Chapter II.
REPORT BY THE INSPECTORS OF ENGLISH SCHOOLS.
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
Queen's College.-Headmaster, Mr. F. J. de Rome, B.Sc. The maximum monthly enrolment was 622. The average attendance was 589 - an increase of seven.
2. Owing to the change in the School Year no external examinations were held. The staff however arranged an examination in June on the lines of the School Certificate Examination. The results were not entirely satisfactory yet the experience gained was valuable from every point of view.
3. Increased attention was given to Physical Training - a half-time instructor having been appointed.
4. Every class has now its own Library. Altogether there are 1,300 books, carefully graded and divided into sections. (Literature, History, Travel, Scientific, Poetry, Miscellaneous).
5. King's College.-Headmaster, Mr. W. Kay, M.A. The maximum enrolment was 946. The average attendance was 842 - a decrease of sixty-three.
6. With fewer classes better use has been made of the equipment and building. One class-room has been converted into a Geography and Colloquial Room. The Reading Room and Reference Library are now regularly used by the senior boys. Many books - English and Chinese - have been added to the Library. The Epidiascope is of great assistance to the staff.
7. Physical Training has a prominent place in the Time-Table. To the swimming bath may be credited the many successes gained by the school in swimming competitions - one pupil represented Hong Kong at the Interport in Shanghai. The School won the championship of the Basket Ball League and the Junior Volley Ball League - Badminton has been introduced and is very popular with the Chinese staff.
8. Mr. Morris, who took a very prominent part in the education of the western area for three decades, retired in June.
9. Ellis Kadoorie School - Headmaster, Mr. Handyside, M.A., B.Sc. Maximum attendance was 366. Average attendance was 340 (409 last year). The decrease in this school and in the Belilios Public School is partly due to the movement of the people from the over-crowded central district to outlying areas.