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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1933

Kowloon Supplement THE DIOCESAN BOYS'

HONG KONG, JUNE 1, 1033.

A SLUMP IN BEAUTY

SCHOOL

ONE OF THE COLONY'S LEADING

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

SOME RECORDS OF THE SCHOOL'S

ACHIEVEMENTS

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

It

The Diocesan Boys' School is one of the leading educational institu- tions in the Colony and it is also one of the oldest Church of Eng

and Schools in the Far East. is, definitely, the oldest Church school with a continuous history, and has always been regarded as a Colonial School, not being under any Home Society.

BEAUTY in the abstract has" but few disciples, but in a woman it can turn the head of a prince as well as that of a boggar. There is no alump in this kind of beauty; wher- over you see it, be it on the Ferry, in the bus or even io church, it demands the homage of our eyes. For a pretty woman is Nature's finest creation and you do not have to pay at the door to go and admire. But the works of art which fill museums, galleries and curio shops, beautiful as they are according to every standard, have a more limited appeal to the general public. Thus we find out art shops strewn with barvings, embroideries, lacquer screens and

From the earliest days, masters magnificent paintings on silk which have been engaged from England, remain unsold, because, unlike wo some of whom received appoint man, they are not a necessity. Kowments in Tientsin, Shanghai, Nan- loon is encumbered with curio shops, king and elsewhere in the Far East and in each one you meet with the while one hecame the headmaster same complaint: there is a slump of Queen's College, a school which in 'beauty." One is shown the Sir William Hornell, vice chancel figure of a priest, carved in a hard lor of the University, once „uferred satiny wood the colour of maho- to as the Eton of Hong Kong.. gany. It must have taken the

The Committee, or Governing Graftsman weeks to carve, for the Body, of Diocesan Boys School, has details of each feature, each limb had as its members, many lending and hair are faithfully inscribed. residents of the Colony, the chair For this incomparable piece of man craftsmanship, executed by some unknown carver/with the skill of a Donatelli, the small price of ten dollars is asked. Compared with the labour, the set and the finesse which went to the making of this wooden gem, the price is ridien, lous. Yot the man in the street, forgetful of ita history, regards it sas curiosity, a mere knick-knack to take back Home as a momento of the inscrutable East, and he feels that ten dollars is too much So they lie in the window

for it. and on shelves and accumulate dust-

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1918-Mr. G. Piercy resigned. The Rev. W. T. Featherstone M.A., Oxon, appointed Headmaster.

The Arthur, the Pieroy and the Chan Kai Ming Scholarships found- ed.

Scheme for a new school first definitely brought before the Com- mittee.

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1819 First Open Scholarship won at the University of Hong Kong

It is of interest to note that from 1919 to 1928 no less than twenty- one scholarships have been won at the University.

Only a few Records.

The above are only a few of the large number of records the school holds, and it may be judged bow nigh a place the school holds in the regard of official circles when it is said that the then governor of Hong Kong, Sir Cecil Clementi, when writing through his private secretary to the Rev. WT. Featherstone on March 4,1929, itat- ed the excellent work done by the ed that H.E. the Governor recognis

Diocesan Boys' School and wished their appeal for funds атегу Mrs. sucos85.

being the Bishop of the

Diocese..

which stand out more prominently The following are a few events in the history of the school-

1870-Mr. W. M. B. Arthur ap pointed Headmaster, and Piercy Arthur, matron.

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As was stated in the opening 1678-Mr. G. Piercy appointed paragraph of this article, the Headmaster, and Mrs. Piercy" D.B.S." as it is called by every Matron in 1879.

one, plays a very important part 1887-Mr. C. P. Chater kindly in the school life of the Colang. bought additional ground for a The Rev. W. T. Featherstone re- playground.

tired in 1930 and for a time there until was no permanent "Head the arrival of Mr. C. B. R. Sargent who is now tai-pan at the School..

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and 1014.

1890-The school's candidate, F. Southey,

Government won the Scholarship of £200 for 4 years in England: subsequently he construct ed railways in West Africa and Beacon Hill Tunnel in Kowloon.

