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The Speaker: Thene should succeeded in olining a syllabus of certain number of boarders and a cer be a Kindergarten for the the Peak Schoolho Victoria Bchool tein number of boys attending daily. central district somewhers, Sir or even the Kapon British Bobool. The real difficulty perhaps with regard MH.W. Bird: Would it not be He had asken onveral occasions at to this was to obtain a suitable site for better to leave out mention of any meetings of the heation Board that such a school. He bad discussed) the particular place and say kindergarten the syllabus be ged upon the table, qumation with various people, and a schools wherever required?
but had alwayseceived the same whole multiplicity of sites has been Mr. J. Grant said he considered answer-that th were in course of suggested to him. He mentioned a that it kindergarten school was preparation. Itid been his painful few, sanh na on the road between erected at Taikoo he thought there duty to point outer and over again Kowloon City and Yaumati, in the was little need for another in the that mathematiciere not taught at neighbourhood of the settlement at eastern part of the city. He con all in these sols, or perhaps Kowloon Tong, and Mr. Olsad Severn sidered one near the lower tramit would be mororrect to say that tad had sugested that the mud Bats terminus desirable, It was a much they had only reitly begun to be at Shatin could be reclaimed, and a convenient place than taught. He fail to see how they school bailt on the land thus made Causeway Bay. There was a large were going to get boys up to the available. number of children in the Central matricalation stand if they did not
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District, and in the very near future begin to teach themathematica by Mr. Stephen who, although not pre- Another site, anggeated by the Hon. there was a possibility of a good which he meant iple algebra and sent there that afternoon was fully in number of Europeans residing at geometry. He has suspicion that sympathy with the objects of the Pokialam, who would have to be the last speaker wicomparing the meeting, was near Stanley Gap and catered for.
very pleasant lines which he work- no doubt they would have a very fine The Chairman: Mr. Mackintoshed at Queen's age with the lets site there. Two other sites had been And it is this, therefore, that we desires to point out that in the body easy conditione un which bis col- suggested to him. One was on Stone- must constantly keep in view-that of their report the majority of the league, Mr. Nighthle, worked at cuttera Island (Laughter). That we are training our children for this ab-committes on education have Kowloon. With red to the type of site was not Mr. Pollock sternly THE DAIRY FARM, IOE & COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd.
said that aaob schools must be education. they werking that the obaorved, suggested be allowed to interfere with that extablished at points topographically boys should be baht up to the humorous intention and it was not at better equipped with scholarships and thing; that from the very outset the British community exista matriculation stand. "I do not all diffinit to get at although in the with facilities for professional training when we first stars to send the tiny and I think perhaps it would be know whether to matriculation typhoon season it might have ita draw- at an almost negligible cost than we toddlers to school we must have that advisable that we should somewhat standard is just a ginning," said Backe, Another possible site was in the is to be amend the resolution because I am Mr. Mackintosh,if it is only a Wongueichong Gap near "Jardine's have in Hongkong. Let me remind thing in our mind. you first of all of what must be the obtained by regular attendance. We much impressed with the state-beginning for heav sake lot, as Lockout.". He himself should prefer blus riband of scholarships in the must remember that every timo wsments of the two speakers who have begin." You bave got your boys a site up the hillaide above the level. world-The Peace Memorial Scholar- keep our children away from school. just addressed us that it would be anything like up that standard However it was a matter they could desirable to bave kindergarten schoot yet. He suggested it should be rot hope to deal with that afternoon, ship. This scholarship which is of the value of £300 sterling per annum whether it be to suit our cwu con- the central district. Perhaps we included in the resion that the He wanted to know what the for three years and, which in addition venience, we are losing sight of that might avoid committing ourselves to type of education eht be on definite real opinion of this meeting was as to will pay the passage of the scholar to any place in the world, to soy education centre of the world, and Inter will provide him with a balance at the end of his studies to start him off in his career. There scholarships are awarded, or rather two of them are awarded, every three years either
whether it be for a tea party or
matriculation lines plause).
