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Hong Kong, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1933. of fortune than America. When

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A year ago the painters and sculptors of Montmartre decided to combat the financial crisis by offer ing their works in exchange for the strict necessaries of life.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1933.

COSTLY SECONDARY EDUCATION

FAULT OF EXAMINATION SYSTEM OF TO-DAY

GENERAL DISSATISFACTION

(By H. L. 0. Flecker, Headmaster of Christ's Hospital.)

There is no doubt that thero Certificate Examination (which is exists a very general dissatisfac- taken by nearly every boy before on with the present system of he leaves school) for the purpose Aecondary education, and that the of securing exemption from Alatri- roots of the trouble are our Public culation--that is, the entrance ex- Examinations.

amination to the universities-they

So far has dissatisfaction gone say:

that there are some who look upon "The requirements for a School

drastic reduction of the cost of economy in an item of largely use- national education as an obvious

less expenditure.

It is not known if the French land. lords, who are notoriously a mer- cenary class, made a similar conces alon in the cause of art. But one has

entered never

the

Their view gains favour from sulting room of # doctor

dentist

the utterances of certain of their! in Paris without atumbling over

opponents who are for ever dia- incongruous an collection of pictures and statuary seminating the idea that progress acquired by the practitioner from in education chiefly and necessari- needy artists in lieu of fee..

ly demands the spending of more money.

or

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Trotsky's Quiet Landing.

The truth is that the present) There la 息 curioua re system is extravagant because it semblance between the landing does not give value for the money of Trotsky in France and that is spent, wasting things that the arrival, in 1981, of King no gold can buy-the energy and Alfonso after his sudden de enthusiasm of the coming genera-

tion. parture from Spain.

The correct policy for the| ex-nation in these days would rather, were seem to be to decide how much the money can be eglitimately afford- money can be legitimately afford-

Both ex-sovereign and Bolshevist War Minister awaited by large crowds on quayside at Marseilles.

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Both exiles eluded embarrassing receptions by being landed in quiet cove some miles from the port.

ed for education, and then to secure that it is profitably laid out.

Certificate were deliberately made elastic . For a can- didate who desires to matriculate the choice is more restricted. Subjects which are of no value. for matriculation purposes definitely at a disadvantage. Nor would this matter seriously f only those pupils were concerned who proposed to proceed to a University.

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"In fact, matriculation 10- quirements dominate the situn- tion; they set the pace in School Certificate formá, and determina the subjects taken by candidates, including many who will, in fact, fail to obtain the desired matri- culation certificates. This goes far to render nugatory, the idea of the School Certificate Examina- tion as essentially and examina- tion which provides a test of the secondary sehool curriculum, but does not itself determine that curriculum."

Second-Rate Citizens

By proposing vital changes: in the examinations which every secondary school, public or State- Your Daily Smile.

aided, is forced to take, the "inves- tigators responsible for the report Mr. Hoover was elected in 1928,

In fact, we have fallen between on last year's School Certificate two stools. We have lost the nar- EASY. America was riding the crest of

"What," naks a writer, "are the peared, will affect profoundly every days, which did at least inculcate

Examinations, which has just ap-

row, leisured curriculum of olden American Politics. the wave of prosperity. Trade

was booming; gold, a precious English language?" Time, gentle more than an elementary or pre-of mental self-discipline.

most objectionable words in the boy who receives the benefit of a noble accuracy and a fine habit now threatens to The 72nd Congress of the metal which

mon, please. choke her after the manner of United States of America is en- King Midas of the Myth, was gaged on final session after the pouring into her Treasury; manu- The fellow who wrote the 80 an most dramatic turn of the poli-. facturers were reaping

a rich the speedometer of my car. harvest from supplying luxury tical wheel that America has articles on time-payment. Con. known for many years. As a rule fidence wä in the air, and Mr.

THE SUPREME OPTIMIST. ·

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FROM EXPERIENCE.

