the beraie speak from personal knowledge, selfshness and self-denial, in stories which reach us about our as I inspected the school some giving pleasure and loving help to men at the front; they shoaill be little time ago, and saw all the others. Trained in this way, our steadfastly trained that they may classes at work. There were 114 daughters will grow up a bravely bear their part in the children present, an increase of polished corners of the temple, "sterner times that are before us, 30 upon the previous year. The namindful of self, useful and when life will become harder Kindergarten and Beginners' horoared members of the comand more. strenuous, when mare than ever it will be necessary to Classes were distinctly good. The macity.
To teachers and parents present sacrifics self, to bear one another's Handwork done by the children in these Classes was very clever and this afternoon i would like to read bardens. (Applaus8.)
During the evening the pupils I was pleased to see how interest an extract from an address by
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ed the tiny pupils were in their Bishop Welldon. He said, "When of the school gave an enjogable work. As I progressed through I was the headmaster of a great programme, the first being the quartette Walzer the school, I found the work Public School I was wont to sak pianoforte
myself: What is the highest ob- Appassionato (J. Hantamsaal, generally very islactory.
History in Claes 4 was part-ject which I am in duty bound to rendered by the Misses A. Con icularly good, the girls readily se: before my eyes? Is it to pro deiro, A. Ismail, B. Rodrigues answering questions in what was duce athletes or scholars? Is it and Mester 5. Ramon. The reat obviously their favourite subject. to epeare in my pupils health, or of the programme was as follows: In Classes 5 and 4 Becitation was good manners, or what is called-Recitation: "A Soldier's Letter good, and selections from "King #avoir faire, or knowledge of to his Son," Misses L., Wilkinson advises that the Langkat output John" and current war poetry the world, or aesthetic taste, and V. Langeberg.
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I pat and Flowers." Accompanied by Throughout the school, however, And often great attention needs to be given the question, the answer borne Mias J. Ramos, Miss A. Goulding March "Roma" (Bocacci) 8 to the pronunciation of English is, as it were, upon my soul was and 22 children. In this connection the Education ever the same: no one of these Department has urged that ends, desirable as they are and hands: Misses J. Ramos, A. Coz-
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Recitation "The Spoilt Boy," Let be the raprams object of the the Staff added to me hasten to give an assurance schoolmaster's or the schoolmis- Master S. Ramos.,
The Allies, Britannis, France, that no reflection is intended tree's endeavour; their supreme- thereby upon the energy and skill object is to produce good citizens Basis, Italy; Le Wilkinson, L, of the Mistresses who have labour-men and women who will play Sousa, K. el Arcalli, and M. ed so successfully at the school, their part in life justly, skilfully, Rosario. Tabless, Boyal Italian bat it is obvious that the English and magnanimously, as Milton March. God Bless the Pope. "God language can be taught best by way-good fathers and mothers, Save the King."
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