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STRIKING RESULTS.

COURAGEOUS COMMENT.

(Below are given salient points In the annual report

of the Diocesan Boys' School, compiled by the Headmaster, Rev. WT Featherstone, M. A. and submitted at the Annual Speech day yester day, To give the report in full would probably deter readers from spending time in perusing a docn- ment that is full of interest, and not a little courageous. The impres- sion gained from a full reading of the Report is one of a school life with discipline; or a "live wire with discipline; and that the school la destined to play yet an even bigger part in the educational life

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Nationalities.

The following figures as to Nationalities, and places are in teresting-Nationalities-292. Chi- nese, 97 Mixed, to Portuguese, 12 English, 8 Indian,.7 Japanese, 3(3) Korean, I Russian, 1 American, i Persian, Siamese, .2 Peravian. Boarders come from the following places-Hongkong, Canton. Foo chow, Amoy, Swatow, Pakhol, Wuchow, Holbow, Kongmoon, Macao, Bangkok, Formosa and the Philippines.

About 45 of the Boarders are Amoy "Chinese from. Antoy, For- mosa and the Philippines.

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The successes in the examina- tions are due (1) To the united efforts of an excellent Staff, to the English Introduction of Teachers in the lower classes, and to Teacher taking special subjects in several classes instead of taking one class in all subjects, (2) To a strong feeling of esprit de carps in the school from Class 8 to Class (3) To making boys decide about their entries for the Examinations,

(4)

(e) A Grant of $20 is given for each pupil in Classes I and 2 presented for the Uni- versity Examinations in Che- mistry and Physics. Building Grant A Grant not exceeding one half of the actual cost may be made to buildanew school or to enlarge or repair an existing school, Equipment Grant-Ä Grant not exceeding one half of the Actual cost may be made in ald of equipment of a permanent or semi-permanent nature for Chemical and Physical Labora- tories,

The Capitation and Examination Grants should be abolished. When there are Building and Equipment Grants it should not be possible for Schools to spend their balances, made up largely by Capilation and Examination Grants, on buying land and putting up buildings; the money should be voted for and spent on a specific purpose...

In addition to the Building and the Colony, and perhaps

Equipment Grants there should be China, than it has yet done.]

"In presenting the fifty-fifth Matriculation, Senior and. Junior, a Salary or General Grant based

and four years

before the on a School's actual expenditure Examinations, giving a list of on the Staff's salaries, passages subjects in which they intend furlough. and Superannuation ex- to aim at Distinction and the name penses.

From the Census Return for 1921, of the Scholarships for which they will enter (4) To the use of a Table 8 "Occupation of the Non- large number of Text Books in all Chinese Population by Nation- Classes which tends to give alalties" it will be seen that even wider knowledge and teaches after excluding Portuguese and boys to apply their knowledge Japanese, the number of British rather than to write down what they have learnt by heart from a few text Books.

annual report of

this school I have great pleasure in reporting that this year we have taken a new step and for the first time in our history we have as principal visitor and speaker to-day an Old Boy in the person of the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall. Our delight at your presence to-day, Sir, is increased by the knowledge of the honour which has, during 1923, been conferred upon you in being appointed one of the Re presentatives of the Chinese on the

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people engaged in Religious and Educational Work, including Gov- ernment School Teachers, is con- In the Matriculation, the Senior siderably less than the number of and Junior Examinations our other nationalities engaged in results were very good, but it was similar work. rather noticeable in the Junior that The Diocesan Boys' School with several boys who were warned a British Staff and heavy ex- that it was not wise to spend too penditure on salaries, etc., gets the much time in outside pursuits, eg, same grants per head for its the Scouts, failed. Parents should scholars, as a School with a non- see to it that well meaning organis- British Staff and a small expendi- ations, clubs and leagues do not ture on salaries; even schools with interfere with school discipline a Chinese and Local Staff and no and work. In Chinese our results English Teachers for English were very poor; in the Junior one Subjects can get the same grants boy got 46%%, two boys got 42%. as a School with English Teachers got 40%, and the remaining for English Subjects and with six boys who took Chinese got less heavy expenditure in Salaries, etc. than 25% In the Matriculation This system does not tend to nine boys took-twenty seven encourage British Schools nor does papers; in Translation two boys it tend to raise the standard of got over 60% and two over 50%; education. in the rest of the papers there was one 50% and the remaining twenty two papers got marks ranging from 48% to 13%.

