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ELIOT HALL REPORT FOR 1930.
During the year under review both the health and the dis- cipline of the undergraduates resident in Eliot Hall have been quite satisfactory. Each succeeding year the Hostel Committee becomes more efficient, and it is largely due to the enthusiasm and goodwill of this body, that hostel-life and hostel-administra- tion run so smoothly.
The social and sporting activities have been carried on as usual. The Annual Concert and Dance was held in February, and, in spite of the inclement weather, it proved to be a great success. At the Annual Ping Pong Social the lady under- graduates were guests, and a knock-out tournament ended a very pleasant afternoon. In the University Sports Eliot Hall finished runner-up, being only two points behind the leading hostel. Eliot Hall has often occupied this position in the past, but though en- thusiasm and co-operation is not lacking, we never seem able to pull off the odd event which is necessary to secure the champion- ship. However, it is pleasing to note that the Inter-Hostel Tennis Shield is still retained by Eliot Hall, and that we finished runner- up for the Basket-ball championship.
During the year many additions have been made to the Chinese and the English sections of the library, a fact made pos- sible by the response of the residents to the call for subscriptions. However the greatest improvement of the year is the installation of fire escapes hydrants and hoses. In the past this has always been urged as a pressing need, and it is satisfactory to note that the University has responded in a manner which is above
criticism.
Numbers in residence:-
Ist term
2nd term
54
57
W. FAID, Warden. Eliot Hall.
REPORT ON MAY HALL FOR 1930.
There were 61 students in residence during the first term; the number was decreased to 59 during the second term, Mr. Lee Hah Liang being granted exemption from residence and an external student leaving the University.
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Health and discipline have been good. The Hostel again won the Basket-Ball Championship, and the Football and Chess Championships which it holds were uncontested. At the Athletic Meeting May Hall just missed the second place, but Mr. Lee Hah Liang brought the Individual Championship to the Hostel. Inside the walls, the Ping-Pong and Chinese and European-Chess Championships were keenly contested. The concert and dance on February and the launch-picnic in April, with other social func- tions, went off successfully. The Hostel Committee, with Mr. Chung Hok Nang as Chairman and Mr. Lee Hah Liang, follow- ed by Mr. Cheung King Pak, as Secretary, fulfilled its various functions with energy and thoroughness. The Hostel had a prosperous financial year which it enjoyed so whole-heartedly that 1931 was left unprivided for; the common-rooms were made comfortable with new furniture and resplendent with new chair- covers and curtains. Two tennis-practice-walls of cement that were put up against the retaining-wall behind the hostel have since been in regular use.
The Hostel as usual played a leading part in the social and intellectual life of the University: Mr. Chung Hok Nang was President of the Union.
To the great regret of the Hostel, Mr. H. G. Hughes, Warden since February, 1926, who went on leave in May, resigned his appointment at the University after the close of the year.
Mr. A. C. Braine-Hartnell, who had taken his place while he was on leave, was appointed Warden in his stead.
A. C. Braine-HARTNELL,
Warden.
ST. STEPHEN'S HALL REPORT FOR 1930. The outstanding event of this year for the Women's Hostel has been the move from our crowded quarters in No. 25 Babington Path to more ample accommodation in Nos. 13 and 15. This move has brought us not only in sight of the University but, we hope, in sight of a permanent building; for the present quarters, while a distinct improvement on the old, are still only of a temporary nature and are totally inadequate to our needs, for even if they are stretched to bursting point they will only accommodate about one-half of the total women students studying in the University.
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