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MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1930. ·

PUBLIC SCHOOLS,

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USEFULNESS OF A HOME

EDUCATION.

POINTS OF IMPORTANCE.

[By "The Matron."]

Parents are often misled through. conversation as to the true merits

of a British public school. In this article l'intend describing aspects of the average border, and the usefulness of a Home education.

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CHINA

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they are all boys of his own age ROUND THE CINEMAS in this "dorm" except the prefect and monitor in charge. He takes some time getting undressed, being

which

WAR.

"A SONG OF KENTUCKY."

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fully occupied in answering count-ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND IN less questions such as his name, age, last school, is he a "swot" or a good sportamun, where does he come from, what is his father, and many other questions

the lot of every ke

new lights are At last the boy. turnett off and silence pre- vails throughout the "dorm." He lies awake thinking of what kind of 'a life he will lead in this school--it will be a fine one, one that he can look back on with He lowes that justifiable pride. feeling of strangeness and, being tired after a heavy day, he falls asleep.

Deeply Grateful."

He awakes early the next morn- ing, before the rousing bell and the subsequent "tipping out" of the fellows by the monitor. Breakfast over, he has time to find out where he is to be after Chapel. This he finds quite difficult to follow con- sidering that the form is split up

sections into

for Mathematics. Chemistry, and Physics, but the day soon passes, and he begins to At the feel part of the place.

feel-

The parent, according to his

chooses

suit- purse, blo school for his boy, Z his him farewell at Pad- dington at the beginning of the Summer Term. In the train des-, tined for the temporary home of the youth there may be many other boys bound for the same walls, but little notice is taken of the silent boy in the corner seat. He prob- ably wants some, school cap, and that alone is suflicient to place him in a class different from the other end of the first term he occupants of the carriage. He ising deeply grateful to his parents not "ragged," as he might well for this splendid education. have been in the lays of Tom He has learned loyalty to the Brown; he receives only a passing school, how to act like a gentle glance, as the others are all excit-aman, the true meaning of a edly recounting holiday amuse sportsman, and that undefinable aequisition, known as the "publie school spirit." After & moderate ly successful four years' course

ments.

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b Sovereign power of Lovel DAY. June 30th.

O Grief! O Calm!

All records, saving thine. cool and culm,

And shadowy, through the mist of passed years,

W. E. HOLLANDS,

Hon. Secretary.

Hong Kong, 23rd June, 1980.

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For others, good or bad, hatreil and tears,

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Have become

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23rd June, 1930.

the ANNUAL MEETING from Kents just about describes takes place to-day, at 6 pm, the talking film, "A Song of Kentucky," which is now showing It is true (at the Queen's Theatre.

that the course of true love never runs smooth, and It is equally true that one never knows from which channel the course of true love flown.

In this picture love comes to Lois Moran in a song entitled "Sitting by the Window," sung by Joe Although Wagstaff in a theatre.

When the train arrives at his station, he endeavours to find a taxi to take himself and his luggage toe enters the world stamped all the school. The school porter then over as the true public school takes charge of the huggage on his type. He finds thut his education arrival and directs him to a house stands him in goed stead and master's study. On his way he finds that he, who is not parti passes groups of juniors and cularly clever, is able to compete seniors, whe gaze

him with the clever man who has not good background upon with the critical eyes

been able to afford 'an' education judges of sporting talent.such as he has received. Any They wonder what this new success that comes his way may acquisition, to the House will be put down to his public school be good at. He looks too frail for training from which he learned "Rugger," but he might be a use-discipline, team-work, the higher ful cricketer. Once he is put of fears in life, al, above sight they forget him, and resume fenacity. their conversation.

of

a rich heiress, Loin Moran, like all her sisters, wants the one thing- the Power of Love and does not mind whether it brings grief or She gets both and the one calm.

re-unification brings her kiss of the honey-dew, which Keats had immortalised, from buried days.

The picture has an exceptionally in that the printepal scene was captured by the camera during the running of the 1929 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Lois Moran Downs, Louisville. enters her "deadcert," Dixle for that classic race, but she does so with a sore heart.; Joe Wagstaff, whom she passionately loves, estranged from her through the men and women. scheming of While she takes on a bet with Kane for $25,000 if she wins, and her consent to marry him if she loses. a better Joe Wagstaff, like many man before him, is fast sinking into iniquity; drowning his sorrow in the waters of Lethe.

is

heart

to order House Master's Welcome.

Koos

her rell and the marriage

trousseau, The house-master greets

un the eve of her wed- new boy with

A friendly and welcome, and in 1 few brief ding, she runs off by herself to the words he acquaints him with opera, just to have her last fling. the routine of that night and There she sees Joe Wagstaff con- the next morning. A visit to the ducting the orchestra who is to play hit-"A Song of matron reveals his whereabouts in his biggest

With her heart throb- Being a true musician, he how- the dormitory, his washing place, Kentucky." and his cupboard. With a little bing, Iois sits in the box quictly ever, yields to the persuasion of his to the plaintive but manager to compose something time to spare before roll-call is listening Inken. he

Although a music which will bring him out of the rut. unpacks his hand-pathetic music. ไทย and then joins

the without words, she reads it as an He does so, and just as he has throng in

It is the life of the finished it, he takes the first boat to the central hull open book. After roll-call he finds that, man who had loved and lost. Her Kentucky in search of the girl he He arrives there' on the as he is a new boy, he has been heart goes out to him, and just at loves. given No. 54 cupboard in the Junior Common Room for his books. Then a cup of coffee and a snack, and he is again in the dereitory. Quite naturally he feels strange at first, but this feeling gradually leaves him when he discovers that

the psychological moment, the wo-day of the great race-a race which man who had caused the estrange-night crüse Lois Moran to be ment, appears on the scene. She married to a man she does not love.

The confesses, and Lois runs to the

race is run and lost, & Bore back of the stage and there she gets and Lois Moran with

(Continued at foot of preceding her kiss which brought the honey-

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