QUEEN'S COLLEGE. ANNUAL PRIZE DISTRIBUTION, SPEECH BY THE GOVERNOR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1STB, 1917
Senior
seen,
matics 2 cases, Drawing 2 cases, Biblical Shielde and Cups Football Schools in a large measure, the good health Knowledge and Urdu I each,
League Shield; Volley Ball,which he had enjoyed ever since he had In Class III. the results were satis-League Trophy; Volley Ball, Junior come to live in the Far East. He hoped factory in all subjects save Dictation, League Cap; Volley Ball, Open League they would continue their success in that English Literature and Arithmetic.hield;
College Challenge direction, in which they had already Queen's
trophies. Of Reading, Composition, Colloquial, Shield, Swimming; Cainese Shanghai earned such very fine The annual prize distribution in Mathematics, History and Geography, Swimming Club Championship, Chal course, he had had the pleasure of see -connection with Queen'sllege took and Book keeping were good. It is excep kenge Cup. Wo ako have the Hongkonging what they (the pupils), and their and that was the reports of the Inspector place yesterday. HE the Governortionally difficult to understand why the Chess Club Shield presented by the Hong rents and guardians had not
resulta in Arithmetic should be so poor,kong Chess Club through the Hon. Mr. of Schools, and of the Director of Educa distributed the prizes, and upon arrival considering the time devoted to it. The H. E. Pollock HC., for competitiontion on the school itself. Ho would at the College is Excellenes was met results in Classes IV., V., VI., and VII. among the schools of the Colony. Que's like to dwell very briefly on one or two by a guard-of-honour composed of the were very good throughout and thorough College are the first holders. your points which emerged from those two Belyingpun and Queen's College section ly satisfactory. Total Examined through Excellency to present it with the prizes reports The school, as they knew, was of St. John Ambulance, under Commandout School, 38; Total Passed through- to-day. We have not as yet had any divided into the Upper School and the Percentage of posses, inter-school Cricket or Tennis, but with Lower School; and the Upper School ant E. Ralph, and a posse of Police out School, 20.
75, For Réserves.
1915 the Agures were: everything to our hand-except perhaps
His Excellency was supported on the Examined, 409; Passed, 376; Percentage, the full eleven for Cricket- we will hope again, was divided into what they called
platform by Lady May, and Mr. A. W.80. Grant (radimaster), Hon. Mr. Claud Severn (Colonial Secretary), Mr. E. A, Irving (Director of Education), Mr. and Mrs. F. D. C. Woolfe, Mr. E Relphs (Inspector--of Schools), and Mr. Ponsonby-Fane.
ANNUAL REPORT,
The annual report, which was read by the Headmaster, contained the following
passages:-
Attendance. The total number of Bcholars enrolled during the year ended December 31st, 1910, was 808. The average daily attendance was 483 21 less than in the previous year. The highest attend- ABC was during September, 1810, with an average daily attendance of 568, and the lowest in July with a daily attend ance of 372. It is still disappointing that in spite of continuous warnings in successive years a more perfect attend- ance cannot be attained, I would cape cially desire parents and guardians to arrange for family affairs outside the periods allotted to the Half-Yearly and Annual Examinations,
Cost:-
Expenditure in 1916. Personal Emoluments...874,494.50
Crown Agente
Other Changes
Fees
4,930.87 1,485.31
$80,216.08
Revenue in 1916.
,875, 182.50 206.18 3.32 13.00
Kofunds of Salaries. Interest
Sundries
026,114.78
Proportion of Revenue to expenditure, .232.6.100.
SPECIAL RUBJECTS,
Shorthand. This subject is taken by Class II. Commercial, but the Classes have not yet been examined by the Hongkong University. At the July Examination held by Mr. Breakspear, Shorthand Tu- structor, the following results were at tained on the year's work:--Examined 36, passed 14, or 39 per cent. In his It must report the Examiner states: be admitted, however, that there was a very remarkable difference in the quality of the papers, taking into consideration the fact that the boys have all had the same opportunities for study. The best papers reached a very high level. On the other hand, the papers of some of the failures were unusually bad." keeping taken by the II and III. Classes Commercial Side was quite satisfactory.
