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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1930.

MASS EDUCATION

Something Wrong with the System?

NATURAL GIFTS

Care for the Crowd; Neglect of Genius

MODERN PROBLEMS

Lord David Cecil, whose recent book on Cowper, entitled "The Stricken Deer," attracted considerable attention, is the younger son of the Marquis of Salisbury. He is a Fellow and Tutor of Wadham College, Oxford.

Lord David here criticised the educational system on the ground that it prefers the cultivation of the "average" instead of the "exceptional," and in view of the conferences now being held his article is of capecial interest. It is to be noted that, whereas the amount of money spent in England and Wales on elementary and higher education was only £31,000,000 in 1913, it was over £77,000,000 last year. The proposal that the school age shall be raised from 11 to 15 next year will necessitate the expenditure of a further £5,500,000.

"WHERE IS ENGLAND GOING?"

OPIUM DIVAN'S "EXPENSES"

THE

POLICEMEN ON BRIBERY CHARGE

FUN IN THE COURT

There were some amusing pass- ages in the case at Kowloon Magis- tracy yesterday, in which a Shan- tung sergeant and a constable are

charged with accepting bribes.

The proceedings were commenced before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, Mr. L. R. Andrewes, Assistant Crown Solicitor, conducting the case for the prosecution, and Mr. J. M. Remedios appearing for the defence.

A further charge against the ser- geant was that when on duty at Mangkok, on January 28, with in- duty and obtain their chops, he was structions to visit ten constables on

found to be wrongfully in posses- son of three chops of similar de- alge and pattern and number to those carried by three of the con- stables.

stated that on the night of January On this charge, Mr. Andrewes

CHINA MAIL.

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN CHINA MAIL

Social Functions To-day-Tea Dance at Hong Kong Hotel, 4.80. p.m.

To-day-Tea Dance at Foninsula Hotel, 5 p.m.

To-day-Dinner Dances at Hong. Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotel, 8.30 p.m.

Entertainment To-day Queen's "Hollywood Revue.”

To-day Star "Beau Broadway."

To-day World "Sallor Made Man" Jack,"

Theatre,

Theatre,

Theatre, and "Black

Theatre;

Hunt and Meet, The

To-day Majestic "Patent Leather Kid."

Sports Today Fanling Raco Club Hounds

February 15 Third Hong Kong Kennels, 3.45 p.m.

28 A. S. P. Sparrow searched de-Annual Marathon Race, University fendant as he was about to go on Entrance, 3 p.m. his beat, and found the three chops

Lammerts' Auctions in the man's cap. Sergeant Car-

To-morrow At Sales Reorn, ruthers was

valuable sent out, and brought Duddell-st.,

postage Station. the three constables back to the stamps, 6.15 p.m.

duced the genuine chops.

The constable then pro-

February 14-At 460, The Peak, obvious, therefore, that the chops 10.30 a.m.

It was

Barker Road, household furniture,

possession were

One day a few months ago I; Incidentally he will confer much opened a newspaper and my eye greater benefits on the country at was caught by a headline "Eng-large than by concentrating on the land's Educational Elfort." Below, education of the average. The in defendant's in words of lyrical enthusiasm, an various branches of national ac-forgeries. article painted the glories of our tivity are directed by a small group. criueational system, how more chil- of men, the experts on their sub dren learn than ever before, more jects. It is they who set the teachers teach them than ever be standard; others are compelled to fore; it all costs more than ever follow. A great medical genius before, and so," it conclude:l, "the will discover new cures that can poorest child of to-day is 'educated then be used by others to

the il. sense that few well-to-do general benefit of mankind: an people were a hundred years ago." | army uf moderately intelligent The article was stiff

re general practitioners, will never With

in

would be given that both men had On the bribery charges, evidence

been accepting money from a man dealt in illicit opium. who ran an opium divan and who The bribes taken in consideration of "protection from poilce interfer-

were

once.

Meetings

February 17 Annual General

Naval Meeting of the Lady Helpers of the and Military Y.M.C.A., Cheer 'O Canteen, 11 a.m.

February 27-Eleventh ordinary meeting of shareholders of the Bank of East Asia, Ltd., 10, Des Voeux Rd., Ct., 4.30 p.m.

Miscellaneotia Truth Unadorned

To-day-Lecture by Fr. Kennedy Teang Shing, who described him- on "Sidelights on the Workings of

ferences and statistics; it seemed discover anything at all. Surely itself as a stonecutter, living at 94, the Mind," St. Partick's Hall, 5.30

irrefutable.

Glowing with patriotic pride, turned the next page. Here once mure my eye fell on a headline- "Where is England Going?"

