Annexe C.
REPORT BY THE INSPECTOR OF VERNACULAR SCHOOLS, 1927.
1.-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
Vernacular Middle School:-Head Master, Mr. Li King Hong, B.A.
The Maximum Enrolment was 178 (150 in 1926).
The Average Attendance was 166 (137 in 1926).
In December, the students of the highest Standard in the Middle School Division-5 in number-sat for "The Government Vernacular Middle School Final Examination" conducted by the University of Hong Kong. Four were successful, with one Distinction in Mathematics.-a very creditable result.
The 11 Final Students in the Normal Division examined by 2 external examiners, and 2 passed. The results were very disappointing. Increased attention should be paid to "Mathematics" and "Method"-both Theoretical and Practical.
Referring to the public interest in the school and to the sphere of sports, the Head Master states:
"Messrs. Fung Ping Shan and Li Yik Mui, in the name of a body of Chinese friends interested in our school, continued their generosity by giving scholarships of $30 each per annum to students obtaining the highest position in entrance and annual examinations and to those who would otherwise be financially unable to come to study. We have also to thank these gentlemen for their kind gift of some useful furniture and a set of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
In the sphere of sports, the school has done particularly well this year. Games continued to be popular, and Football, Volley-Ball, Basket Ball and Ping Pong have all shown signs of great improvement. We were able this year to send in a Volley Ball team to compete for the Senior Shield and scored a good number of points. In Football, we played some twenty friendly matches with schools and clubs outside: we lost 5 games and won the rest. Our Ping Pong team is the strongest of all: a number of schools came to challenge us, but we remained invincible all the year round".