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to do our best in these forms of sport #50, Our Volley Ball Benior team is strong and its morale" is an example to the other teams in Football and We are fairly Junor Volley Ball. strong in Swimming, but not so good on the race track as we used to be. The be haviour of the boys in all games played has been very good indeed and quite up to the right standard. Hero I may add that our ground is at the disposal of the Hongkong Schools Football League at any time they request it. At least two League matches take place on it every work, frequently more."
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the full class, which trained directly. for the University, and the commercial class, which gave an education directed towards a commercial career. Now he noticed with great satisfaction that in all the three classes in the full class been very English composition had good. That was a great source of antis faction, because they were trying to cultivate the teaching of English as Enr as possible. There was a certain weak ness in the Upper School generally in Chinese, and that was a source of to them, because the Government had. insisted, as far as it could, Chinese education going hand-in-han I with education in English. The Chinese boy who wished to make his career in life, and in the Government service, must various lines and especially in public- really have a sound knowledge of his own language, and he (the Governor) hoped they would take that to heart and, cultivate their Chinese studies Mathematics had shown assiduously. very satisfactory results; it generally did in the Upper School The Chinese seemed to have facility in that direction. The headmaster had adverted to the teaching of shorthand in the commercial classes, and he noted the fact that the examiner had reported very results, and there was no doubt that the uneven results were due to an adequate knowledge of the English lan- guage. Boys beard certain words pro dounced and they were not familiar with them--not only with their sound, in muy cases, but also with their meaning. Therefore, they made mistakes which an English boy would not make. In these modern days, when everything in business a knowledge of shorthand was very circles was carried on at high pressure, useful knowledge indeed. It enabled them to win hard money, and, after all, that was a very great consideration. Therefore, he trusted they would try and improve their knowledge of English so as to give their teacher of shorthand a better chance and show better results for the pains he took with them. There was another weak point in the Upper School, but the students were not respon sible for it, rather, the management was, many boys who were not fitted for these and that was that there were far too classes. That was a complaint of his friend on his left (Mr. Irving); the too The Headmaster then asked His Excel- rapid promotion of boys who were not lency to distribute the prizer as followedly if for certain classes in the Upper
General. The QC.A.D.A. has not been so much in evidence this year as for merly. We are confronted by a dilemma If we have our performances during term time we interefere with the work of the College; if we hold them during Vacation: the results are not gratifying. This year Organisation. Veruicular School:
War Charities and $150 We gave $400 The pari-pin system in Vernacular has
to the V. M.C.A. Hut Fund as the result now reached its culmination as far as of bus series of performances. The Chess E C1.4, which means to say that no boy Clubs goes strong, but the College funds it can enter E. C1.3 who is unfit for V. C1.4. difficult to get foes to conquer. Now that Alterations were made in the choice of the Chess Shiell is to be fought for we text books previous to the issue of the
We have may expect more to enter. 1910-1917. syllabus to enable the students here as Members of the Hongkong Police in the Upper School to study for the Reserves 10 members, and of the St. John Sulifect on which they had to be examined Ambulance Brigade Oversons 39 members, by the Hongkong University, Unfor, of whom 24 are of the Sai Ying Poon tunately the change was not made till Division now at Queen's, and to of my April, 1916, or else we would have newly-formed Queen's College Division. hoped for better results in Classical The formation of the latter division was Chinese Classes 1. and II: were examined only rendered possible by the generosity by the University. Percentage of passes of Mr. Loe Hy-an, Mr. Bhe Shin-tat -C1.1, 79 per cent.; Full 24, 29 per cent. end friends, and Mr. Un Esma-Wa. We Full 28, 33 per cent. Comm. 24, 41 per have to thuak Dr. Lim for his services cent Comm. 8, 76 per cent.a
Formal School, The report of the lecturer and Dr. Lee ax Examiner for the College. Sergeant-Major Bond help Nonal Master, Mr. Tanner, is decided ed greatly in our drill. The Pup ly satisfactory. Of 16 candidates 5 took Teachers under the Normal Master and 3rd year papers, 4 took 2nd year papers, the Sewol Sergeant have been receiving and 7 lat "year" papera. One Pupil
a continuous course in Swedish drill and Toacher in the 2nd year and one in the gymnastics. In addition they have had 1st year obtained distinction and all the privilege most Sundays of a walking candidates passed.
