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CHINA MAIL Sheaffer

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1959.

NEW BALLPOINT WITH- EXCLUSIVE

STERLING SILVER TIP

| PICTORIAL PARADE

293 UN KO TAN KOH KN SEBA

ABOVE: The huge gathering at the memorial servico held on Saturday for the late Mr Wang Yuen - lung, vateran of the Chinese film world, at Queon Elizabeth Stadium.

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LEFT: Scan at the opon- ing of the Rosettlement Loan and Savings Asso- ciation's premises fast week (1- Dr K. G. Hobart and Mr Aserappa.

From the Files

25

years AGO

The death of Mr C. J Gomes, aged 50, has occurred, He was employed at blogon and Taylor for the last Ave,

years and

was a well-known

figure among brokers being familiarly known as Snotoball. He leaves a wife and a four- year-old daughter."

The in the unfortunate position of entering the 1985 naval conference rank. ing third in modern ships, with Britain and Japan at full Treaty strength, said Mr Nelson Macy, President of the U.S. Navy League.

THE United States would

P.

ABOVE: Soon at the Y's Mon's Club "Ladies

Night" hold at tho

RIGHT: Mr and Mrs Cosor C. Pastores after tho their wedding at Rosary Church on Satur- day. The brido is the former Mias Doontiva Kory, a Thai student. The groom is with the P, I, Consulato-General.

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LEFT: Littlo Jamos, son of Dr and Mrs Wilson G. Wan, seen in his mother's arms shortly after his christening at the Methodist Church on Sunday.

American Club lost

week: Mr Matthew › Fong presenting momento

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to member S. Y. Lum (right) forhli full "at- tendance at the Club's meatings over the year. *

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LEFT: Mr Gordon Hung, former chief sub-editor of the China Mall (third from laft), is soon with his family shortly before ho flew to Kuala Lumpur to join the Straits Times.

MYSTERY OF THE EXHAUSTED PIGEONS

TEACHING BY TELEVISION: CLEARED UP

NOVEL U.S.

A

EXPERIMENT

New York, Aug. 3.

FEW teachers in the United States are enjoying the novel experience of teaching in "classrooms" where there are no unruly pupils to distract them, no interruptions or talking back and, in fact, no pupils at all whom they can see.

studlo teacher. looks Into the ever, without its critics, nor lens of the camera, he appears | have all schools trying I found to be looking directly into the fi a success,

The Los Angeles Board of vyes of every pupil and, teachers Buy that this scerns to have a Education viewed

Instead of looking at rows of school system's own television faces, these teachers face a network. At the end of this bank of floodlight: and when year, all the children in the they talk to their pupils, they county will get television teach- look into television cameras ing. when a dozen small rural

television linked by closed circuits to schools are linked to the not-psychological effect which teaching favourably after the several classrooms and, som.c work.

cous pupils to be more atten-Arst year of a three-year trial. cases, to several schools.

The' Washloxton County live.

but only six months later it!

Fow Willing

In the three years or so school network broadcasts The supporters of television agreed last year that the system during which television teaching special courses for talented and teaching have many things to had devitalised" teaching has been on 'trial in an in backward children, as well as say in its favour: that it enables One the main arguments erensing number of United basle Instruction in mathe- the talents of the best teachers of the critics appears to arise .States schools, the novel idea matles, selence, history, music, lo be brought to a large num out of this point of view. These

has become one of the most- art, and other subjects. Most

that even while ber of pupils, for example, in-critics say talkud-abotat and; sometimes, pupils get up to 80 minutes of stead of to relatively few; and studio teacher is presenting a one of the most controversialį television teaching a day, but that because the television lesson, there must still be subjects in the field of modern the televised subjects are often

teacher present in the camera can peep into normally

class- education.

developed In Individual:class- Inaccessible places, it can bring room. This means, they argue, rooms,

right into the classroom the that the "live" teacher is re- actions and drama of com-legated to the position of o Teacher Shortage.munity and world events. monitor, who merely switches School authorities stress that the receiver on and off, and Tho County authorities

television is not in itself a maintains classroom discipline. hope that the system will help teacher. It is merely a plece of

And this, they say, could lend them

shortage equipment which, if used well, to the creation of a teaching both of teachers and school can make a lesson more interest-"ellie" on the screens, while the space, and Improve tho ing and forceful,

classroom Instructor loses quality of instruction by While it does not replace prestige with his pupils by being

the onlaide world books, pletures, bringing

maps, ap-downgraded to the role of B into the classrOATE,

puratus, models and blackboards, monitor-China Mall Special. It provides new and challenging ways in which these alds may

In

Only a few schools wero willing to try: the system 1956. Today, more than 500 school distriota and 117 colleges and universities uso olosed circuit television for teaching.

When television teaching made its debut in New York

City two years ago, a teacher

In

overcome

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Larger Number

a. Monhaltan elementary An indication of their faith pchool conducted a science in this; new system of cocaing lesson before what was prob- is Washington County's 'own be used. ably the largest single class in school television centre where the history of formal teaching-three mo

modern studios 1,000 pupils and 2,000 parents taisen the place of the mobile and community leaders.

which was, "used transmitter Cívic leaders balled this

at the 'pulaot.

with 21-

greatest strides

temporarily

have

Newspapermen

On The Air

newspapermen will

be

By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER

The two pigeons brought to Hongkong after landing on a ship 50 miles northeast of Taiwan were racing 250 miles to Taiwan from No Man's Island northeast of Taiwan on July 12,

Mr APELT

TEXTILE | AGENT ·

LEAVES HK

Mr Diethard Apelt buying hgent for the Karen Trading Company of Murich, Arm specialising in toxtiles, left this

ABOVE: Two hounds have a dog's `oyo-view from a parked van of some of the haries who took part in the Royal International Show which oponed at the White City, London, recently.

