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MONDAY,

Q. C. O. B. A.

MARCH 17 1984

"FOURTH ANNUAL REUNION

the

DINNER.

their pleasure-so I have to keep honoured seats. It.

THE CHINA MAIL

Our graciousbilities toward the present genera our boys have every reason to be proud of and grateful to the men King has shown his pleasure Intion of Queen's College boye In proposing that you, follow one of our fellow students, Sir In these days of transition and who covered the ground before them members of the association should Robert Ho-tung, by bostowing on experiment it is more than gratify and who by the wonderful record drink-later on please to the him a knighthood, which you must ing, it is really a tremendous help of service and achievement have so guests, and to our Alma Mater, agree with me was a well deserved to us to feel that in the efforts that greatly lightened the task we of the I would first ask you whether, Ithonour. And less than two years ago it is our duty and blessure to make staff have undertaken in our endea Thoroughly enjoyable that was has ever struck you in your sober I read in one of the papers, when to give our bove the education for your to work out the problem as to the unanimous verdict upon the moments-I am not referring to I was in England, that the late Mr. which they come to us, we have be- how to use the various subjects of Queen's College) Boys' the state you may be in to-night-Lau Chu-Pak was to have also hind us the support and confidence Instruction to the best educational

Old

number of instances so the fathers and to develop all his frontties so as Association held in the Schoot what a wonderful body of man received some signal mark of our of those Old Doys who, in a great advantage of each individual boy

have been educated within these King's favour. ".. Hall on Saturday night.

We have another fellow student or elder brothers of those now at to help. him in tam to become n Over

wythy follower in the footsteps of three hundred wore present, in-walls and in the old Government

Central School. · ·

now making history whom I should tending the school.

Some days ago,in going that great army of Old Bore whe cluding many guests.

Good wine needs no bush and have liked to have seen to-night. The hall had been tastefully decorated for the occasion with facts speak for themselves. So refer to Generalissimo Sun Yat- through a Home educational jour have gone before him and who are

My committee told me It nal. I came across a paragraph in warthily".

represented here to coloured streamers and lanterns. am making no empty boast, in sen. This galety-set-a-note-which saying that thanks to the extreme- would be a waste of time asking which referencs was made to what night. was maintained all the evening, ly capable manner in which Dr him as he was pretty busy at the should among other things, be the To the Association as a body and Colonial moment. I'am sure, any way, that unmistakable marks of a good school to several individual members we (afterwards during

Bateson we would have given him a better school that, in the highest sense are grateful for nomers gifts excellent dinner Stewart

here) Dr. served by the Hongkong Secretary.

during Wright, Messrs, Falconer, Arthur, time than he is probably having of the word was adequately and effi-throughout the year of special prizes ciently discharging its function of for school work and for sports as Hotel and afterwards

all ne fem funds Trovided for the I will not keep you much longer, really "eduenting its boys. the entertaining programme given May, Dealy and many others now.

The writer poke, for instance, of supply of books and other mading by Messrs. E. J. Edwards, Mr. handled and taught us, wo, and Harry Ore, Mr. J. C. Fletcher, Hongkong, and the length and gentlemen, for I know that most of

breadth of China, have a lot to you class a speech from the chair the necessity to ensure that when a ter for the Chinese section of Prof. Gonzalez and Mr. O. Eager.

amongst what Kipling calls "The boy was being taught, he should not the Ubay.

I join with all present in regrett After Mr. Kwok Kau, the oldest thank Queen's College for.

I will frankly admit to our minor damnabilities of life," or an he merely spending so much time past pupil present, had rung, the bell, announcing the beginning of younger members, and to our unpleasant necessity thrust upon over vorinne shieets but should be lag the absence from this gathering the function, those present took guests, the precepts, whom we are you. Were I to prolong the agony zenilnely learning them that maand. from the chair that be so sident, Sir Robert Ho-tung-bit I their seats at the various tables, glad to see here to-night, that I would be only repeating what tors should be teachers a distin-wortbily occupied; of our late Pre Mr. George Grimble, Chairman of have not the slightest idea of the you have been told year after year guished from lecturers.

Or to put it as a schoolboy one am sure, ha I said last year, that the Old Boys' Association, curriculum of this College to-day. from this chair. Soffice it to say

Guld conceft did when he said. "In this school whether in the chair or auf we may presided, and supporting him I apologise to you, Sir, whom we after that we have a

Mr. U. Rumjahn, Vice- all look upon as our chief guest of ourselves" and we rightly credit the masters fairly rnb the lessons always count with every confidence

info you.

on his very valuable support and our alma mater with the same. President, Mr. B. Tanner, Head-to-night, for this display

But I want to ask you: As an A eccond unfailing mark of a good advice.

