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this too. At a meeting of the Legislative Council held on 17th October, the Hon. Mr. Landale made the suggestion that the big British boys should be assisted to complete their education in a northern Port, and thus avoid the climatic and other harmful influences of semi-tropical environment. The idea has no doubt much to recommend it.
22. The quarterly medical inspection continues. There are still too many cases of defective teeth, but I am told by the Inspecting Doctors that the improvement since these inspections began is very real.
23. The following extracts from the Annual Report of the Headmaster at the Victoria School are of interest and give a good idea of the nature of the work:--
"On the whole, work has been very satisfactory. The boys and girls of Classes 1 and 2 were worked together for the University Examination, and a greater number was presented than in any previous year. Of the 9 who took the Examinations, seven passed, including one Matriculation and five Senior Local. The standard of Mathematics for these Examinations is very high, higher in my opinion than that of the corresponding examinations at home. This is probably to suit the more mature minds of the Chinese. It is therefore difficult to get the girls up to the required standard in Arithmetic,
"The work in the rest of the school has been satisfactory, more so than is normally the case, for the Classes have not been subject to those violent fluctuations caused by the Spring exodus and the influx in Autumn. The most satisfactory pupils are those who enter in the lowest Classes and who have not attended schools where the tone and atmosphere are totally different, and who therefore take a long time to adapt themselves to their new surroundings. Parents would therefore be consulting the interest of their children, if they sent them at the earliest age possible.
"The work of the Lower School after some vicissitudes is now proceeding satisfactorily.
"The Upper girls had a course of Cookery in the winter months. These practical lessons make a strong appeal to the girls. I should like this course balanced with practical physics for the boys of the Upper school. I have persuaded two boys of Class 1 to attend the Technical Institute for this subject, but a greater number would take it if we had the means of teaching it on the premises.
"The pupils have been fully informed on the subject of the war by pamphlets and books kindly sent by the War Publicity Committee, and by articles read from newspapers, all of which have formed the bases of Essays in the Upper Classes.
"The school has 19 members of the Ministering Children's League. The football field and fives court continue to be a great
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this too. At a meeting of the Legislative Council held on 17th October, the Hon. Mr. Landale made the suggestion that the big British boys should be assisted to complete their education in a northern Port, and thus avoid the climatic and other harmful in- fluences of semi-tropical environment. The idea has no doubt much to recommend it.
22. The quarterly medical inspection continues. There are still too many cases of defective teeth, but I am told by the In- specting Doctors that the improvement since these inspections began
very real.
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23. The following extracts from the Annual Report of the Headmaster at the Victoria School are of interest and give a good idea of the nature of the work:--
"On the whole, work has been very satisfactory. The boys and girls of Classes 1 and 2 were worked together for the Uni- versity Examination, and a greater number was presented than in any previous year. Of the 9 who took the Examinations, seven passed, including one Matriculation and five Senior Local. The standard of Mathematics for these Examinations is very high, higher in my opinion than that of the corresponding examinations at home. This is probably to suit the more mature minds of the Chinese. It is therefore difficult to get the girls up to the requir- ed standard in Arithmetic,
"The work in the rest of the school has been satisfactory, more so than is normally the case, for the Classes have not been subject to those violent fluctuations caused by the Spring exodus and the influx in Autumn. The most satisfactory pupils are those who enter in the lowest Classes and who have not attended schools where the tone and atmosphere are totally different, and who there- fore take a long time to adapt themselves to their new surround- ings. Parents would therefore be consulting the interest of their children, if they sent them at the earliest age possible.
"The work of the Lower School after some vicissitudes is now proceeding satisfactorily.
"The Upper girls had a course of Cookery in the winter months. These practical lessons make a strong appeal to the girls.
I should like this course balanced with practical physics for the boys of the Upper school. I have persuaded two boys of Class 1 to attend the Technical Institute for this subject, but a greater number would take it if we had the means of teaching it on the premises.
"The pupils have been fully informed on the subject of the war by pamphlets and books kindly sent by the War Publicity Committee, and by articles read from newspapers, all of which have formed the bases of Essays in the Upper Classes.
"The school has 19 members of the Ministering Children's League. The football field and fives court continue to be a great
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