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QUEEN'S COLLEGE COLLEGE

1 how, if they can get there, to take the present School Certificate view with Examination-and I concern the future of these aen- lor clauses if many of them pass and are called up by Government.

who wish to enter later.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1936.

SPEECH

(Continued from Page .7.)

STAFF CHANGES

Mr. Na Fung-chau, the senior

11 master

the Anglo-Chinese Education Department, retired on pension from Queen's College in November after 37 years of faith-

An examination at an earlier stageful and loyal service. I regret the would not, I think, affect those impending departure of Mr. H. G. a University Wallington and K. L. Châu, gn. after transfer to other schools,

excellent 12 years

service at Queen's.

RECRUITING EXAMINATION FOR CLERKS

the Owing to the change in School year this Examination now cuts right across our school year. and I would again plead that the be School Leaving Examination taken by Government as their re- cruiting examination for clerks.

A notable event during the year was the celebration of the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty the King.

DAY

GOVERNMENT FREE

SCHOLARSHIPS

Classes 64 Tam Yee Yan.. Classes 65; Li Sik Lem Classes 7-8; Wong The Bing. Classes 8-7: Ng Kwok Cheung, WOO HAY TONG SCHOLAR- SHOPS

GLAD TO BE QUT OF IT

YOUNG BARON ON SUGAR'S PLIGHT

Victim Of Depression

Singapore, Jan.

A young Dutch" nobleman who arrived in Singapore yesterday has been a victim of the depression, Re

Barom F d'Auluis de Bouroull travelling from Europe to Jara

·with his wife.

Baron Bourouill is in his early twenties and one of the few. re- 'maining members' of an old family that originated in France and set- tled in Holland during the reign of Louis IV.

Classes 5-4: Leung Sui Chun. Classes 6: Mak Blu Kau. Cineses 76: Ngải Kwohi TO Classes 8-7: Yeung BIE Lae.

Chow Wing Scholarship: Ho Shing Cho.

Ho Iu Scholarship: Yeung Woon We have at least 50 Old Boys at Lam.

Ho Kwong Scholarship: Ng Kwok various Universities; at the recent Hongkong University Congregation | Sun.

Dealy Scholarship: Cheung Tat seven former pupts of Queen's re-

His family owns large sugar foc- During the year Governmentceived their degrees. I extend to Ming.

Ralphs Scholarship: Fang Chuporles in Java, and his wife is levelled and returfed at consi-them our hearty congratulations.

heiress to estates in Holland I desire to thank Sir Rober! Ho Piu. derable expense, a large portion

cost of of our recreation ground at Cause-Tung for defraying the way Bay I can assure Govern- renovating the paintings which ment that it was money well spent. adorn this hall: the Queen's Coll- then the ground has been ege Old Boys' Association fcg their Since

for organised continued support and for their made available

many ways: the games for four other Government, generosity. In school, and I have no hesitation Editors of the Ye'low Dragon..

The year has been one of quick In saying that school games for

them.

Ng In Scholarship: Ho Woon Kam

Tsang, Chung Scholarship: Kam Wing. Kong...

Sheung Hing Scholarship: Ching Chak Lau,

But he told a Free Press reporter on board the liner. Stuttgart yes- terday. The sugar business li in a terrible position; we have been losing all the time.”

WON'T VISIT FACTORIES SPECIAL PRIZES

The Baron is glad he is not Machell Memorial Prize: N. Ah- directing his family's business. His father 15 a rubber planter in n'ed.

Prizes for English Borneo. "I sin" not even going to Special Class 1, Ng Shuk Hung: Class 2 see our sugar factories when I am stnile. "I don't know yet what we Chau Wing Sum: Class 3, Hung in Java," he added with a Niter

will do when we get there."

all of us have taken on a new and steady progress: the discipline of the school remain lease of life. There is tremendous; and tone

we i excellent for this, and for what activity nowadays in games: play cricket, football, hockey, ten- success has been achieved both in nis, volley ball and basket, bail and work and play I am indebted to both inter-class and inter-school the enthusiastic and devoted la-Shek Chiu..

and I thank matches are arranged regularly, bours of my staff. Occasionally we play teams from Canton, etc. Our organised games now take place during school hours: parties of 100-150 boys go down twice a week, in charge of unless and all boys. masters, specially exempted, are expected to play games»

SPLENDID BASEMENT

have a Under this hall we splendid basement, equipped for indoor recreation ping pong.

magazines, display of pictures of current events, newspapers, etc.

