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ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE..
NEW WING OPENED BY
SIR E. STUBBS.
College was opened yesterday by The new wing of St. Joseph's His Excellency the Governor, Sir E. Stubbs, who on conclusion of the ceremony. In an address to the pupils, announced that at his special request, Father Almar, Director of the School, was grant ing a holiday in celebration of the
event.
His Excellency arrived punctual ly at 5 p.m. accompanied by Mr. Private Calsford-St. Lawrence, Secretary and was met by Father, Aimar, the Director of St. Joseph's College. Father Spada, Acting Bishop of Hongkong, and Father Valtorta. Among those assembled for the opening ceremony were M. Courthial, French Consul to Hong kong. Mr. Ralphs, Mr. G. N. Orme, members of the School Committee and Education Board. The First Hongkong Troop of Bay Scouts formed a guard of honour in the School Yard, where the pupils were drawn up by classés.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER
1925.
RUBBER PRICES.
Messrs Carol Bros, are in re-
on the ground floor and the assem- bly Hall on the first floor: both;120 ft, by 90 ft, will sarve that double purpose and stand for the expres- LATEST CABLED QUOTATION. son of the corporate life of the College. The hall will be styled the LI'Shek Pang Hall in memory donated. 312,000 to the college at $1.60 per fb, and giving the fol- of late. LiShok-ping, whose family cept of a cable from Singapore advising that rubber is now quoted The second floors occupied blowing prices. Utan Simpan Co., the Laboratories for the teaching of Physics and Chemistry. We are of 15% and the New Serandah Co. has declared an Interim dividend very grateful to Mr. Woo Hay-toug
Kor a donation pr $5,000 towards an Interim dividend, of 5%, their equipment which in addition to a special grant by the Govern- ment will enable us to "furnish
them with quite up-to-date, fittings.
Epitome of Activities,
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Panax
Balgownies
Bassetts Bukit Jelotonga Bakit Katils
Mandai Tekongs Mayfields
Struits
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$ 5.20,
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Serdange
Indragiris Jerums Jimahs
1.56 .8-1.75, 8.50, $2.65, :811.10.
230
Kedahs
$4.90.
$0.25,
Sidima
.$.3.05,
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$.3.50,
$14.25,
5,10
2.15.
$12.60,
1.05,
$14.25,
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$31.50,
. 1.70,
$1150,
$ 1.50.
$ 3.00,
$ 3.90.
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iams Parit Peraks forak, Rivers
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United Maincens Utan Simpans
It seems to me that this building with Its recreative Halls, Science rooms and Chapel, is an epitome of our schoof activities. Rightly con ceived, education is a means brightening life, of making the world a better place to live in. To accomplish this task the body. and the mind of the child must be trained and this training is best effected under good material con- ditions. These we offer to our students are the best we can com "mand. Nevertheless this pile of The new wing is four storey buildings would have been incom- building supported by a colonnadeplete without a chapel capable of on the western side of the School holding our. 400 Cathalie students. Come and bug our hand-kuitlek Yard and connects the main build-We all know that it is an admirable Coats, Sweaters, Jampers. Shawls,ing with the wing which was open-thing to have a sound 'body; it is even a better thing to have a sound Scarves, Socks" and all kinds of fed in 1921, ...
His Excellency progeeded direct mind: hat infinitely better than Children's Woollies.
to the colonnade, afross which either Is it to have, that for the Latest styles in "Fair Isle from the two central pillars, ask of which nother sound mind and plais and francy Jumpos. silken cord "was stretched and nor sound body can atone--Charac- Orders, taken for knuting in severing this, declared the builder. Character is the decisive far- ing-open after which, Pather Spailator in the life of individuals, and wool or silk
performed the consceration eere to have character is to have those qualities. that Bid their expression in the Decalogar.. In this chapel were then unveiled by His Excel- which has been needed all these lency, on one of which was record- years, our 400 Christian papils willed the dates of occupancy of the assemble and will be taught that various school buildings, and on the of donors and At our Prize-Giving in 1923, the ultimate end of life is to at- other, the names Your Excellency said that you were tain future, happiness and to con- benefactors whose generosity, had, come to the tribute to the happiness of those resulted in the completion of the "always" plensed to School to see what new buildings who will be dependent on them by erection.
An adjournment was the made had been erected. It becomes my faithfully fulfilling their duties to honour to-day to ask Your Excel God, to their neighbour, and to to the College Hall, where a string: orchestra of Old 'Bork, under the lency to dedicate the final exten-themselves.