Health of School. Except for the usual or a bathing expedition with Mr. Tan plethora of minor ailments the health of or Messra Kay and Ralston have look Buildings and Equipment. There has the School has been perfectly satisfaced after the bathing and walking inter- been no change as regards the Buildings tory. It is not the sickness amongst the este of the boys and their Saturday and with the exception of minor repairs and boye themselves that is the entire trouble. Sunday parties have been eagerly and the installation of additional electric It is also the illness of their fathers, well attended. lighting in the Hall. We shall now be mothers and relations which plays havoc able to use it as Drill Hall at night, with, the boy's attendance and naturally for the Queen's College Divisions of this education. It is not infrequent for St. John Ambulance Brigade. Overseas bog to ask the Headmaster to go to and others. Our thanks are due to the Canton for three weeks to visit an Becreation Ground Committee in making Filing relation, cren when Canton is as que Trustees of Plot Dat now so close by train and telegraph that Causeway Bay The football ground is it scorns absurd they could not go on an in excellent order, as also are our tennis urgent call. courts and a newly-laid cricket pitch for practice. This expenditure is met from tho Games Fund subscribed by the boys themselves and the Tuck Shop. Valuable additions have been made to the Physics Laboratory, which is now capable of sustaining 20 students effectively at one time. The Chemical Laboratory is still in abeyance. Many new volumes have been added to the Reference Library which is now amalgamated with that of the Technical Institute and directed by the Librarian, Mr. Handyside, and the prefects of the College.
Average cost per pupil in average at tendance, $116.34.
Feer-The fees are $5 per month pay able monthly, half free scholars 21, free
scholars nit.
PRIZE LIST.
BOHOLARSHIPs,
HONGKONG UNIVERSITY CERTIFICATES.
SPECIAL PRIZES.
Senior
Junior
uneven
School, and his remarks there were par- Senior: Morrison, G.A.H. Hall; Blake, ticularly directed to parents and guar- dians. They seemed to think that if a Chan Yama-tin Stewart, Weng Toou; Wright, boy did not get promotion there was Tsang Kun-kwai; Babilios, S. D. Ismail; Ho something wrong with the boy or with the Cang, Chan Kwan-po; Ho Kom-tung, Ko school, and they threatened to take their Scholarships. It is with the greatest Yan-cheung Ho Fook, Lo Man-ho; Junior: boys away if they were not promoted pleasure I have to aunounce that Belilios, U Sui-cheung; Morrison, Chan U-rapidly from one class to another. Well, through the kindness of four old students ying: Alfred May, U Yim-ping: Stewart, Lo he was going to issue very stringent the College has benefited to the extent Fook; Ho Wing, Tso Wai-hing; Ho Iu, Ng instructions to the headmaster that boys of no less than seven new scholarships. Iu-cheung; Ho Kwong, Wong Hong-kwok; who were unfit for promotion were not Five of those of the value of 326 each for Dealy, Tong Hoa-ki; Ralphs, U Shun-pui; to get it, and if the parents and guar- two years were presented conjointly by Lee Hy-san, Lom Wan-po; A. W. Grant, dians were not satisfied, and took their boys away, well, he would be glad to get Messrs. Ho Wing, Ho In and Ho Kwong Wei Tut.
Government Free Scholars, Thoi Ter-shek, rid of them. They did not want boya to classes 6, 6 and 7 under the names
fish parents were quite different. When of the Ho Wing, Ho In and Ho Kwong, Ho Leang-wong, M. A.. Khan, Ho Chan-who did not do the school credit. Eng ho (the Governor) was at school, if he Dealy and Ralphs Scholarships. The cheung and Pun U-kwo, other two of the value of $50 each for
did not get on his father used to make one year were presented to classes 2 and Matriculation.Chau Tang-ying, Chan him work all the holidays under his own 6 by Mr. Lee Hy-san to be called the Lee Tam-tin, Teang Kun-kwai, S. D. Ismail, G. supervision. And if that did not have Discipline.-Discipline is satisfactory. Hy-san and A. W. Grant Scholarships. A. V. Hall, Wong To-on, Hung Ho-chiu, the desired effect, well, perhaps the rod
was brought into requisition, or
he Some of the younger generation would do In all, Queen's College has now some 47 Bonnie Pon, Teang King-har
would be deprived of pleasures to which well to remember a little of that old Scholarships, including the Junior Ste-Local, Wong-ki, Lau Pau-chi. respect to their elders, which I regret to wart Scholarship which the Stewart Local Chan Kwar-po (Matric, with honours he was particularly addicted, such a say is in some cases not so apparent as Trustees-the Hon. Mr. Wei Yuk, in December, 1016), Wong Cheng-ching going out fishing or the like. His of yore. The prefects do excellent work C.M.G., and Mr. Sin Tak-fan found it Mohammed Asian-Khan, Chan In-chau, father never thought of blaming the in many ways. The examination of the possible to award this year some or Lam Wun-po, Chan Ping-she, Mak Man-po, laaster or the school; what was wrong Full Class 1. and Classes Full and Com- other of which 47 aro available for every Shin Kwai-chang, Wong Kwok-in, Lan Hon was the boy. He hoped they would mercial 11, was conducted by the Hong section of the College. In addition to cho, Cheung Lui-kong, A. H. Fatty-dad, themselves to the fate which all boys assist the management by resigning kong University.
