Second Section
Hongkong Telegraph.
Magazine Features
MISS CHINA
THE NEW GENERATION
SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1941.
The role of woman in the national lic of China has always been an. Important one; her Influence has been exerted quietly but effectively, In the home: Since the Revolution,
but opportunity has broadened, never before have Chiness woinen and girls proven their great qualities in such convincing manner as in theso recent years of
of trial while the country has been torn in the throes of a war in which allions have suffered pain, privation and death. Just as the women of Britain have faced perils of bombing with unflinching
the
red to see the cause of
so are the women of Chis.
own nation through to vistory. And while they do their duty, the education and preparation of the
generation goes on. In areas, China's new young
womanhood
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rowing up...
healthy, alert and cheerful lot, con- selous of their mission and their Fights. Pictures here show girls of the new generation. aro students of the True Light School, formerly of Canton, but established since the fall of that city in Hong- kong. The School was started by American Presbyterians in 1872, bat has been managed entirely by - Chinese since 1930.
Top of page:--Students of the True Light School at mass drill -in-the-School_playground on
Stubbs Road,
Top row, left:-Middle School students engaging in anti-gas practice:
Tog row, right: High School students, with the School banner, marching to a sports competition.
Middle row, loft:-Members of a sonlar drill class. The girls dre all sports enthusiasts, and their general health is excellent.
Middle row, right:~One of ho classes in session.
Lower row, loftMombers of a guide patrol camping in the grounds near the school.
Lower row, right: Close-up of a class of girls at signal drill.