It is invariably crowded both be-. fore and after school. A few months ago the boys in charge of this basement started" a weekly periodical of their own: it is typed, In English and Chinese, is illus- trated and is pinned up for all to read a most commendable effort,

I regret to say that only 30-40 per cent. of our boys can

Swimm

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'GOVERNOR'S REPLY Presenting the awards, HE the Governor said: I am not going

long speech. but to make a want to thank you very heartly for the welcome which you have given me this morning. I always enjoy visiting schools because I am one of those fucky people who enjoyed their own school days and

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Woo Lai Woon Translation Prizes IC, to E.): Classes 1-2 Li Hon Wah; Class 3, Yue Shiu Kwan: Classes 4-5, Leung Shiu Chun (E. to C.): Classes 1-2, Fong Chun Kwan: Class 3. Tam Ping Kuen;

Classes 4-5. Wal Mo Kai

Prizes for Mathematics: Class 1, Chung Pul Sun: Class 2, Le Hing Sung,

Rumjahn Prize for Literature:- Ng Shun. Hung.

Many of his co-passengers, be lleve the Baron is an Austrian But that is only because he has been in Austria many years, speaks duent German and has many Aus- trian friends. He also speaks Dutch, French, English and Ru- manian.

H chief hobby is traveling "In leu of anything better to do," as he explained. The Baron visit- History Prizes:-Class 1, Ng Shuned Singapore once before, in 1923,

trip." "Free Press."

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Geography Prizes:-Class 1: Ng Shun Hung: Class 2, Lo Kan: Class 3. Wu Kel Hau.

Composition Prizes:-Class 1, N. Atumed: Class 2, Chan Wai To: Class 3, Tam Fing Kuen.

Urdu Prizes:-Class 2, A. R. Khan; Class 3, 1st A. S. Mohamed; 2nd Hakim Ali."

Special Chinese Prizes:-Classes 1-4; 1st Pun Iu Po, 2nd Ng Shun Hung: Classes 5-8: 1st Wong Yue Sing. 2nd Hu! Chan Kwong.

Prize

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FOR STREET SLEEPERS

The Street Sleepers Shelter So- ciety beg to acknowledge with thanks the following grateful donations:-

St. John's Cathedral Carol Concert Broad-

cast

Miss Mary Cooper...... Per S.C.M. Fost Mrs. A. Raymond D. P... Mrs. W.

$ 40.00 50.00

13.00

20.00

5,00

TAIKOO CLUB DANCE

Successful Annual Function

An atmosphere, of utmost con- viviality prevailed at the Talkoo Club last night when the Club held its annual dance at which there were over 250 people pre-

sent.

The committee spared no efforts

WINDY DAY FOR CRICKET

New Zealand Fare Badly

Wellington, Jan. 16., The second unofficial Test match between the M.C.C. and New Zea land was marred by rain and had to close two hours before time.,

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WRITES POEM ON DEATHBED

Found Life Good

Rugby, Dec, 27 Eighty-five-year-old Mrs. Emily Eckersley felt she had not long to live when she had to take to her bed a few weeks ago.

So she called to her nurse one morning for pen and paper. Bit ting propped up in bed, she wrote a six-verse poem, and called 16

New Zealand won the toss and took the wicket which appeared to be easy, but a strong wind bother-path and Love" ed the batsmen as the balls were being continually blown off. They lost seven wickets for 170,

to make the occasion one of the best they had produced as yet, and it was quite apparent that every one present last night went home feeling that they had spent a most Farks look full advantage of the enjoyable evening, and were unwindy conditions and his average animous in their praise or the at the close was for 32.

Lyttleton is leading the M.C.C. Taikoo Club's hospitality.

team as Holmes is not playing owing to a bruised hand- Reuter

room

The Club itself presented a very picturesque sight with the many electrical. Iluminations. but that too was not all; the ball looked extremely pretty. The whole, hall was decorated with balloons, streamers and paper hangings and coupled with the many beautiful evening creations worn by the ladies, added splèn- dour to the occasion..

It was rather unfortunate that Mr. C. C. Knight, President of the

to indisposition, but Mr. and Mrs. Clut, was not able to attend owing

K. E. Greig and Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Phillips were present with

their parties.