those valuable Scholarships just present Yeung Him, Shin Lok-shang, Chan Kai-
for the classes above them. They had to. Class 1. Matriculation. 21 students od, certain "Old Boys" have presented ping, Young Kai-hi, Lo Chin-fong, Channust suffer who were not good enough entered and 10 sat, passed Matricula- the College with woven framed portraits. Shin-po, Chao Shu-fan, Ling Man-, Fung strive their hardest to get on on their tion, 2 obtained Senior Certificates and 8 When complete we shall have with us, in Pak, Ko Yau-chaung, Leung Yan-cheung, own merits, and not by their parents or failed. It was the failure to satisfy the addition to those of former years, the To Chung-kai, Leong Shiu-chuen.
guardians holding out threats that they Examiners in the English group which gase of Dr. Morrison, Mr. Ho Kom-tong,
would take them away from one college mostly led to only a fair result. The Mr. Ng, Mr. Ho Fook, Mr. Ralphs, Mr. Ralph's Gold Medal-Head Prefcet," S. if they did not go up at an undue rate. weak subjects were: Grammar, 68 per Ho In, Mr. Ho Leung, and Mr. Hop. Ismail; Machell Memorial, G. A. V. Hall; Speaking of the Lower School, His Ex- cent, and Dictation, 28 per cent passes, Kwong. Their names are all too well Beliling Prize for Mathematics, Chan Yamcellency said there was one weak point The other results were all excellent, Essay known to require any further notices, 25 per cent, Set-Book 74 per cent., Arith save that of heartily thanking the donors tin; Araulli Composition Prizes, Chan Yam which their old school fellow, the Hon. metic 100 per cent, Algebra 83 per cent.,ind of welcoming. the addition to our tin, Lam Wan-go, Lo Man-ho. Ramjaha Mr. Lau Chu Pak, brought to the notice Prize for Literature, G. A. V. Hali; Pupil of the Legislative Council, and that was education in the English language. Mr. Geometry 84 per cent., History 89 per group.. cent., Physics 83 per cent., Trigonometry 0.0.0. Boys-It is with regret that I Teachers Prizes; Sy-to Wing-hong, Tang Lau Chu Pak was of the opinion that a good deal of the non-success in gaining a good knowledge of English in college was due to the defective teaching in the lower schools. That was a matter he had referred to the further considera. tion of a small committee, who going to report on the subject, and he hoped they would be able to do some- thing to improve education in English. Arithmetic in the lower school also appeared to be a weak point, and that rather surprised him, as the subject was such a strong one in the Upper School. It was important that masters and boys should give attention to that, for they could not have real progress unless they bad thorough co-operation between mas: ters and students In conclusion, the Governor hoped all the boys would enjoy their holidays and wished them a happy that peace was now restored in the great province to which many of the going, and the future looked very hope ful. His Excellenes also referred to the pleasure it afforded him to be received by the guard-of-honour-composed of the St. John Ambulance sections of Saiving- pun and Queen's College, along with a pose of special police. and referred to the generosity of Mr. Ho Kem Tong in defraying all the cost of the first- naned, and to the Old Boys of the college for subscribing so generously to the college section; Messrs. Le Hysa, Un Kam Wah, etc. It was a spirit to be highly commended. and one which they could very well fellow. Applause);
The proceedings closed with heners theers for the King and the British Empire, the Governor and Lady May,
Headmaster and the vinitora,
Shu-sham, Kong Yuk-tong.
