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SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1975
ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE PLAYS LEADING ROLE IN EDUCATION
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY TODAY PAID TRIBUTE TO ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE FOR PLAYING A LEADING PART IN EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
SPEAKING AT THE CENTENARY OPEN DAY OF THE COLLEGE, MR. TOPLEY SAID THAT EVER SINCE ITS FOUNDATION BY THE LA SALLE BROTHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS IN 1875, ST. JOSEPH'S HAS ESTABLISHED AN ENVIABLE REPUTATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
+THIS REPUTATION HAS BEEN BASED NOT ONLY ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PUPILS BUT ON THE ALL-ROUND EDUCATION WHICH THE SCHOOL HAS PROVIDED.+
*THE SCHOOL HAS ALWAYS RECOGNISED THAT INTELLECTUAL ATTAINMENT ALONE IS NOT THE BE-ALL AND END-ALL OF EDUCATION. IT HAS ENCOURGAED PARTICIPATION BY ITS PUPILS IN THOSE ACTIVITIES AND PURSUITS WHICH PROVIDE FOR PHYSICAL, AND ABOVE ALL, SPIRITUAL AND MORAL GROWTH; THE DIRECTOR SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS ONLY IN THIS WAY THAT A SCHOOL COULD FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER,
THE SCHOOL'S SUCCESSES IN PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS HAD BEEN WELL MATCHED BY ACHIEVEMENTS IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND IN SPORTS AND GAMES.
ST. JOSEPH'S ALSO ENCOURAGED ITS PUPILS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
+ IT IS NOT SURPRISING, THEREFORE, TO FIND AMONG THE OLD BOYS OF ST. JOSEPH'S AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF MEN WHO HAVE COME TO BE LEADERS IN ALMOST EVERY WALK OF LIFE WITHIN OUR SOCIETY - IN THE PROFESSIONS, IN BUSINESS AND IN MANY COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES INVOLVING SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, MR. TOPLEY SAID.
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