The Examination Grants should not encourage schools to put boys into Classes 1 and 2 and thus in- crease their grant by the number of candidates presented (not passed). There should be no Examination Grants and boys should pay their own entrance fees.

Legislative Council of this Colony, We are also pleased at the great interest you have shown in many ways in Education and trust that your efforts on behalf of our New School will meet with the success they deserve. As a codclusion to this introductory paragraph may say that we hope that many boys and Old Boys will copy your example in the great interest you take in public affairs for the we fare of the community, in energy ond in business acumen."

Scripture. Religion, Church. In 1923 all boys were prepared for Scripture in the University Examinations. Our results in the examinations in Scripture are not satisfactory but it is hard to find out what the examiners want and especially 50 as there has been such a variety of examiners in. The Teaching of Mandarin, recent years and as some of these Japanese, Spanish and History examiners have not had much could be encouraged by giving two experience in school work locally, i hundred instead of one hundred The value of taking Scripture in marks; these subjects are as im- Examinations is very doubtful at portant as Physics and Portuguese. present bur such examinations The History paper could be divid- ought to be an incentive to those ed into two papers (1) General boys who wish to call themselves History. (2) Social and constitu- educated and therefore should tional History. A knowledge of know something about Scripture Constitutional History would give and Comparative, Religion. The students a right outlook on the Catechism and a General Know- world at large, it would encourage ledge of the Scriptures are taught restraint, prevent the preaching of throughout the school. More ätten-empty platitudes and stop revolt tion could be raid to an exact tionary actions. knowledge of the text and in the In the report for 1922 I ventured lower classes, to the meanings of to make a few general remarks on words.

these Examinations. Experience Going to Church is often deadly during the past year has confirmed TRAINING OF dull. In 1933 we have, tried to be what was said in the 1922 report Armour's "Verybest". bold and on two Sunday mornings and I would urge that an Examin

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on the other Sunday mornings such points as (1) The award of

Five of our Teachers have at- Do. 11.00 per doz. short instructions are given by the Honours and Distinctions (2) The Vienna Style

Headmaster, after which boys are advisability, or not, from an tended the Technical Institute Sausage 0.55 per tinfree to do what they like within educational point of view, of the during the year; we hope that the

*Do. 6.00 per doz. school boundaries.

Government paying the Entrance idea put forward in 1970, that the ---Scripture Repetition. Letter fees. (3) The advisability of com- Techuical Institute. for Training Writing and Reading are now pelling all boys in Classes 1 and 2 Teachers would be closed, has died only compulsory for one and a taking the Matriculation or Senior a natural death. If classrooms for Training, for Extension quarter hours on Sunday afternoons in Class i and the Junior in Class this instead of two hours.

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Further it is a very poor system of Education which compels all the boys in one Class to take an Examination set by an. External authority; such a system does not encouragé real education and the glorification of Examinations and Certificates may be one of the causes amongst the Chinese of their great lack of ability to apply their knowledge in a practical way.

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2. and of the Government making Lectures for Teachers and others On three Sunday evenings each Grants on the numbers of boys who have passed the Training and month the Boarders go to the presented for (nor passing) these for a library could be arranged in 2 more central position than Cathedral; this is by no means Examinations. considered a pleasure by the boys, The need of such à Board is seen Queen's College, g., in Beacons Two thirds of the boys cannot from the following (1) A boy who field Arcade, they would prove of understand a sermon in English, got six Distinctions really missed much more general value and more and whilst there are admittedly getting Honours, according to the people would be encouraged to many dialects spoken amongst system in which Honours and attend,

With regard to the Government the boys, small

soncessions Distinctions are awarded. (z) In

Scholarships - The might .be' made to have 1922 a School which presented 13 Education sermons and services in Chinese boys for the Matriculations and term Scholarship is a misnomer; Occasionally, to make all the gained one Pass got the same those "Scholarship" of $1,000 per Boarders congregational choir Examination Grant ($30 per boy) as annum which are given to boys at Government School who for hymns and responses with a school which presented 21 boys the

merely pass the Matriculation regular practices, to have shorter and gained 18 passes. prayers and to omit lengthy now At present the Head of Schools Examination cannot be called meet the Matriculation Board once scholarships; if they are to be tices.

