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QUEEN'S COLLEGE.
HEADMASTER'S LAST
REPORT.
An at the Ellis Kadoorio School) yesterday, the annual priza die-i tribution at Queen's College this morning was notaworthy for tho
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH... TATURDAY,
SPEECH.
By the Rev. G. R. Lindsay, M. A. ·
fact that the Headmaster pron- How varied are the forms of Our character is reflected by our ented his final report before rotir-speech. By it we are able to words. Mon know us very much ing from the Government service express the varying omotions of by what wo say, not our studied Mr. B. Tanner frat Jolned the soul and the workings of the utterancos but our ordinary con- Queen's College in 1000 as a mind. We can express surprise vorsation, and under the varying junior assistant mastor, boing and torror, dolight and disappoint- oircumstances incidental toovory made sonior assistant in the ment, sympathy and indignation, day life. People foll us that the following your. Ho WAB *Prdotormination and submission, exporionras of 1914-18 loworod pointed Headmaster of the We may with this potent gift the general tone and standard”of Collage in July, 1919, and has confer upon the world blossing common spacok. Provocation wAR hold that position over since and cursing; we may choor men strong and often men were not On the ovo of bis rotirement after or doopan their gloom. The wino quite themselves. It was very daay. a quarter of a contury's work in man did not hesitate to say that for man to dofile their lips even the Colony, his numerous friends" death and life are in the power though they "didn't mean it." If will wish him all happiness in of the tongue: words are irrovoca- this is true it is cur duty to blo things." Thoughts are our endeavour to set a now standard own but once they are expranued of conversation, morally clean, they become common properly mentally stimulating, and of such and can nover be recalled.
the future.
To-day's prizo-giving ceremony was performed by His Excellency the Governor (Sir Edward Stubbs, K.O.M.G.), in the presence of a largo gathering of students, their parents and frionde.
ANNUAL REPORT.
Boya flying kites baui in their
white winged birds
a nature as to charm and awcaten lifo. But, "conversation is the image of the mind." As a man thinkoth in his heart oo is ho." If we are to maintain a high standard of speech we must koop the sources olean. "How can ye being ovil, spook good ten things"?
You can't do that way when
you're flying words Careful with firo is
advice we know Careful with words is
good
times doubly no. Thoughts unoxprossed may somiotimon fall back doap But God Himself con't kill
them when they'ro said, The knowledge of this truth should help us to discipline the use of our lips. Viowed in this light upooch is a solemn respon sibility.
We may have been thinking i that our harsh words, our tactioen, unsympathetic speech have boon due to our peculiar temperament or particular worries. But wo can trace them back to the roal sourco-the heart--the seat of the will, the thought and the affections. Is thine heart right? Christ renows the heart of those who ask Him to do so. Ho
In the course of his annual report, the Hoadmaster (Mr. B. Tanner) said that was, in all probability, the last occasion upon which ho should have the: honour"of submitting a report on Queon's College. The total number of students in attendanco during the school yoar was 763, boing 70 loss than in the previous year. Of this total, all, with the oxcoption of 15 boys, wore enrolled at the beginning of the school year; and, as usual, quito a large proportion of the boye
Simon Peter was told on one purifies the thoughts, the motives admitted to Class 3 came, from great occasion that his spooch that control us, so that from a the Government District Schools. botrayed him. Spooch always clean heart and mind the mouth An unusually large number of does this. "Mon's conversation" may speak words which uplift boys loft during, and especially said boneca, "is liko their life." and choor. toward the end of, the year; soj that tho numbor in attendance at! the end of November was reduced
in other, and perhaps more im-they come to us not merely to to 550. Almost without excep- tion, the 200 boys who left were portant directions, we may justly enable them to pass examinations
congratulate ourselvco In the sonior autool, mostly in
upon or to fit thomsalves for some Claspon 2 and 3, and in prastically having completed a year of quite particular position in life but to overy case the reason given for satisfactory
at gain, in addition to the learning tainment." leaving school Wou financial
| handed down and imparted to atross and the nocossity, owing to
Referring in dotail to results of thom by their own excollont tho recont increased cost of living and lognor
November ox-teachers, such a knowledge of rents, that these boys should find aminations, Mr. Tannor said it Western ideas and ideals as shall
WAB upon thoir two employment and so make somo
"Com-help them to become worthy men sections that the and honourable citizens." contribution, as wage-oarders, to alercial"
blaw of diaastor foll the income of their respective
most! einco
hore, white families. The number of school boavily, days during 1924 was 227 compared with 206 in 1993, averago daily attendance was 559 as against G78 in 1923.
work and
SCHOLARSHIPS.
in soction "A" 10 boys pas- From the prize list we tako tho Thosed out of 25, just one boy out following namon of Scholarship
of 16 in section "B" managed to
scrape through." These disap- in the "A" section, whore we had pointingly poor ranuits, especially
quite a good lot of boys, wore, ho the fact that they suffered here, thought, largely accounted for by
moro than in any other part of the school, from the changes in the staff referred to above; addod
winners;-
UPPER SCHOOL, Soutor Morrison-Chang Iu-
man.