And it is, of course, a very great master and the European masters ignorance, and I also apologise association, what are we doing for school is that its boys are good

of my for the ignorance of Queen's College.

After the toasts of "The King" fellow members of this Associa our college? We want greater sportsinan, keen on winning, but compensation for his absence to be tion on this point, for though interest of members in the work of able to accept defeat in a good spirit shle to welcome as his shocessor our chairman. Mr. "The President of China'

the association. It was not formed and without "gronsing feeling present popular they appear to look wise I assure merely for the sake of an annual that offer all it is neither victory neerge Grimble, who from his ear. yout, Sir, it is all put on,

We, however, feel, Sir, that your dinner. Nearly 300 come to the nor defeat that matters, but that liest days has lived and worked scholars have better opportuni-annual dinner but not thirty of what dos matter is that they are ongst voy and has always been to the annual playing the gaine. And while plea. Reservedly liked and respected, and ty of scope is provided for individ-whom wo are all delighted to see oc ties of studying a greater variety you turned up

under your able meeting. of subjects

As Bishop Duppuy very truly work and effort, there is no ennying the Presidential chair to care and tuition that we ever had, said yesterday afternoon at the debt that outside their classrooms night.

Be that as it may, I hope your precepts, and charges under you, City Hall, "there is power in the main activities of the boys ought

were

and

had been honoured, Mr. Grimble proposed the toast of the evening Queen's College." In the course of his speech, Mr. Grimble said: I

thank want to

you all for having elected me to this high position. I feel that you could and pught to have chosen a better man for having been to so many schools in my life, I don't think I can look on myself as a wholetime Queen's College Boy.

A great many years ago over forty in fact-2 very dear gentle man, one of God's best, whom only the antedeluvians in this room may remember, once made a remark to me which I've never forgotten. He said, "George, never forget that a promise is a promise all the world over and once made should never be broken."

That man was Dr. Stewart, the Headmaster of the old Government Central School, which, as you all know, was the predecessor of this Queen's College.

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Once again. Mr. President and

The proceedings, terminated at: a late hour of the evening.

will always try to emulate the association. You can accomplish to be directed not to their own ner-gentlemen, I ask you to necept our great bulk of those who have together what you cannot accom-sonal grification, but to playing very, sincere thanks, and I will note passed out of this college, and plish singly. The sum of your for their class.or their school: so call upon Members of the Staff and have made such good nanies for united efforts is far greater than that they may learn something of other groets to join me in wishing the great lessons of unselfish co-continued and increasing access themselves. Without doubt they the sum of your individual efforts."

During the year 20 new ordinary operation in team work, and thought and prosperity to the Q. C. C. B. A.

(Applause.) are some of the finest men in the

And I feel confident, in saving East. No, gentlemen, I am not members were enlisted and the and consideration for others. referring to myself as one of them list of life members has increased and you will make me shy if you from 88 to 102. Our total list of that anyone seeing Queen's College Not hora at work or at niny will be don do not stop concentrating your members amounts to 614.

much is it, when you are told that vinced that in both these respecte looks on me.

Two years ago my predecessor over 17,000 of us have passed out we masters and mistresses are do- in this chair, Sir Robert Ho-tung, of this college? We want every ing car ntmost to prove murselves told you that throughout the length one of those, who may be alive, to worthy of the confidence so nnre and breadth of China, students of join the association. Just imagine servedly ninced in 118. this great educational institution the scholarships we could endow in Hongkong have occupied, and the college with if we had a roll are occupying, positions of trust, call of 17,000 names and a sub-

the liberal professions, Queen's College students have risen to the highest rung in the ladder of their vocations.

But it is to a third distinguishing mark of a good school that I wish more particularly to direct your at

Now, Dr. Stewart was an ex-of honour, and of responsibility.cription list of only a dollar a head.tention this evening-that it must ceptionally clever, wise, and good In commercial life, no, less than in We should really make up our have such traditions and such a re- man, and the precepts and tenets he inculcated in his pupils and immediate friends are still prac tised by them. I must confess that I promised your committee In the legislative assembly, of Colonial Government our that I would not inflict a long the speech on you to-night-much to fellow students have taken their

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It may seem something of a paradox to say so, but whereas the school has largely made the "old boys" it is equally true that the "old boys" largely made the school. For it is to the character. conduct, and achievement of the old boys that many people look when they are considering whether to send their sons to that school or sup-

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I want to thank everybody-en bloc for the hard way they have worked to-night to make this evening the success it has so far proved to be.

It only remains for me now, sit, to thank you, and all our guests, in the name of this association for having graced us with your pre- sence here to-night. Be assured, gentlemen, that

we feel hon- oured. Should I, and my com- mittee be able to work up gome scheme whereby our old college will be benefitted, I trust, sir, that you and your staff will readily give us of your advice.

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