NOT A GROOM SHOP.
any particular district at the moment and adopt Mr. Bird's saggestion. I Kowloan, Causeway Bay and at any last speaker in the y or the hall, propose that we might say "the Peak,
Mr. McGuigan: erring to the
other place where it eeoms that we have heard so mtof this profit should bo and loss system in edtion that we kindergarten school tia
are fed ap.
and, and the children will have to pay for it-some day. That we ought to look upon that and as part of the normal growth in
the sphere of the mind, just as we
ja expect normal growth body. And then there is one last class of parent to whom I would
established. ·
Mr. Grant suggested that Canasway
"I look upon, Education of
the desirability of a boarding school being established in this Colony.
"OUT IT OUT!" A voice: Cut it out! Hon. Mr. suggest that we put it to the Holyoak: May– I
vote and avoid discussion.
A speaker: Do you suggest it is boarding school
for Engineering or for Agriculture address myself. and that is the parent Bay should be left out of the resola British children as itional asset. impossible to get discipline without a
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tion and the central part of the city substituted.
Mr. B. Wylie reminded the meeting that the Victor school would have to come down very soon.
Mr. J. Russell (Taikoo): Why nave cut Causeway Bay 3. There is an adequate number of children there to warrant a school. I shall have pleasure in aconding the motion as originally constituted.
The Chairman: I think it is quito phrious that you require a school in both localities.
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not to be run alonie lines of grocer's shop (Laug). I think our friend is only reing what we have heard from Educational Department all along line. I was told the other day the Victoris school had not p I simply repeated what I am ating now that I always have rded educa tion as a national asapplause.)
tenable only by British boys of who would like bie boy to go to pure white descent on both sides, Home Univerzity but would like him one of whose parente shall have resid. to do his schooling out bere. That at ed in Hongkong or China for at least any rate until he reaches the age of three years. What is this scholarship 17 or 18 he may have the advantage awarded on ? On the result of some of home influence and home training. University And when the boy has reached the tremendously difficult
No, but age of 17 or 18 and the parent sends sobolarebip examinations? on the result of the Hongkong him Home, be finds to his horror that matriculation examination. The he is unable to obtain admission into ordinary standard of a school leaving the Home University, because he certificate, which every British boy hasn't reached the standard of
the Home matriculation examina can automatically and without con scione offort attain by going through tion: Yet, I have already ehown
Mr. J. H McGuigan: Isliculd like the ordinary routine of a school work-you that be ought to be able ing to that, sud; and yet so far no to reach that standard out here by to point out that, probably in a short British boy has been able to win this posing the London matriculation time there will be Army schoole But if examination out here. But I would vacant which might be very scholarship from Hongkong. there is any parent, bere who also remind you that the London convenient.