Messrs. Little Adama & Wood direction of Father Rezent, ren- sion of the College Buillings which the very Rev. Father Spada has are the architects of both the nor-dered musical Items. Mr. J. Aquino just blessed. Although things are thern and central buildings. I am addressed His Excellency on behalf not quite ship shilpe, I trust You pleased to testify to the great trou- of the students and requested that will find the Halls in such n condible they have taken in preparing he would autograph a portrait tion as to justify your having kind the plans of these buildings. I am which, it was intended, should be ly consented to inaugurate them glad the new addition does not en-hung in the Hall, and, craving his before your departure. This func-croach on the space reserved for lion is a happy opportunity, mark ing as it does the complete reor ganisation of the College on this site.
K. BESWICK, Supt. Telephone K. 101.
mony,
Father Aimer's Address. Father Almar on behalf of the College then addressed His Excel
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It was on September 9th, 1918. that the Staff the Boarders and ten classes occupied these premises, The location is admirably suited
outdoor physical education; and am thankful to them for their care- ful
College, which would always hold a place in his heart.
Two tablets under the colonnade
acceptance of the gold eased foun- thin pen with which it was signed, on behalf of one of his children."
Governor Farewell.
supervision of the work.
Sir Edward replying, said that Messrs. Sang Lee Co., are the Con- tractors, and after visiting the he was sorry it was the last time. Hails you will agree with me that he would see the pupils of St. their work is entirely satisfactory, Joseph's either at school or on the The names of our benefactors playing fields-more particularly for collegiate purposes: easily. ac will be kept in grateful remem-the latter. It had given him great cessible to all our boys, it is suffrance, and I shall ask Your Ex-pleasure to note the enthusiasm. ciently remote from congested areas to afford academic seclusion celency to unveil a tablet, record with which the College had adopt- and quiel. The original building ing some of the donations. I also ed the Scout movement, of which Visitors wish to express my thanks to those he was the head in Hongkong. has become the hostel. and parents of the boarders do not who gave smaller gums; their Almost continually, the College conceal their satisfaction on ancing games will appear in the Jubilee had held the Athletic Shield he had presented. He offered the the airy and spacious dormitori, number of the College Magazine.
I must now conclude by asking pupils his best wishes for the dining room and other halls re- served for the boarders. On 5th Your Excelency to accept the ex- future, which, he was sure, would September, 1921, the late Bishop pression of my respectful gratitude between better than the past. He Pozzoni blessed and Your Exeel for the considerable grants made learnt from Father Aimer that St. Joseph's pupils were almost alone in holding aloof from the stupidi ties and follies of the past few months and that no, Chinese had absented themselves, thinking that politics were not a proper pursuit for schoolboys. This he ascribed to the sound teaching and the formation of character which was
Funds Secured.
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8, during the North-Ealency formally opened the school to the College during the past five
Monsoon there is always i building containing twenty class
yours. We shall ever remember possiblity of North-bound steam
rooms in which our 600 students the deep interest you have taken ere running short OF BUNKER are comfortably housed.
in the prosperity and steady ad- GJAL, this is to inform you thai
The heavy expenditure entailed vancement of this College, and ask TAIT & 00., AMOY, (a well
by the acquisition of this site and Almightly God to bless you and protected port with good anchor
the erection of the school building Yours with His choicest gifts. ago) have stacks, of GOOD
precluded our embarking on a new
Governor's Reply, JAPANESE BUNKER COAL scheme of extension in the near
a feature of the administration of Father Aimer and his staff.
A REASONABLE PRICES. future. However, the funds neces- In reply, Sir Edward congratulat- Wireless mossegos via Honzedry became available sooner thaned the Collège on the final success kong or Formoss are ro-trans
He then, autographed the port we expected. Your Excellency pro- of their efforts to establish a com- mitted by the Grost Northern mised for 1924 a grant of $50,000 plets building. He was confident reit and accepted the fountain pen Telegraph Co. and wire to towards the extension, and the sale that the Government was receiving with a few well chosen words, on FAIT or "COALBUNKER" of a small piece of ground behind very good value for the grants behalf of his eldest son, and con AMOY, will receive their prompt our Kowloon school during the land which had been made to St. cluded by telling the pupils that
boom having realised an attention.
equal Joseph's. It had given him great following British custom, which amount, the end of 1923 found us pleasure to support any effort that might or might not be general in in a position to undertake the erec tion of this structure which now was made to help establishments of Hongkong," he had asked the School stands before you four storeys high. this sort, especially so in the case Director to grant them a "holiday This central building has been at St. Joseph's which he had ever in celebration of this, his last visit,
an announcement which was designed to meet the recreative and held, in high esteem. He was sure social needs of the pupils of the that the new building would addceived with cries of thanks and College generally: "the gymnasium to the success and progress of the cheering by the assembled scholars.
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