A bank manager has written a

in this particular session, which Hoover, rather prematurely, an- novel. I understand that most Americans describe as "a lame nounced that poverty would soon the characters are overdrawn..

be a thing of the past in this duck." both the Legislature and favoured land. That over-optim

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paratory education.

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The dissatisfaction is more It widespread than definite. has been voteed by parents, schoolmasters, the public, and both conferences of headmas- ters..

Yet wa

have not achieved that liberty which is the ideal of modern educa- tionists.

Our Procrustean system, with its School Certificates and Matri- culations, has driven us back to-

oftrowded, that there is no time tempt to turn out by educational It is alleged that the syllabus is Wards mass production, and the at-

to train the hand or eye; that chil- machinery a number of human dren are not taught to use their minds with a standard content of production of second-rate citizens,

the Executive are content to istic prediction probably contri- Believe it or not, this is the leisure; that "over-intellectualig-knowledge can only result in, the mark time. This arises from albuted to his rejection in Novem weather that makes the

coal ed" or "analytic" methods of feature of the American systember. The deficit has increased ecuttle,

teaching are not confined to single in the nation... by leaps and bounds. The farm-

subjects, but used in every period It is quite impossible for the in- which to those accustomed to the ers are in a desperate plight. Answer to Correspondent. of work; that boys are taught to dividual headmaster to, revolt working of British institutions Unemployment is spreading. Trial marriages, Percy, are not learn rather than to observe and against the examinations. Their seems to lead to inconvenience. "Hunger marchers" converged new. „Every marriage is a trial. think; that they do not know how to certificates are regarded by too as the use books; that they are ignorant large a number of people In British commanities, Parlia-upon Washington demanding re-

lief. Many thoughtful Ameri- Life is Like That.

of the Empire and foreign coun-hall mark of a sound education. ment assembles at an early date cans are wondering whether A man I know suffered from in-tries, of our own national and local He dare not deprive his pupils of, after the country has delivered America's addiction to high somnia and started to count sheep. systems of government; that the their paper qualifications. its verdict. A Government is tariffs and her attitude towards Then he got so darned keen on curriculum may lead up to a uni the examinations have acquired an the war debt are not weapons in- reaching 35,000 that he had to get versity education, but is entirely improper Importance, not only in formed and there is no break in jurious to herself. Congress has up and make black coffee to keep unrelated to the needs of industry the eyes of the schools and un- WATNEYS continuity. In America there is ample material to engage its at himself from going to sleep."

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and commerce.

Complainte Not Unjust.

sufficient thought.

(Continued on Pagë 11.)

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House Boy Appears Before Magistrate.

Iversities, of teachers and of taught, none in theory, but frequently tention. The result of the first

but also and perhaps more diens- The important division taken in the

trously-in the eyes of Industry there is one in practice.

and commerce. Presidential election is quadren-House of Representatives is in- teresting for several reasons. It

In the main, these complaints

The investigators have made a nial, and the Congressional elec- was on a resolution for the re-

are not unjust, In recent years number of suggestions which, if tion biennial, both being held in peal of the 18th Amendment. It Cuba has been making

large numbers of subjects have adopted, will mitigate the harm November when a new House of was carried easily, but by an in-systematic effort to increase the been grafted upon the old flassical that is being done.

sufficient margin to make Representatives is chosen and effective even as a recommends boss and willows that can be used

it production of native reeds, bam- and mathematical syllabus without vacancies in the Senate caused tion. This is an example of the in furniture manufacture.

A broader policy than that of by rotational retirement are fill power which the Constitution for

trying to teach In school periods ed. But the President-elect does the sake of its own maintenance, Inflated mitts to be strapped to

all that every educated boy}. should know" might have saved not assume office and the vic-confers upon minorities. In the the backs of the hands and arms recent campaign, the Democratic have been invented that are assert-

us from the present congestion. torious candidates for Congress platform contained a "Wet" ed to keep swimmers afloat better

It was often not realised that scientific methods can be taught in do not take their seats until the plank; the Republicans were than body belts.

many subjects other than physics following March. Consequently "semi-Wet." The voting in the

House cannot have been.on party A plant has been opened in and chemistry, just as the good. there is a sort of interregnum of lines because, as it is now com- Hungary to produce sufficient teacher of natural science can open four months. The outgoing Pre-posed, the Democrats can count nitrogen to supply the domestic his pupils' eyes to beauty no less sident is reluctant to commit his upon, at the most 218 support- demand and expert fertilizers to than the teacher of literature or

art."