Below this was a letter, as fully armed with references and statis ties as the article, but in a different strain. Not only were there fewer good books and pictures, songs sermons tha ever before in the history

this of

country. but in- their

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it

stead we were flooded with films and novels and periodical literature and popular music, machine-made goms of a vulgarity and silliness never before paralleled in the his- tory of mankind. And the worst

will be more useful to give the genius a first-rate education than all the others a second-rate one.

Reeling in Anarchy

Kremer Street, Taikokisui, said he was fond of opiura himself, and also ran a divan for the benefit of his тел. He sold opium as well.

Witness stated in a nonchalant manner that the opium was illfelt. He added that defendants had been collecting "squeeze" from him for

This emphasis on the exceptional, important in any age, is incompar- ably important in our own. In the world of thought we have reached since the introduction of Chris a period more critical than ay some time. tianity. The colossal discoveries made during the last hundred years in all branches of natural science, chemistry, physics, biology, psychofield. oxy, have revolutionised man's out- look on the universe. Nor has he yet assimilated all this mass of new information to the philosophic, re-

Leen 60 cents, on another a dollar The second defendant had collected money from him before the first.

His Worship: The first in the

Mr. Remedios: Yes, reaping a harvest

Witness added that the last time the defendants received money from

On one occasion it had

of it all was that these were not ligious, and the aesthetic culture him was on the dight of January merely popular with a small and he has inherited from the past;

urban clique, but were the daily

27. The payments were made per-

sonally, and defendants guaranteed

with the consequence that the and desired food of the mass of worlds of art, of thought, and of there would be no "trouble." people all over England, who were religion are reeling in a state of rapidly giving up all the old local

anarchy.

arts and crafts which were such a

delightful feature of the past.

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Mr. Remedios: A month ago you charged two men with impersonat

They were sen- month's imprison-

this diverse world; combine the old ing police officers.

We must impose some order on

and the new in some sort.of coher ent whole and it is imperative we do it soon. But to do so we shall need exceptional ability We never needed it before.

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Something Wrong With It Here was a paradox. The very people whose education had been so improved were those whose taste and creative power had so declined, Wonderful

What practical conclusion can we our educational ayatem no doubt was, there must be draw from these reflections? We

have in Britain a something wrong with it.

certain And, of course, there is. Our amount of money to spend on educa present educational policy is found-tion. How shall we spend it? No: ed on a principle that is mistaken tion. As we have seen, the state on any increase of average educa from start to finish. Misled by de- mocratic sentiment and that phrase of average education is not of first an dear to the good-hearted and importance; besides, It would be muddle-headed, equality of oppor impossible sufficiently to improve it tunity," we have set before our as to justify the expense Involved selves an idea of a community all in doing so. equally and highly educated, and in consequence have very naturally concentrated our efforts on raising the standard of the poorest and most ignorant.

tenced to one ment?—Yes.

There was some trouble in your

house once when the first defendant complained that he was splashed with dish-water from your flat?—I don't know of that.

In answer to further questions, witness said that the constable had 1 year received "expenses" for and the sergeant for six months.

Mr. Remedios: I put it to you

that it was because you were afraid for your own skin that you accused the defendants.

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February 19-Queen prize distribution.

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ROUND THE CINEMAS All-Dialogue Fox Movietone

A STIRRING FILM

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

That the heart of a condemned under the direction of

murderer, facing execution for a Frederick Stock. "Believe me if all Those Endearing crime he voluntarily has confessed, Young Charma (Thomas Moore). may be true to 3 high his "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes" purpose the shielding of

(Ben Jonson) Lawrence Tibbett, family from disgrace - is "La Czarine-Mazurka"

the moving theme of "The (Louis Ganne),

Valiant," "Why should I accuse them, there "Rendez-vous-Intermezzo"

Fox Movietone All- are many others."

(W. Aletter),

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(Eugene Field) .....Sally Hamiin. "He Leadeth Me"

"George Washington"

Mr. Remedios: That is not true: I never tell lles, I'm on oath. have many sons and daughters.

I

Magistrato: You don't lead a very innocent lifel

Mr. Remedios (to witness): It was because you had the two men arrested a month ago that the Police kept an eye on your premises. got their money!

