**
**
33
Diocesan Training College.
Fishponds.
Bristol.
8th. June, 1927.
Hong Kong: Art and General Subjects Mistress.
C.A. no. 806-9.
Dear Sir,
In answer to your letter of yesterday's date, I have great
pleasure in recommending Miss Helen Gilmore heartily for the
post which she is seeking. Her qualifications, as tested by exam-
ination, will be well known to the Board, for she took their Final
Certificate Examination last July, and then obtained a mark of
distinction in Advanced Drawing, as well as credit marks in English and
History, and a pass in Advanced Botany. No student in her Year made
better progress than did she; she came in rather 'raw' and undevel-
oped, but on the other hand remarkably fresh and original; during
her two years here she worked her way up from nearly the bottom of
her Year to the second place. I feel that she has rather exceptional
ability as well as a marked sense of humour and plenty of enterprise.
In character and personality I found her quite delightful; she
has just the qualities which make a student a power among her com
rades. I have no doubt that if Miss Gilmore had chosen, she could
have been a nuisance here; instead of this, she showed any amount of
loyalty and good-sense, and the whole place was the better for her
presence, while personally I thought her most charming.
I am con-
fident that whatever she undertakes she will do well, and that where-
ever she goes she will make the best of her surroundings. Of course
I shall be pleased to answer more detailed questions about her if they
are put to me.
Believe me,
Yours very faithfully,
The Secretary,
Board of Education.
J.R.W. Thors
Principal.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.