Remanded from. Monday on a successor, and members of Con-ere, whereas in this count, Mr. several adjacent countries.

Garner, Vice-President elect, and

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Moreover, the reaction from ex-charge of larceny from 519 The gress who may have been refus-mover of the resolution, had 272. For testing oil in automobiles a cessive specialisation has carried Peak, the residence of Mr. W. J. ed a mandate by the constituency That was not enough to outweigh syringe has been invented to with us so far that we now make much Waddington, Manager of the P. & are apt to be apathetic in the dis- the 144 opponents. Amendments draw a sample from a crank case too little use of the natural in-0. Bank, Wong Yau, unemployed, charge of their duties. In general to the Constitution, in which the and display it in a thin film against clinations of boys towards a part-appeared before Mr. Schofield in the

éular form of study.

Central Police Court this morning, eighteenth has been enshrined a glass window. a President whose occupancy of since 1919, can only be brought

The demands of the examinations when further charges were prefer White House Is nearing its end about by compliance with condi-

rob us of the time to let our pupils red against him in connection with realise the fascination of their own a theft from 620, The Peak, the re- and an expiring Congress confine tions which are difficult to satisfy.

For their initiation a two-thirds The annual prize distribution of chosen form of mental exercise; aidence of Mr. C. M. Preshaw, themselves to routine business, majority in both Chambers of the Kaumati, School, Nathan, Road, for in the subject they choose them- Assistant Manager of the Eastern This year, however, the circum Congress or an application by two will be held on Tuesday, January 17 selves they will more rondily prac- Extension Telegraph Company, stances are different. There are thirds of the State Legislatures, at 11 am when Mrs. G. P. de tise accuracy and industry, until Together with the defendant up urgent problems which must be as the case may be, is necessary, Martin, wife of the Director of they learn the joy of accomplish-peared Au Sau, described as a house. attacked without delay and the and then they must be ratified Education, will give away the ment as each difficulty is overcome boy, who was also charged in con-

Amaree by three-quarters of the States, prizes,

and a fresh visto opens ahead, y nection with the burglaries B voice of the people has most em This means that for the proposals

At present the subjects of study. A wrist watch, a tortoise sholl phatically endorsed the policy of to be adopted they must be back- At the Union Church Hall, Kow-tend to be selected either because clocks, a portable gramaphone, a felt the Democrats who, as it is, and ed by a very strong body of loon, last night, Dr. K. L. Reichelt they are "useful" or because they bat, two white blankets, a pair of without the reinforcements ar opinion, and in the whole history delivered a very interesting lecare examinable. The first of cuff links, an attache case, riving in March, are in virtual of the Republic there have only tura, on "Glimpses of the Tibetan these considerations is of second- cigarette caso, and equality with the Republicans in been nineteen amendments, most Borderland," to a very appreciary importance, the second quite stolen from Mr. Freshaw, while a either Chamber. The gravity of of which have been concerned tive audience. The speaker: sald Improper........

quantity of household property to the domestic situation and certain with technical subjects. Indeed that the object of the visit was to Matriculation Sets Pace the value of $150, Including two fur international issues are a call to the only ones affecting the social lecture on the Christian faith to The authors of the reports are contes was the coup from Mr. Wad- action which is too pressing to habits of the nation have been the Buddhist monks and to make well aware of this fact, Discuss-dington's house. be ignored even in a "lame duck" those relating to slavery pro- further studies and research work ing the dificulties that have arisen The secured were remanded for sesalon. Economically the world hibition, and woman's suffrage, about that country.

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