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that
were
75 per cent. Class II. Full and Commerhave to record the death in action in
GOVERNOR'S SPEECH. cial 3 students entered and 73 sat, just France of 2nd.-Lieut. E. H. W. Brett, as last year. Of these 25 passed, an in 8th Battalion D.C.L.I. Lieut. Brett was After distribating the prizes, His provement on last year when 17 only educated at Victoria British School, Excellency aaid it always afforded him come to Queen's passed but still a disappointment. The where he was Lugard Scholar, and later peculiar pleasure to weak subjects here were:-Set-Book 48 per at Queen's College. He was universally Collego to distribute the prizes, because cent., History 35 per cent., and in two liked by all who knew him, and our he reflected that one of the first persons classes Classical Chinese an obligatory deepest sympathies are with his parents. in Hongkong who offered him hospitality subject, F28 53 per cent. and C2A 41 Corporal Jorge, D. Co. Middlesex Regi- when he arrived in the Colony, now very nearly 34 years ago, was their former per ent. The results in other subjects ment, Salonika Force, Greece, was re
headmaster, D. Stewart. He counted were good. Essay 39 per cont., Dicta ported to be in good health when last himself very fortunate to find in that tion 76 per cent, Grammar 64 per cent, heard of.
Colony, 10,000 miles from his country, Arithmetic 68 per cent., Algebra 74 per Queen's College feels honoured in the such a sympathetic friend as Dr. Stewart, cent., Trigonometry 70 per cent., Book Decorations recently bestowed on the un- and not only a sympathetic friend, but Keeping 68 per cent. Physics failed dermentioned well-known 0.Q.C. boys by also such a good adviser as to bis con- badly in F28 with 17 per cent, against the Chinese Government:-Sir Robert Hoduct and demeanour. He was likewise 66 per cent. of F. One outstanding Tang, the Order of the Excellent Crop extraordinarily fortunate in Guding in point is that English Composition was 2nd Class; The Hon. Mr. Lau Chu Pak. that college a countryman of his own, very well done indeed, and that Grammar The Order of the Excellent Crop, 3rd the late Sir James Russell, and with and Dictation on the whole were well Class; Mr. Ho Kom Tong. The Order of those two men he was comforted to aand prosperous New Year, mentioning done. In this connection I would the Excellent Crop, 3rd Class; Mr. Lo great extent in his home sickness, in- emphasize the fact that in Classes I. and Cheung Shin. The Order of the Excellent duced by separation from his
as perhaps they had II. Full and Commercial no less than Crop, 4th Class; Mr. Ho Kwong. The country, for 4 lcsens a week are devoted to Transle Order of the Excellent Crop, 4th Class, learned, the Irish-and he happened to tion from Chinese to English and rice May they long live to enjoy their be an Irishman-were characterised by
As far as I can gather,' this honours and, to gain still others.
most passionate love of their country Therefore it was always a pleasure for occurs only at Queen's College, and the Among the boys who left during the
him to come to that college and perform subject is one which does not appear on year to whon Certificates of leaving were
little office which might be of ser the syllabus of the Matriculation or granted, 5 obtained situations in
the any
vice. The report which Mr. Grant had Junior Local Examinations held by the Hongkong Government, 2 obtained situa read would, no doubt, be satisfactory Hongkong University. This handicap of tions in the Chinese Government, 29 went
to them, to their parents and guardians. the loss of 128 lessons per annum in each into business in the Colony, 13 won It was, on the whole, a very satisfactory class which might otherwise be given to abroad for business or study. 5 went to report, and he was glad to see that the purely English Subjects must not be the Hongkong University, whilst 4 left seed which he laid nearly four years ago, forgotten in considering the results. on account of poverty.
speaking, from the place he now occu- Translation is a necessary subject to all Athletics. I am glad to say that nied, of the cultivation of athletics, had students who leave Queen's College to during the year the College, has boer borne such fruitful results. As, perhaps, adopt a other career, save a University most successful in every branch ofthey were aware, he was a devotes him one Distinctions were gained in Physics Athletics for which it has entered. Durself of ont door recreation, and to that In 3 cases, Arithmetic 2 cases, Mathe-ing the year we held the following constant exercise he thought he owed
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