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IT 16 NOT BECAUSE PROPERTY IS UN- EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED, "NOR EVEN DE
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1uilt.
10th instant.
"Sweated" School Children.
By J. A. M.
partment put up a strong
#
require
German peace. But it appears to us futlic to speculate on tho possibility of separato Franco- German nogotiations; the matter fa oric, 13 the Base Committee roalises, for common action by all concerned. The agitation in Ger- many for trenty revlefon looks now RONS; THAT BOLSHEVISM HAN COME like being strengthened by the
HOULD home lessons behave been the culprita. VISION OR FOR OVERPLUS OF FALSE
Tho finding of the experts. After all to VISION THE PEOPLES HAVE BEEN dren under the age of twelve?" must be accepted by the teaching eliminated for school chil.blamo, at least, then for the papery sald and done, this agitation for ALLOWED TO PERISH-Israel Zang- This question has often been profession. And ono thing a rovialon both of the treaties and of
asked. But why, touch but the great many of these examiners reparations is quite understand It is notified that Mr. Philip Jacks should not the much more press which confront the pupil whose fringe of the question? Why have not realised-tae di entfes able, even though the feeling under-resumed duty as Land Officer on the ing problem of the over-crowded ge lo deven plus. Otherwise, many lying it may have to some extent
curriculum be tackled? The home questions would not appear. Tent- hampered Germany's recovery. Mrs. A. C. Franklin will distribute keson question would not then being is not trapping. Trapping is
not testing. Without a doubt it has Increased the prizes at Cheung Chau Govern-ocate.
ment School on Tuesday, December 29, On every side the cry la hoard: Control and qualifying test the paralysing resentment under at 3.16 p.m.
"The curriculum is over-crowded." papera in arithmetic are publish which she has been labouring.
Parents and teachers unite in ed each year in book form by The forthcoming wedding is Maybe also it has retarded efforts nounced of Joseph Salazar, No, 17, there most to be pitied the pupils
an-bemoaning their fate, but are not enterprising publishers, who thus Water Street, second Roar, Hongkong, themselves? Lately the Secretary
encourage
"working" for exumina- to meet her obligations by to Inca Chiu, No. 19, Second Street, of the Scottish Education
tions. A study of these questions couraging the hope that they will second floor, Hongkong.
De-is interesting. Many demand le thorough knowledge of principics, not have to be mot. Thus repara-
A Gegette notification states that for the lightening of the school and the pupils are not stressed
plea tions, whtel constitute only eight His Excelleney tho Governor-in- ship. One of his contentions was with heavy mechanical working; per cent. of the Reich's budget, Council has appointed Saturday, the that in our primary schools such are excellent. Others
2nd day of January, 1032, to which is reduced nearly one-half by observed as a general holiday,
be teachers were devoting too much that the pupils "labour laborious
time to certain operations inly" through heavy calculations payments from the State railwaya,
arithmetic, operations the learn-even to the point of fatigue, for have loomed so large that greater Sallor's and Soldiers' Home gratefullying of which was of practically no oftimes the calculations are need- opportunities for economy have not acknowledge the receipt of a donatwelve years of age..
value to the average pupils ofleas. One wonders if the purpose
is somehow to trap the pupil. Lion of $100 to the funds of the Home from . M. S. Cumberland (ship's Some time ago the Chief Educa
What has the code to say on the fund).
tion Offeer of Edinburgh in a re-requirements In arithmetic at the port on this controversial sub-qualifying stage? "To know the The speaker at the next meeting of ject of home lessons made some four rules of arithmetic as applied Rotary Club on Tuesday, December very sound observations. One of to whole numbers, easy vulgar 20, will be the Rev. G. T. Waldegrave these in particular cnuses one to fractions, and decimals to Commissioner, Boy Scouts Assocla. think furiously.
three thetlan, who will take as his subject
"Arithmetic, if places, and to be expert in apply- gives, should involve "Scouting in Hongkong."
no new rate,ing this knowledge to the calcula- and should be simple.' Part of tion., both mentally and on paper, The Gazette contains scale of that statement should be printed of simple sums in money and charges by the Medical Department in letters of gold on every the common weight and measurca." treatment, massage, etc., as well as be simple." That is the crux for radiological examinations, electric teacher's desk. "Arithmetic should Note these words in the Code:- fees for analytical examinations at the whole matter.