St. John's Cathedral is what or twice a year but such meetings called scholarships they should

be called the Mother are generally too large and not all be thrown open to competition;.. I might

Cathedral and Church of the frequent enough to discuss matters for three years there has been Church of England in China and in detail. the Far East, it would therefore appear to be nothing unusual to have some regular services in Chinese, and to have a Chinese Priest attached to the Cathedral.

I make these suggestions as Headmaster of a School which has attended the Cathedral re gularly for very many years and which is one of the oldest schools in the Far East at which Chinese have been educated.

In Hongkong there is too strong a distinction made between the the Colonial Work which has Cathedral as its Parish Church and

Mane Scholarship for boys open to competition; this School has¡ WON' it every year and many of our boys have been highly placed.

Government Grants. The whole system of awarding Grants is antiquated, unfair to

The Board of Education. British Schools with British Staffs engaged at home with adequate The ludicrous meetings of the salaries, passage and furlough Board do not engender the respect allowances, and does not tend to due to an educational authority nor encourage higher education. would they appear to further the The following are the Grants cause of education; 1refer especially to the last meeting, to paid by the Government. (1) A Capitation Grant of $50 for the meeting on the Training of each pupil in. Classes 1 and 2; Teachers and to the report on $30 for each pupil in Classes British Education. If such a Board 3, 4, 5 and 6, and of $20 for can only be advisory with a each pupil fa Classes 7 and 8, Cadet or with an Expert on reckoning in each case by the education as its Head, then it average attendance.

b. would appear to be wise to ask (a) A Grant of $30 is given advice from as many Hends of for each pupil in Class 1.Schools and Assistant Teachers as presented for the Hongkong possible. For several years now I Univeralty Matriculation or have urged that an Annual Con Senior Local Examination. ference of Teachers with a duly (b) A grant of $15 is given appointed sub-committee should for each pupil in Class 2 Fribs, held. If the present Board. sented for the Hongkong is not to be voluntarily wound up University Junior. Local Ex-it might be more effective amination if such Conference were sub-committee' (c), An additional Grant of held and the $100 is given for each pupli appointed by the Conference made who matriculates with Hon-Members of the Board or advisors curs to the Board. The Education: (d) Feet pald to the Univer- Department in Hongkong ought to sity by Candidates for the extend tg scope and could be a Examinations are refunded

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Paifonger line) let Manila for The BF as "Prometheus" from the Missionary. Work, originally

Liverpool left Singapore on Jan. 2 for started by the Cathedral. Inter (2) this part and lode here on Jan. 28.

The OP. R. M.8. Empresa of Asia Carried on by the Church Mission arifval at Yokohama on Jan. 18 a.m. left ary Society and now carried on Yokohama on Jan 19 pm. and is due largely by Chinese under the at Vancouver on Jan. 28,

ary Society, an The NY R. Macon Marsupervision of the Church Mission- (Calcutta Line) left Kobe for Hengkong

Hongkong on Jan. 91 and is bere to-morrow at daylight.

The B. L. 1.8. Bendoren from Mid- dlesbro, Antwerp and Lenden left Binge pore for this work on Jan. 16 and my in expected to arrive here bo-morrow.

The B. FR.A. "Fhemius from Liver Fool left Slogapore on Jan. 31 for this port and is dus here on 18. 21 The A.0.L, Cuprum eiled from Kobe in far 1 and is due at Hongkong on Jan. 16

The F&U 1 Macedonia ft #ngapore for this port on Jan. Eat 8p.m. with the outward, English Mails and is due hers in Jan, 20 at about

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vis Moji on Jan. gi and is expected here comes under Colonial Work. but, on Jan. Ev.

The V.F.K. 2.8. Suwa Haru" (Euro- 26 70% of our boys are Chinese, we rean Fassenger Line) left Kobe for Hoar also do missionary work. kong vis Moll and Shangla on Jan. 30 The Cathedral would appear to and is expected here on Jan. B

The A.U.L... Bak Bald which is be the place which could unite and Church In this Colony, and I feel. due at the port on Feb 3 exiled from consolidate the general work of the Settle on Dec. 39 un schedule. The N.V.B. 8. Moj Mail (Bom

The B. F. Promethers left confident that such action would y Line) lift Hell for Hongkong via Liverpool oo Des. 3 for Fingapore, have far reaching effects in the Shanghal on Jau. 21 and is exploud toro Hongkong and Jaian and fr dos here on Diocese and the neighbouring

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