LEFT: Princoss Anna and.. Prince Charles soon when they toured a flower show in Sandringham Park, Norfolk, recently. They and the Queen Mother spent 11⁄2 hours at the show making several purchases.

Mackintosh's advertised its half-yearly sale and said that apol, short pilamas would sell for $2.75 a pair, Arrow shirts $4. dressing gowns #10, taffela sports shirts $3, prey aerter agate $975, pleated dress shirts $4.50, aertez short vyjamas $7.60 and silk and Foulard, ties for $2.

☆ ☆ ☆

Miss Elfreda A. Tuxford, acting matron of the Helena May institute earlier this year, is engaged to El. Richard

Dyer, RN.

The death of Mr J. P. Warren Director of Dodwell and Co. Ltd., occurred in London at the age dk ed. He was transferred from Osaka to Hongkong in 1023.

QIR: The recent "cut" applied to their staff by a pro- minent Bank is to be very much doubt deplored-personally I whether the "cut" was worrint- ed, but apart from this point I suggest that it has been un- nounced at most unfortunate time of the year and at a time confidence is res quired.

Birthday Of The when every

Queen Mother

This would show the cxlent of the necessity for Britons in Guns of HMS Tamar and the

this Colony to work closely Signal Hil saluting battery security of their

with each other for the further fired

respective a 21-gun salute occasion of the birthday of the employers or employed,

on the positions whether Banks, shops, Queen Mother.

The Signal Hill Battery, com foreign interests must eventually Any leakage of business to manded by Lt. 3. A. Booth, was result in the culprit's position drawn from 46 (Talavera) Battery, 32 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery..

Ships in the harbour were dressed overall,

Swiss Scouts

engendered less secure.

Buying British from British shops and thinking British, all the time should be the one aim of every Brilon in the Colony, It leads to a renewed, interesi In British Intour and streng- thened security.

misery,JACK,

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A copy of a letter written by the President of the Talwan Military Pigeon Association to The Swiss Scout Delegation to It is very unfortunate that our the HRSPCA revealed this fael.the 10th World Jamboree passed inherent tolerance and epitude The letter also Identified. the through Hongkong early this for escaping our proper reponal- owners of the birds to the the morning, on the Swissale flight bilities should lend to British Taiwan Racing Pigeon Associa- trom Tokyo, bound for Cairo on unemployment with all tion, Southern Branch.

their way home. Mr Paul Tay received a copy of the letter enclosed in a report from CPA's representative" In Talpel, Mr S. S. Lu, who satd that the Taiwan Racing Pigeon Association had delayed claim- ing the birds because of high Iransport costs.

CX-

The Taiwan

Racing Pigeon Association; had a previous perience in shipping pigeona ia Talwan when the freight cost more than the pigeons, Mr. Lu, said in the letter.

Bir

Lu niso informed. My

Chuang President of Talwan Racing Pigeon Association that he was asking the CPA Hong- kong office. If the airliner was willing to pay for any inciden- Lal charges for teaching. caretaking, etc.'

Contacted this morning, Mr H. M. Howell, Secretary of the HKSPCA, said there would be no chargo.

Rad

morning by Swissair for Zurich, Summer Holidays

on completion of an eight-week

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London

-

Tosching capisment and

Five school children arrived A number of leading Kong-adness visit to the Colony. materials can be used for tho

Mr. Apeit is a textile expert by Bone Comet 'from whose mission has been to plan from various schools in benefit of larger number of kong

beard on Radio Hongkong's pro for the 1000 Summer Collection land to

Eng- "class" 45.0 milestone to the Standard receivers

puplia; and activities such za

gramme "You've asked for ":

spend the summer field of educational television.

sofenillo experimente, which They will include Mr Noul Craig of the Arm's, representatives in hoildays with Linch croens are provided at a Ferhaps the

their parents are too dangerous to be car of the China Mall who will talk Hongkong.

there, my pa ratio. In developing this revolutionary

of one for every 20 or 25

ried out in the classroom, about one of his news stories; mbig coiledion includes Frio children: ¡wero; - Cilve be presented under coufrullad Mir Stewart Gray of the SCM gowns and dresses to be worn Hamilton, R. Nelson, Raymond new system of teaching have pupils.

which Ong valuable lesson Washington modo in

Post about Letters to the Editor hero pest your...

"Yang, David and Kelik Hüirman, County, Maryland, whoco cachers have karned is that

Pupils can also make frequent and Mr Dave Willts about Radio Mr. Apell was seen off at Kai 10,000 of the country's 18,000 learning -- can" "tako place with "feld " trips" without. Jerving Hongkong's news bulletins. The Tak by Mr Robert Bedignan, REPLIES:... · Mr Chow-your.

eltoolchildren received part of out depending primarily, on their own deska,

programme will be on the air at buying agent for the Karun lotter has been passed on to the their education through the Arending Kitill. Also, becauso

how-8.10 pan.

Trading Company in Hongkong,

pers in it coUSOTTE,

Leon

conditions.

The system, is not,

This Funny World

“There's nothing I can do about it, mlater—

He put a nickel in the meter!”

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