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Chapter III.
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 607. The average attendance was 544-a slight increase.
2. At the External Examinations held in November by the University of Hong Kong seventeen obtained Matriculation Certificates, twelve Senior Local and forty-nine Junior Local. The Chater Memorial Scholarship and two Government Educational Scholarships, tenable at the University, were gained.
The many new
3. The Class Libraries were very popular. and suitable books added to each have resulted in creating an appetite among the boys for English literature.
4. The interior of the College has been thoroughly renovated -the scraping off of many old coats of paint has revealed some wonderful old timber in the big pillars. The College has lost much of its forbidding appearance.
5. A good deal of attention is given to meteorological observations.
6. All branches of athletics have been indulged in-the most popular being cricket. A quantity of gymnastic apparatus was purchased.
7. King's College.-Headmaster, Mr. A. Morris, A.C.P. The maximum monthly enrolment was 937 and the average attendance 892-an increase of twenty-four.
8. At the University Examinations twenty-five matriculated, two with Honours, twelve passed the Senior Local and fifty-four the Junior Local. There were thirty-six Distinctions in Mathematics, fifteen in Mechanics, four in English, three in Physics and one in Chinese. Twenty students entered the University-three of them obtaining Education Scholarships. These figures show that the persistent efforts of the Staff are having good effect.
9. Swimming, volley-ball and basket-ball are the most popular sports. Sixteen boys were awarded Medallion and Proficiency Certificates of the Royal Life Saving Society at a Test held in July. The College Team won the Senior Volley Ball Competition for the third year in succession.
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Chapter III.
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 607. The average atten- dance was 544-a slight increase.
2. At the External Examinations held in November by the University of Hong Kong seventeen obtained Matriculation Certi- ficates, twelve Senior Local and forty-nine Junior Local. The Chater Memorial Scholarship and two Government Educational Scholarships, tenable at the University, were gained.
The many new
3. The Class Libraries were very popular. and suitable books added to each have resulted in creating an appetite among the boys for English literature.
4. The interior of the College has been thoroughly renovated -the scraping off of many old coats of paint has revealed some wonderful old timber in the big pillars. The College has lost much of its forbidding appearance.
5. A good deal of attention is given to meteorological ob- servations.
6. All branches of athletics have been indulged in-the most popular being cricket. A quantity of gymnastic apparatus was purchased.
7. King's College.-Headmaster, Mr. A. Morris, A.C.P. The maximum monthly enrolment was 937 and the average atten- dance 892-an increase of twenty-four.
8. At the University Examinations twenty-five matriculated, two with Honours, twelve passed the Senior Local and fifty-four the Junior Local. There were thirty-six Distinctions in Mathematics, fifteen in Mechanics, four in English, three in Physics and one is Chinese. Twenty students entered the Uni- versity-three of them obtaining Education Scholarships. These figures show that the persistent efforts of the Staff are having good effect.
9. Swimming, volley-ball and basket-ball are the most popular sports. Sixteen boys were awarded Medallion and Pro- ficiency Certificates of the Royal Life Saving Society at a Test held in July. The College Team won the Senior Volley Ball Competition for the third year in succession.
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