The motion was then carried un wants to make bia children matriculation examination will obtain
វាន follows:-Formally engineers, or agricultoriato, he is him exemption from the matriculation animonsly entitled to demand the creation of any University in the world. And moved: "That kindergarten schoole of a school whose curriculum shall would also remind you that your own for children between the ages of 5 and normally and ordinarily propare those University of Hongkong matriculation 2 years be established, on the mort boys to pass that examination. Thero examination has now been accepted modern methods, with specially train must, I imagine, sometimes be a boy by all the Scottish and all the Nored kindergarten teachers in chargs, in Hoogkong, or even a girl, who thern Universities, and that the the Peak, Kowloon, Quarry Bay and would like to enter the medical pro-University has obtained affiliation Causeway Bay and in some part of fession. Yes, I can hear the father or with the Universities of Oxford and the central district of the city. mother say, "I should like my boy or Cambridge. And that is also way relations related exclusively to The Chairman maid all the other obe, ask for a British my girl to become a doctor. They are I, for
He clearly fitted for such a life, bat how central school which shall contain children over the age of 9. san I possibly afford to sand them all the British children who are proposed:
"That it is essential that Bricieb Home with all the tremendous er-being educated in this Colony. The the achool pense involved of a Home University very efficiency of and walking the hospitals at Home?" depending upon the numbers, that It can all be done in Hongkong. The is why I ask that the school thall medical degree of the Hougtong work, from the very outset, from the University is recognized by the Bei tish very lowest form on a syllabus de Medical Council. A man with that signed for matriculation examination, degree is entitled to practise mediting and that no British hoy aloald leave in any part of the British Isles, that school without obtaining that or in say British Possession. The certificate. That is why I sek that fers in this examination are quite the staff of that school shall be second inexpensive. They work out at to none in the Colony and that is something under £80 a year, and why most especially and most em there are scholarships which can ba obtained, I should imagine, almost for the asking. There are firme here who have the right of nominating Waar Scholors which entitle the bol Donor Scholars where is the King Edward VII. Scholarship, two of which are awarded every year, also entitling the holder to free tuition,
if
of
phatically, I invite the parents to co-operate with the school authorities in ensuring, at whatever sanrifice and however great the difficulties may be to be overcome, that that school, and when erected, shall be worthy the Colony and eball be taking no small part in the enhancing of all that is best in the social and imperial British Empire. (Applause.)
boys and girle above the age of 9 should receive a bitter education in this Colony thomat present." The Hon. Mr. P. H Holyoak motion was seconded the and unsaimonsly carried.
The Chairman then proposed the third resolution
"That such education should be of a sound and practical character which will fit such boys and girls to occupy useful positions when they grow up."
WANTED A DEFINATION.
The Chairman: No. It comes to this-you will gat a great deal batter discipline with a boarding school,
The Speaker: I think disciplice is as well carried out in the home as it is in a boarding school. (Laughter). The Chairman:-I am sure every- body does nat agree with you
The Speaker:-If it is necessary to Mr. Reeves replieht whatever have a boarding school, are we going be had said he had absolutely to have this central day'sobool? from his own mind. simply said The Chairman: Of course you would that when you wereking about have to get the boarding school as education or anything you must central as possible, at the same time consider it from the best point of my own opinion is that you want to view. Personally be be delight- get it a little up. ed if the Govern raised the
The speaker: Will this boarding alaries; but he lie was no use school he a central school fer putting that forwirtoanes they children? would consider it the businers The Chairman: It would be á
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The speaker: I maintain that the
The Chairman: that perhaps our third resolution pointed out
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by the last sposle just a little ing school but a crutsal school COURTNRIDGE HOLLOWAY indefinite. I the propose to (Applause). I will move that as at amendment. One other print I substitute this for
"That such edua should be of should like to mention is that those
The Chairman: Yes, that is a very important point. I merely put thie question before the meeting to test the feeling.
of such a charantap enable scho-who are voting will have to consider OPENING TO MORROW NIGHT. about 17 years to the standard more than that of sending children to lars on leaving schit the age of that the cost will be much
of the London maption examine a day school. Liva,"
The Chairmant will be a definite standardork up to and is, the standard Mackintosh die. cussed in his reme
The motion wa seconded and adopted.
The Chairman'rth resolation was:
"That, in ordeavoid duplica tion of the teachiff, a school for the co-education je aad girls be established."
COLLEGE JAIPANS,
The amendment. advocatióp central day school was then put to the meeting and carried. The dissentients
numbered three,
The sixth resolution proposed by the Chairman was as under. "That the staff at such school should, as re- gards teaching qualificatious, approx imate so far as possible to the present staff of Queen's College, and that con-
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RIVAL COOLIB PACTIONS, Mr. W. E. Holloway, of the Court- neidge Holloway's Dramatic-Jem-
Chivalrous feelings, a pugnacious paas, arrived this marming by the spirit and resentment at having Van Cloon" from Singapore. The more work thrown in their way led Company's Hongkong programme will
to a free fight in Boubam Road open tomorrow night with the lough coclies and employees of the Sani- yesterday between gangs of carti able dramatic comedy The man tory Department. Aa-recounted to from Toronto." The booking is good Ching Mail reporter, by the Euro- and a full house is exproted.