Blako,-Loung Ping-bin. Senior Stewart.--Tso Chan- you.
•
Wright. Wong Kaon-ngok. Senior Balilios.-Lam Yan-tak. Ho Tung Kwang Sik-kwong and Mak Kai-hung.
After referring to staff changes which made it frequently a mattor of considerable difficulty to arrango so that the continuity of the work in the various olasses concornod should not bo too seriously interfered with, Mr. Tannor said discipline and con- trol, as well as the general whole-to which (while he was still us somo tone of the school, were strong an advocate as over of the maintained at the same high level) of excellenco at which they always aimed. The excollent tone and general all-round good feeling prevailing in the playgrounds and antong the boss genoraily whon not under the direct supervision of mombors of the staff refloctson of marking adopted for choung. the greatest possible credit upon the School Profects and other senior boys responsible for the organisation of games, entertain-
necessity for keeping up tho with these examinations) he felt standard required in connection
must express his sympathy fat with the many boys who wont nder to what may perhaps have been the somewhat unduly drastic
tho Junior Essays in English.
Coming, finally, to Claes 1. consisting entirely of Matricula tion candidatos already bolding ments, and various social under-Tanner said that except for the Junior Local cortificatos, Mr. takings."
customary two or three inovitable "surpriso", results were pretty The general health of the much as expected, and the only school was not quite as good comment he had to make was
HEALTH
.
as usual and thoro Was an
that the murke awarded
Leo Hy-ean. Tong Wai-lit.. Ho Kom Tong.-Lò Cho chi Ho Fook. Omar Hassan, Junior Bolillos.--Wong Kung-
LOWER SCHOOL. Junior Morrison. --Wei Hoo. Alfred May.-Kwok Tak.
Junior Stowart,--Tau
fung.
Yan-
A. W. Grant.-Loung Hon-fal. Ho Wing-Woo Yak-fan. Ho Iu. Chouk King-chiu. Ho Kwong, Li Ka-tung. Dealy, Sung Fuk-tin. Ralphs. Woi Chung. Government Scholarships.-Li
Kai-young, Chan Chun-choung, for Kwok Ming song and Chan U-
unusually largo number of drawing, and especially far chuon (full) and Ng Hung-kai
memory (half).
applications for short loavo of frouhand, model and absonce on account of sickness. drawing-although, fortunately, Dr. Paterson examined 198 now-they did not affect the passing or ly-enrolled boys, and others re-failure of a single candidato- quiring attention. Of those, 02 wore decidedly startling to those were recommended by him for who had had opportunities of Acouratoly tho further treatment by specialists £auging
on account of defective vision, capabilities of Chinose youths in and BG wero supplied with this direction. spsotacles. The establishment
of the regular school clinic pro. mised by Govornimoni," said Mr. Tannnor, "will provo D
ATHLETICS,
Dealing with athletics, Mr. Tanner said the most encourag groat boon; meanwhile to thoing feature of their games was medical staff of the Alico the stondily increasing numbor Memorial Hospital I have to offer of boys who took an interest our customary expression of in thom, an interest that had now
FRANCE AND SIAM.
Paris, Jan. 16. M. Horriot has laid before the Council of Ministors the schemos for treaties botwoon France and Siam. Havus.
"ST. JOAN"
Final Performance of
on
thanks for their prompt attention spread to practically overy boy in the A.D.C.'s Great Triumph to minor casualtise and for their the school instead of being con- unvarying kindness in reporting tinod, as was the case, not many upon and proscribing for boys Foars ago, suffering from slight ailments.
STUDIES.
to
*0
vory small
minority.
In conclusion, Mr. Tanner, on bobalf of the school, offered "Although the year has been thanks to His Excellency for hon- what may perhaps be beat ouring them by consenting to the described as somewhat un- distributo the prizes; to Bottlod one, owing probably to visitors for their attendance and the fact that we rolloct, in our interested attention; and to thoso small way, the present generally who had sogonorously contributed unsettled condition of things out-to tho Prizo Fund. "And, finally, side, we have in our class-rooms I wish to thank all members of
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