of "To be expert in applying the the Government Laboratory,
knowledge," and think of this maze Most of the arithmetic schemes of words. It is worth considering Amangat the
in the country require overhauling, as it carried 25 marks out passengers who arrived here by the Empress
the possible 100. of By the time a pupil reaches Japan were Mr. and Mrs. R. R, Hox-qualifying stage, arithmetic is "In pre-war days 25.25 Greek burgh, Mr. L. E. N. Ryan, Mr. and often a troublesome subject. In drachmae
worth 20s. of Mrs. T. J. Draper, M. A. S. Gubbay, the majority of counties roughly British money. A. Stokkink. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Mossop, and Mr. one-third of the total
At present 300.75 murks Greek drachmae can be obtained awarded at qualifying examina-for, 203, Work out the value of tions are handed out to arithmetic, £5, 15s, of British money in Greek and far too often to an arithmetic drachmae (a) in pre-war days and which is most unsuited to its pur-(b) now. If the British one pound рове.
sterling (1) is worth 290 Serbian Question teachers on the point dinara and 116.75 Italian Dre and they maintain they are not respectively, how many Serbian responsible, for they must work dinars can be obtained for 48.616 for these control examinations, Italian Ire?"
been perceived until relatively re- cent times.
In the near future, the whole of this reparations revision issue will have to be squarely faced. Then
will
came the real crux of problem. Mr. Lamont, we see, han suggested a thousand million marks annually, about half the German payments under the Young Plan, as a possible basis for settlement Certainly In view of the reduced value of commodities—with which Germany ultimately must pay-a downward revision seems expedient and even imperative. But whether France, for example, would consent to a fifty per cent, reduction, even if the United States made a redue- tion in debt charges, seems very Whatever the terms may
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be, it is clear that only some broad- based settlement will diminish these fears which have caused the flight of domestic and foreign capital from Germany. Moreover, until this great issue is out of the way, there will be small prospects MCBRIDE.-At the Victoria Hos- of that world recovery for which
pital, on December 26, 1931, to Mr. and Mrs. A. H. McBride, awe are all so anxiously waiting. daughter, (Stillborn).
BIRTH.
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1981.
A MORATORIUM FOR
GERMANY.
The President and Committee of
STUDENTS FROM AUSTRALIA.
DUE IN HONGKONG SHORTLY.
were
in
of a
an
But to a large extent teachers No one surely would be foolish must shoulder the blame. Docs enough to deny that that is The 8.a. Taiping, which is due it not rest with them to decide excellent suma of the type with to arrive from Australia on 8th how much of any one subject they which one would naturally expect January, 1932, will bring a party can teach thoroughly in the time every budding citizen to be entire of students on an educational allotted? If the whole school ly familiar. Is it not a delightful.
curriculum has become overcrowd-[]y.
ly, "simple" sum in money. In con..
tour of the East.
that
trying to aquare his or her accounts to ace if the Authority had paid Its monthly quota in full, and at the end trying again, to "mak' alcar"'7
These students will be members ed, then it follows that the ad-formity with. Code requirements? of the Australian Universities dition of each new subject must Who could not picture a teacher and Great Public Schools, and the have entailed a reduction in time paid in drachmae, diners, or lire Youth's Ideals.
tour will be under the personal given to other subjects. supervision of Professor J. Mac- Somehow Christmas set our Donald Holmes, B.Sc.. t
Trapping the Pupil, thoughts going upon the subject Professor of Geography,
What seems to happen is of ideals, the ideals of the youth of Sutton, Director of the School of ly given to the subjects already University. Professor Harvey less time than formerly is actual- to-day-or his lack of them. Re-
Medicine,
Academic Questions. Tropical luctantly, we came to the conclu University, will also be in the reduction in the amount of work Sydney on the time table, but there is no sion that the younger generation party.
Again, why is it that examiners to be professed. The slogan seems favour an academie type of ques- scents scarcely to possess a single Arrangements are being made ideal in their store of thoughts. by Mesars. Thos. Cook and Son, tobe Shorten the working time tion in preference to a straight- Ltd., for visits to Canton and And we are dealing with children
but keep up the former output. forward; useful one7 They are too easily drawn to wor-
Macao, drives round the island under twelve years of age!
"A watch gains 1.05 seconds ship at the alter of materialism.
and New Territory, dinner dance
per hour. If it was exactly right Their attitude to life and ita pro at Repulse Bay, Chinese dinner responsible for these qualifying month, what o'clock will it show In the first place, who are at noon on the first day of this blems is ruled by the mere condi- party, etc.