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Two more Chinese cheen of sorall
yesterday.. Oas Case each of diphtheria, anteno fever and cerebro Seconding it, Mr. Bolton said that spinal fever (all Chinese) were alee
In secunding resolution tinuity of staff, especially of the pox were notified from Kowloon which was afterwarried unanim-seniors, should be secured." Mr. G. B. Reeves, of Queen'eously. Mr. J Raid that from College, said he had not heard say the remarks madir. Mackintosh
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thing yet, which had suggested the in his lecture would not be from the reports in the newspapers reported. A case of rabies ieported real line of education required. Mr. practicable to a school unless they seald certainly take the staff of on February 14 was confirmed and Mackintosh had said that the end in you had the bad girls going Queen's College as their standard. included the list for yesterday. view was matriculation, but that end along together hey know the Upto * the present time
Hongkong they as being worked to on paper all the numbers here at warrant a in
kad
a
pean sergeant who witnessed the scrap, it appeared to have been almost a riot and many of them would have been arrested if there were sufficient police officers to do it.
tenable only by British subjects. All progress of this small epot in the tirar. Therefore, it was not the separate school. Russell went on never had education for Britiahschoolmasters have a certain amount without his turban, and with his
THE DISCUSSION.
that is required, again, is that the boy shall pass this very simple school leaving examination, this matricul- ation examination. Or in there a boy here, or even a girl, who would like to take up teaching as a profession? And what tremendous opening thore
NEED FOR KINDERGARTEN,
will be for schoolmasters and school- mistresses in this part of the world in.
been
From the Court proceedings be foro Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Magistracy this morning, when six Sanitary Department coolies were charged with assault, it seemed that an Indian constable, one of o batch of reinforcements out response, to a telephone message, was charged by one of the Sanitary coolies who brandished a pole. The constable, who appeared in court syllabus which was at fault. What to point out England free children and he hoped the staff as of ammo a sense, was the better education" which education was for millions of suggested would reach a good and
head wrapped in bandages declared the gentleman had in
mind, children and id to him that efficient standard. His experience lacking in sente at the present the-hoad. Finding that two more The speaker: Well they are very the pole in two by striking him on that at one blow, the coolle split and how were they going to we ought to do bere. We were bad
that with differentiate between their subjects wealthy at leae were, though change of teacher in British tions which are marked with a pencil,
everine out. They are load of large fra blows with the pole did not have He put the questions without he was not-anget down to the echools there had come a new Many of these fractions are nothing to mich effect, the coolie ran off but praindice, merely as an enquirer who baseline, how to improve order for books (Laughter). He did not look at but they are fractions ad not been in the Colony very long. educational fo here? Were altogether agree with the suggestion that don't come nut. (Laughter) seeing an earth-coolie running from. was arrested by another constable. A Chinese constable deposed ig The Chairman after enying that He felt it was a very wide and difficult thay to make ge for all ora of free education They were all pre IE sport is to the future Here, too, the Univer- they were much indebted to question. It had been thresbed out college for the (Laughter). pared to pay something towards the of the education it should be part of ermed with a broom.. Intervening, be part a Banitary coolie, the latter being. which Mackintosh for his eloquent address in Englund over a period of 100 years: The Chairma am suy judge education of their boys and girls, bab the school time. aity provides a coursa
The resolution having been carried to him and was struck with the will give you not only deg said he thought it advisable, in order boring the last 50 years it, had been of Inipans they their children he thought that with a little judiciaas ree in Arta but also a teacher's to stimulate discussion, to submit the brought down to a very 5 point. home at the age and not bring management the cost might be very the chairman said: have to thank broom. Ag
the constable had the assault direct- diploma. Here too, small as the cost firat of the resolution the quired for every boy. Boys were not think this was to the to stare a school (laughter) om numbers because it is very important through the Sanitary Board coolice,
There were about five subjects re- them out an age of 10, considerably curtailed, especially on you for attending this meeting in fucki of tuition is, there are scholarships already been published in the trained to work to any end. When question.
