365
boch
were come.
ments, both bhinese and otherwise, cerned; unfortunately his temperament was so erratic, anwhis organizing powers so weak, that for want of there qualities he was not deemed competent to take the governing reins such the College promised to be.
an institution as
At that time (with the exception of t Stewart) there
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University Graduates
the Staff; and as Mr. Falconer had been
e amo
many yea
as Head master
the Staff, and had acted
on many occasions, the
making it necessary that the Hear master
should be a
University Graduate, made it
less apparent that the late Mr. Falconer was
and thus to wright, the present
superseded,
Head Master
I am sorry
7 any
duate
plances
over
to
appointed.
say
University,
which I hand
that I am not a fra.
caused by circum.
ero control; honce
should the present Head master resign at any time, the wisting Order to which Ire.
are two
per might debar me from being apporrited as Head Master. At present there masters (5th and 6th respectively) on the Staff that are
& fraduates and of only from 6 to 8 years service,
and should either of there. simply because they are Fraduates persede
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who have served the fovernment years, I am sure that your Lordship
for
over 16
sees how hard such
me; and teen if a
zyram
care world bear
upon from outside
the Service should be appointed, it deprives
of any future promotion for my
long"
a enclosure
Service.
Far be it from
gyre
to
compare my own
the late
scholarly attainment with those
M. Falconer,
those
am
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of any other Marten
on the staff, but I may unhesitatingly say that I have the fortune to possess the quali ties necessary for
organizer and ruler
of such an establishment as Queen's follege.
I have been a teacher in Hong Kong for
20years
and
Thoroughly
as
well known teacher
of ability
tö
among the Chinese
and
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good organizer. And here I beg point out to Your Lordship that I acted
as Head master as
absence
Or
the follege fre
april
1890 to November 1891, ( during Or lunights
leave), and from the enclosed Statistics Your Lordship will see that du-
that
period the number of scholars reached its highest point within the ten
mentioned, that the average Daily
the highest
ring
ears
years
"Attendance was
and that con-
Requently the average expenses were lower.
I do not point out these facts to g.
any praise, but only to point out that, as I truly believe, the increase
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greally caused by the confidence the Chinese have
and me
Q
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teacher.
I know that the present iteaomas-
ter is somewhat unsettled and may re-
sign, possibly
Cut
long; and if he did, I
his successor sineply
an
might be rejected because I am not a fraduate,
and po
I
take this opportunity, whilst in England, to
lay my humble petition before your
Lord.
ship