The students will return to Papers, papera which regulate the at noon to-day?" "A man started tions affecting the sustenance of
standard of the output, papers in at 9.45 a.m. to cycle to life. Difficulties are things to be Australia in the
8.6. Taiping which pupils must make a certain 30% miles distant. If he cycled a place reached by the Advisory Com- avoided rather than faced and on January 15th.
percentage of marks before they at a speed of 8% miles per hour, overcome. The younger genera-
destina- Germany must be granted ation, in this time of world crisis, enough to those who prate of may be admitted to an advanced when did he reach his
division "human nature," or the "Inborn that sometimes teachers them-
course? Inquiry shows tion?" moratorium, in respect of her are thinking not of what contribu- prejudices of man."
These seem to be the regulation' conditional annuities, beyond the tion they can make, however small, rest. Our ideals alone can point H.M. Inspectors of Schools have of time. Yet what does a working and all the selves are responsible; sometimes way of testing a pupil's knowledge period covered by the
a better knowledge of ver holiday scheme.
some 120 test papers examined only one really practical sum ou time is found:
Those who have followed recent developments in Europe will not be surprised at
conclusion
the
mittee of the Young Plan that
It
sometimes Directors of Education than
In
"A man works from 8 am, {}]} 4.45 p.m. daily from Monday to Friday with an interval of one hour and a quarter each day at noon. On. Saturday he warka from 7.30 a.m. till 12 noon. Find his weekly wage at la. 5d. per hour."
Hoo-to world betterment, but to ways the way. At least let us try to performed the disagreeable tasks;man." except "money?
has and methods by which they may follow them. long been apparent that Ger-acquire a comfortable income with what seems to be a reasonable many has been coming to the end degree of honesty." They say of her tether for as payment that, since you exist in a hard and of her obligations is concerned. business-like world, you must adapt The Basle experts therefore Are yourself to it, and Hve your life in merely recognising the obvious, necordance with the rules of "prac- That in something, of course, but ticability," The attitude la rather it by no means solves the problem. pitiful in its narrow dullenss? It, The next step is to get the interest is all very well for people to any ed Powers to agree to some common that the idealist is usually a nuia- ance. He may be. But too often a polley, failing which we can only
"'nuisance' is nothing more than contemplate a catastrophe of great somebody who is trying to awaken magnitude.
others from the lethargy of men-
It is interesting, now that the tal decay, to point out for them o facts are being faced, to note an path which may lead to higher opinion recently expressed by Mr. things at anyrate to different Thomas W. Lamont, who was a
things. The materialist is apt to member of the Committee which forget that, no matter how you pro drafted the Young Plan, that Ger-gress in a material sonse, if you do not progress with the development many's first business is to make of your mind, of your capacity to definite settlement with France. think, than you will stagnate and He asserted that France must be degenerate. This is a fact, not a come to terms with, both financially hypothesis. And never has the and politically, and suggested that younger generation had more need she would be found not unreason-day. At a time when the peoples of capacity to think than it has to- able. This view is hardly support of the world should be beginning ed by recent French declarations, to think and talk in terms of “in- or by the attitude of the French tornationalism," when disarma- bankers at Basle. Admittedly, fin- ment is one of the crucial ques- ancial reinforcements from other tons of the day, when religious nations would continue to be thoughts and life is at its most timorous until France made it plain youngsters of to-day have in their confused and complex period, the that she had no intention of driving possession the key to a new world, Germany to economie ruin, whilst Wo are living in a period of tran- an increased Investment of francs sition. Will it be to better or to in Germany would bolster Franco-worse? We have listened long
"Plonso, Joe, keep away from that guy's left. I got two- bucks bet on you.".
Further Investigation found only other two instances of a like nature occurring in another batch of 1000
Suma. Possibly the selection was an unfortunate one. Are teachers afraid to bring the outside world and its doings into the school? Are not schools in existence that pupils may learn
to take their place in the world?
Fond of Eggs.
When one turns to bills, one is Invariably struck by the examiners' love for eggs.
1121⁄2 doz, eggs at 3 for 8d.; 111 egga 1 6d. per dozen; 115- jeggs.at Is. Gd. per acoro; 6% doz. eggs at 514d. for 2; 102 eggs at 38. 8d.. per doz.
Somehow those do not seem real. One might almost say these ogge leave a nasty taste in the mouth. You feel instinctively there is a something "not nice" about them, that you are going to be had" somehow. "
One final point. "Decimals to three places" says the Code, Alse, how often has that phrase been but skimmed by the reader. Its full import not gathered! In one batch of Afty test papers there are 41 suma which require a know- ledge of decimale. In 20
of those (Continued on Page 77).
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