The trouble seemingly arose which may be granted by a very newspapers-not necessarily for the they got to the matriculation, boys The resolation carried un- The resolution was carried unanim that we
that the Government should see who have to sweep the road, re- generous Government, or again by meeting to accept them but to disse began to look out on the world, to aulmonsly and man present-ously.
вго in earnest on primanding the earth coolies for these firms who have, by their them. He thought all present were eater offices and to grasp sensibly the ed his fifth redwhich read Toe laat repolation proposed by the
this matter, I abould like causing them additional work. It subscriptions, obtained the right to agreed that kindergarten schools wore work their employers at them. "That for those of subject-Chairman was nominate scholars. And there too, a very real need. He formally One of the essential things was ing them to mary training adequate playing grounds should be your behalf our indebtedness to Mr.is chainpioned some work sa follows: That before wo separate, also to express on was also alleged that the earth all that is required in this school leavmoved:
that the boys should have been and discipline, rable the boys attached to the school and that the Burnett who was good enough to the 8.D. coolies.
women who had been pestered by ing examination. And if ambition in "That kindergartan schools for taught to think and reflect. It should be band not day playing of games should be com organise this meeting. (Applause). not even yet satisfied, what facilities children between the ages of 5 and 9 seemed to him, from what he had boys."
Avote of thanks to the Chairman there are for post-graduate work years be established, on the most heard and seen in the papers, that BOM SU BITES.
for the able manner in which he had outside the Colony. Trinity College, modern methods, with specially there was a vaguenese as to what kind The Chairm that this was Cambridge, offers exhibitions to trained kindergarten teachers la of education was wanted, He was perhaps the motqasetion they
presided 53 sing carried with so Cadent coming from us who have obaige, at the Prak, Kowloon, Quarry not trying to throw cold water on the had to deal wit he had sent graduated with us or who have passert Bay and Causeway Bay" our intermediata examination. The Seconding the resolution & speaker scheme, but was endeavouring to get the resolution ber it had been Rockefeller Foundation offers te from the body of the hall said he the root of the matter and put it pointed out to it would be the travelling scholarships to students would like to add that there should on a proper basis. With the number rather diffisaldo-educational day school in place of boarding of British children in the Colony as scheme to a boarding school, naked if the children who have graduated in medicine, 1t be a central klodergarten pohool in i Want to man, the more I think of it, the West End which had not been minute entertain the enggestions put girls and nor was some tennis and hacket, ball during school seting le being compiled and to grateful thanks the receipt present no business than would for chaol for boy by school for would have to play football, hockey, An official report of yesterday School begs to acknowledge with that there are facilities in the Colony catered for,
forward.
dimculty butt think him honts and then be sent home with ensure accuracy those who spake use of three hundred dollars to far greater than any where else it only The Chairman: Are you suggest
relf that 16 insuperable basket full of homework (Laughter), asked to forward their names, and wards Troop Fandi, from Mr. Ho wa nan get our children up to the ing that there should be further
because they as Diocesan The Chairman : I imagins it will be initiale to the Olina Mail offed as om Tong, founder and patron of the 1 schools t Matriculation standard,
Boys' School are we taught after school Lirum, Most soon sa pomibia
Troop
ELUSIVE BELLABI,
Mr. Mackintosh sald he mait con- gratulate the last uponkar L he had
pulsory for boya."
Several voloss: And girls. objection to that addition, -
The Chairman I have no
HOCKEY AND HOMEWORK. amendment favouring a centred
The dame speaker who had moved
alamation.
SPEAKER'S NAMES WANTED
was sentenced to four months' hard The coolie who injured the Indian labour; the one who had the broom. received three months and the others fourteen days.
The President of the 7th Hong kong Troop Boy Broute, Salyingpus
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