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The new School Building generously presented to the Colony by Mr. Ellis Kadoorie was opened by His Excellency Sir Henry May in October. It is a very handsome edifice, built at a cost of $35,000, and is situated in the Soo Kun Poo Valley near Causeway Bay. On the south side is a tower, while on the two longer sides are wide verandahs.
The ground floor consists of an entrance hall, three class rooms, a lavatory and latrines. On the first floor there are three class rooms, Headmaster's room, Assistant Masters' room, and lavatory. The class rooms provide ample accommodation for 160 boys.
At the back and detached from the School are the servants' quarters. There is a wide open space in front of the building; on the north side is a lawn large enough for a tennis court, and on the south a larger plot at present mainly used for Football practice. At the back of the building there is more ground which at present is useless as it is too rough.
The attendance has considerably increased. In July, the number on the roll was 50 with a daily average attendance of 46. In November the number on the roll was 71 with a daily average attendance of 67.
In Classes 4, 5, 6, and 7, the work compares favourably with that done by these Classes in other Government Schools, though Composition and Writing ought to be better. In Arithmetic, which seemed rather weak, test papers are set and corrected with the boys by the Headmaster. Reading in the Upper Classes is good. Mr. Bishen Singh reports that in Urdu the boys read well, but that their colloquial is not good owing to the fact that many of them speak only Chinese in their homes. It also seems impossible to get copy books locally.
The behaviour of the boys outside the School premises leaves a good deal to be desired, but an improvement is gradually being effected. In School, the discipline in the upper Classes is generally good. The younger boys are inclined to be restless and lazy, but are now acquiring habits of discipline.
The only game taken up at present to any extent is Football. The School has entered a team for the Hongkong Schools Junior League. Physical Drill was started at the end of October in all Classes for two periods of half an hour each week.
There are two Free Scholarships to the top boys in all Classes from Class 7 upwards, and one Free Government Scholarship tenable for three years at Queen's College, awarded to the top boy of the School. Mr. Ellis Kadoorie has founded an "Ellis Kadoorie Scholarship" of $60 tenable for one year at Queen's College, to be awarded to the second boy in the School.
Mr. Ellis Kadoorie is at present paying full fees for 21 boys (ten Sikhs and eleven Mohammedans). He is willing to pay for 30. The selection is in the hands of the Headmaster. Mr. Arculli is paying full fees for 18 boys, whom he himself selects.
Un Long School. The Maximum Enrolment was 28 (35 in 1915).
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The new School Building generously presented to the Colony by Mr. Ellis Kadoorie was opened by His Excellency Sir Henry May in October. It is a very handsome edifice, built at a cost of $35,000, and is situated in the Soo Kun Poo Valley near Causeway Bay. On the south side is a tower, while on the two longer sides are wide verandahs.
The ground floor consists of an entrance hall, three class rooms, a lavatory and latrines. On the first floor there are three class rooms, Headmaster's room, Assistant Masters' room, and lavatory. The class rooms provide ample accommodation for 160 boys.
At the back and detached from the School are the servants' quarters. There is a wide open space in front of the building; on the north side is a lawn large enough for a tennis court, and on the south a larger plot at present mainly used for Football practice. At the back of the building there is more ground which at present is useless as it is too rough.
The attendance has considerably increased. In July, the number on the roll was 50 with a daily average attendance of 46. In November the number on the roll was 71 with a daily average attendance of 67.
In Classes 4, 5, 6, and 7, the work compares favourably with that done by these Classes in other Government Schools, though Composition and Writing ought to be better. In Arithmetic, which seemned rather weak, test papers are set and corrected with the boys by the Headmaster. Reading in the Upper Classes is good. Mr. Bishen Singh reports that in Urdu the boys read well, but that their colloquial is not good owing to the fact that many of them speak only Chinese in their homes. It also seems impossible to get copy books locally.
The behaviour of the boys outside the School premises leaves a good deal to be desired, but an improvement is gradually being effected. In School, the discipline in the upper Classes is generally good. The younger boys are inclined to be restless and lazy, but are now acquiring habits of discipline..
The only game taken up at present to any extent is Football. The School has entered a team for the Hongkong Schools Junior League. Physical Drill was started at the end of October in all Classes for two periods of half an hour each week.
There are two Free Scholarships to the top boys in all Classes from Class 7 upwards, and one Free Government Scholarship tenable for three years at Queen's College, awarded to the top boy of the School, Mr. Ellis Kadoorie has founded an "Ellis Kadoorie Scholarship" of $60 tenable for one year at Queen's College, to be awarded to the second boy in the School.
Mr. Ellis Kadoorie is at present paying full fees for 21 boys (ten Sikhs and eleven Mohammedans). He is willing to pay for 30. The selection is in the hands of the Headmaster. Mr. Arculli is paying full fees for 18 boys, whom he himself selects.
Un Long School. The Maximum Enrolment was 28 (35 in 1915).
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