AnnualReport-1924 — Page 504

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customary expression of thanks for their prompt attention to minor casualties and for their unvarying kindness in prescribing for boys suffering from slight ailments.

In our class-rooms and laboratories we have succeeded in maintaining an atmosphere of cheerful and interested work. And, although, judged by examination marksheets alone, results in certain sections of Classes 2 and 3 appear little short of disastrous, we feel that in other, and perhaps more important directions, we may justly congratulate ourselves upon having completed a year of quite satisfactory work and attainment.

In the recent examinations in Classes 8 (for beginners in English) to 4, we examined a total of 253 boys and of these, 228 reached the pass standard in the various branches of English and Chinese, and qualified for promotion. 55 boys took the general examination for Class 4, and of these 44 passed.

In Class 3, the junior class of the Upper School, our examinations were made even more searching than in previous years with the result that, out of a total of 158 boys examined, only 113 were considered fit for promotion to Class 2.

The University examinations, Junior Local and Matricula- tion respectively, have for some years taken the place of our old annual Class 2 and Class 1 examinations; and we enter for these University examinations

examinations every boy, without exception, who succeeds in obtaining a seat in either of these classes and who is in attendance at the end of the school year.

In Class 2, 94 boys sat for the Junior Local Examination. On the "Science" side 53 boys were presented and 33 passed.

In Class 1, out of 24 boys presented on the "Science" side, 12 succeeded in Matriculating, 1 was awarded a Senior Local pass and 11 failed, while on the "Commercial" side, out of a class of 18 boys, 8 matriculated, 2 obtained Senior Local passes and 8 failed.

The Junior Local Candidates were this year awarded as many as 48 distinctions as compared with 26 last year, and in addition to 10 distinctions gained by Matriculation Candidates (as against 4 last year) two of these latter, Chang Tu-man and Tse Chan-yau, were awarded "Honours”. Our Senior Prefect and Head boy of the school, Chang Iu-man, gained the President of China Scholarship and the Hongkong Government Educational Scholarship, while of the 6 Student Teacherships tenable at the University and now thrown open to competitors from all schools 4 have been awarded to our boys.