Witness: Yes, to see that they

No. Because of the people coming

Scholarships and Research On the other hand, we should do far more for the education of the exceptionally gifled. Every effort should be made to discover them, Now this ideal is a dream and and an extended scheme of scholar folly of expectation. The average ship should be introduced by working-class man or woman can

which a child of remarkable ability never be highly educated. A high was educated at school and univer education is an immensely complex, sity at the expense of the State, and lengthy and expensive affair, and this without the strain of constant they have neither the means nory having to pass competitive the time, nor the environment examinations as at, present. The necessary. Whether he leaves scale of such scholarships should and going from your house?--No, school at 13 or 15, an elementary be higher than it is now. school child is equally far from or four hundred pounds being educated in any respectable given to the best men between the sense of the word. All our present ages of 18 and 24 would do far system does is to give him a amat more for the spread of true learn tering of superficial information, Ing and the advancement of intel- which enables him to despise rural lectual truth than millions spent in life and read the captions of the scattering insufficient crumbs of made a right?-Two wrongs! What In your opinion then, two wrongs cinema and the less reputable Sun- French and science before the undo you mean by two wrongs? day newspapers; to learn how willing eyes of children of 15. people make love in Hollywood and murder each other in every part of the globe.

"A little learning is a dangerous thing," said Pope. It is certainly a useless one.

Three he's lying- 8 year

Why weren't you charged with running an opium divan?-Because the Police had given antes of protection in return for the money I gave them.

me a guar-

Before you were arrested did you But even more important than

not give information to the Police scholarships is research.

It is

No, I can't write, by means of anonymous letters?

no good helping people to get an education unless there is a good education for them to get. And It is a mortifying fact that at this critical period in the world's intellectual

history, ·· Britâin 'la

The hearing was adjourned till this afternoon.

The Exceptionally Gifted But, indeed, the whole emphasis, of our educational system falls in far behind both America and Gerford, for instance, will realise the the wrong place. It is the excep many In selontifie qquipment, in kind of opposition that faces any tion who needs educating, not the research facilities for any sub- one who wishes to advance the everage: it is the exception who ject; worst of all, that the open cause of research in Britain, contributes to the precious and ings she affords for research work It fa also true that there is lasting achievement of mankind. are so few and so underpaid that very little money to spend on re- Florence is celebrated for its pica clever man with a civilised search. If the State were to give tures because Botticelli and standard of life and without pridit, it would be in a position to see Michelangelo lived there, not bevate means is forced to go into that the money was used proper. fast cause every Florentina child was business or to the Bar. ly Research and scholarships, taught drawing; the greatest age in This, of course, is not altogether then, should have an extra English literature is the Elisa the fault of the State, but of our money the State. soos dispend bethan, though a large part of the older educational pund

on education, and at} Jasfourth population then could not read or moving about

of the money wa wast writeAnd the fret aim of any real

*** are quite Minister of Edgestion should be to under?

ary education, howet. inding far

we hope to mainti discover and develop such excep moder tional genius as the country may have dossess

red the About the Bodleian:

In the Intellectual

to which and our power untitle

(Gilmore-Bradbury), "Mother Dear, O Pray for Me Hail,

Queen of the Heaven, The Ocean Star V.,Mark Andrews, "Mrs. Cohen at the Beach”

(Caesar-Rose-Macdonald), "Daffy Dittles" (Friend), "Down by the Gas House", "I Ate The Boloney!",

Billy Murray-Monroe Silver. "Three Norwegian Melodies:

Fanny Erice. Clir Friend.

1. While the North Sea Eages, 2. The Sum Bets,

8. Sona of Norway, (Arranged by Monson), "The Herd Girl's Sunday,

(Ole Bull-L J. Munion),

Lawrence J. Munson "Love Dreams"-Waltz, "By the Troubadours, "Jimmy Valentine"-Characteristic,

Fox Trot, by Nat Shilkret and the

Victor Orchentra.

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Under the direction of William K. Howard, this grim tragedy of the law, with its illuminating high siders his duty on the part of a con- lights of devotion to what he con-

vict, has been depicted with strik- jing Adelity. Paul Muni and Mar- guerite Churchill are featured in the leading roles of the drama, adapted by Tom Barry and John Hunter Booth from the play by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middle- mass.

In the supporting cast are such outstanding favourites of stage and screen na John Mack Brown, De- Witt Jennings, Honry Kolker Yorke, Richard Carlylo, Clif Dempsey, George Pearce, and Don Terry.

"BEAU BROADWAY”.

Sue Carol, star of "Fox Movie- 6-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. tone Follies" makes yet another 7-8.45 p.m.-Experimental Pro-hit in Malcolm St. Claire's pro- duction "Beau Broadway" show-

gramme.

9. p.m.-A Talk by Mr. E. Cing to-day only at the Star Thomas entitled "Five Hundred Theatre, Kowloon, Miles on Foot Across China.”” Co-starred with Sue, is Lew 9.15 p.m. The Concert, organis- Cody and Alleen Pringle, the fat. ad by Mra. O. C.. Womack and ter two being popular for their given at the Helena May last debuts in many comedies. Thursday will be broadcast from ** Simplicity,... intermingled with the Studio.

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Banfield.

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