1909 Ho Kom Tong Scholarship founded."

1914-The Hong Kong Locals substituted for the Oxford Senior and Junior Local Examinations

1887 Cambridge Locals introduc- until the dealer, tired of bis un- ed into the Colony; the school's rewarded servitude to the arts, put only candidate attained the highest up the shutters and finds a more re-place. munerative trade. Sometimes one

1889-Oxford Locals substituted finda vases and ornaments of jade for Cambridge Locals. The school which take one's breath away, gained 500 certificates between 1889 rich is their colouring, so exotic their pattern and so exquisite their form. The dealer will show you a lidded jar made of translucent green crystal, smooth and silken to the touch, with the temperature of a mountain stream, whose depths it resembles when held to the light. "Makes, fine lampshade," he seys wistfully, adding in a falter- ing voice, that its price is thirty dollars. Of course, he would sell it for twenty if he could get it; The school won 434 certificates be- trade in beauty is so bad. Then

tween 1914 and 1923. thers are gods and goddesses of very denomination and every size, in bronze, lacquer and crystal. For a reasonable sum you may acquire a full-sized Gautama to stand in- side your hall, or a little pink crystal figure of the Lady Hsi Shih for your bedroom mantlepiece. One wonders where this constellation of the heavenly immortals first drew the_wondering' eyes of men and little children was it in a temple, dark and incense-haunted," in the fastness of some bamboo grove; or Rev. Erris OH Tribbeck grate were they lately. fashioned in a fully acknowledges, on behalf of the Canton factory for delight of Committee of the Sailors and Melican tourists' It is a sad Soldiers Home, the following business, this agglomeration of donations to the Extension Fund: unsold glories in wood and stone, yet if every foreigner in the Co. Mr. Justice J. R. Wood lony were to buy twenty idols the The Asia Company supply would still remain inex Brandt & Company haustable. For the sorry truth is Mr. E. Boulange Teissier... that the Chinese are craftsmen Banque de l'Indo-chine rather than artists and regard" Ditty Box"

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Situated as it is on a hill in the country, the Diocesan Boys' School is an ideal school from every point of view. It is equipped with the most up-to-date class-rooms, lecture ball and laboratories while its spacious play grounds answer every need of the school boys.

In sport, as in studies, the D.B.S. has ever been to the fare. Just to cite a few instances, the school has turned out such oricke- ters as the Finober brothers, Freddie Zimmern. and Donald Anderson, all of whom have re- presented the Colony in interport matches against either Shanghai on Malaya.

CHINESE BROKER'S

LAPSE

COLLECTED MONEY WITH FALSE CHOP

·Charges of obtaining money by false pretences were preferred against a Chinese at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday when Mr. H. | R. Butters passed sentences of two 850.00 months, to run consecutively, on

30.00 each of the charges.

$30,00

their art as a legitimate trade, Previously acknowledged. $19,506.6 and not, as their brother artista

100.00 Mr PT K Kemble appeared 160.00 for the complainants, the Chung 4.45 Wo Knitting Co. and alleged that the defendant, who was connected with the Company as a broker, went to the Tung King shop in Shamshuipo and obtained $106.68 in October Inst. Later he want to aa- other shop and secured $83, on both occasions using a chop which he claimed to be that of the complain- ant's

in the West, as something etherial The aim is 260,000. All gifts, and dependent on inspiration. If however small, will be very wel- they are the slaves of beauty, come and may be sent either to the they are unconscious of it; they SC.M. Post, or to the Sailors' and know nothing of the eternal truths Boldiers Home, 22, Hooney Rond of Plato, of the precepts of All cheques should be made pay Michel Angelo, they it, bare able to the Treasurer and cromed legged, and with deft fingers chip "Extension Fund Account." stone or wooden block into miraçu-bu Jous conceptions. To the Western

mind, art that has not the conscious- dresăful it would be if every work- SALLEH RADIO SERVICE|| 785 di Iddan bohind it has no in man was & Rodin and turned out 802, Nathan Road. Thons 66661-trinsic worth. Yet the result seems statues for so much the dozen. The Kowloon's Leading Radio Store to be the same. Perhaps it is just artist would have to cut his hair wall that in Europe a man must and the garrets would be no more, receive inspiration before he can art would become is overcrowded (schiers anything great.- How as journalism, and the race might (Continued at fool, of next Column) perish?

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Defendant pleaded guilty to both chargés, bût stated in mitigation that the complainants owed him | certain commissipri.

Mr Kemble said that on the con- trary, he understood the defendant owed the firm

Sentence was passed of two months on each charge to run consecutively.

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Wo have just received a fresh consignment of porcelain horses, in bule green, as well as fri various colour.

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