Supper was served in the "Sup- per Room" from 9 pm onwards. the catering being in the hands of the Hong Kong Hotel.

able

(Convenor), J. A. Watson, T. Stainton and R. Wright.

Decorations: Mesara. J. Poison (Convenor). 9. Pollock, A. W. Norrie. B. T. Gunningham and T McIntyre.

Supper: Messrs. S. Pollock (Con- venor) and J. Wald

MUSIC PROGRAMME Dancing continued il 2 am, and the varions numbers were thoroughly enjoyed by the crowd. The programme was as follows:- 1. Fox Trot... Broadway Rhythm 2. Fox Trot...... Quarter to Nine 3. Waltz,

5. Paul Jones

The Words are in my Heart Shortly after 9 p.m. the band of 4. Fox Trot, I wished on the Moon Medley the Hong Kong Hotel, so familiar to most of us, struck up "Broad- 6. Waltz, Let me sing you to sleep

7. Fox Trot, way Rhythm and from then on- wards couples tripped the light fantastic to the strains of all the

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She died yesterday. {

These are the first and last verses of Mrs. Eckersley's poem:-- "Since every year must bear

SWAY

Something of hope, of youth and

pleasure;

Twere wise to banish thought.

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they say,

And never

measure,

stop old Time to

Sd ecme the years to me and

mine. With

and peace, high endeavour:

hope, and

Faith, that each year shail

brighter shine,

And love that sure will last for

ever."

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"She

Her nurse said to-day: wrote the poem one morning quite suddenly."

NO RELATIVES

Mrs. Eckersley lived for years in " a beautiful old house in Whitehall Road, Rugby, with two maids who "Daily Express" years, writes a had been with her for twenty-ye correspondent.

She had no relatives, but many She has left all her I'm in the Mood for Love (friends.

Top Hat! money and personal belongings to 8. Fox Tro...........

those friends.

W!:

9. Eightsome Reel ........... Pipers 10. Fox Trot, You're my Lucky Star 11. Waltz Rose in her Hair 12. Fox Trot.

We must not forget to mention that much of the success of last night's dance was due to the un- tiring efforts of the Secretary of the Club, Mr. C. H. Summers, who 13. Military Two Step. had devoted a great deal of his time towards making the

such a success.

dance

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Others who took active part in various directions were:-

Reception and Bar: Messrs. D. Bone, A, McArthur and C. Sum.. mers.

I've got a feelin' you're toolin

Colonel Bogey 14. For Trot ... The Lady in Red 15. Fox Trot ......................... Outside of You 16. Highland Scottische Pipers 17: Waltz ...... Speak to me of Love 18. Fox-Frot, Sing before Breakfast 19. Fox Trot,

...

One told me: "She died of old age. She had a marvellous brata, and wrote several novels under the name Charlcite Edinburgh."

"One of her novels, a Victorian romance called 'Lost and Found, was published laat month.

"She wrote it seven years ago; then suddenly decided, that she would like to see it published be- icre she died.

She was highly excited when it She's a Latin from Manhattan

Song of the Island came out." Dance: Messrs. R. M. Keown | 20. Waltz ......

chess, reading of library books and like to be reminded of them. Hung: Class 2, Luk Ki Chim; Class when he was on a real pleasure popular numbers.

the retrospect certain, shall we, Wa Ket Hau. say, salutary but painful incidents fall into a proper, and now pain less, perspective. I have, Istened with great interest to the Head- master's speech. I don't pretend to understand all that he has said about examinations which is lucky perhaps; because I had, I might have been tempted into rash and unguarded consent or dissent. the Director of Education feels that representations on this sub- rather deplorable in a piace like Juct should be made to Govern- Hong Kong. It would be a splendid ment he will doubtless make them thing, if only for their physique, and they will of course be carefully If school boys could be sent regu- considered. I can say no mora larly to the beaches in the sum-than that mer months as was the case a few As regard new premises for this years ago before the Government school anybody who 's studying beaches were closed down.

the public finance of this Colony With our modicum of Physicalteriously will agree with me that Training in school, organised the project of new buildings must games in the winter, and organised be relegated for the present to the swimming in the summer, the pro- category of castles in the air. blem of Physical Education, on And as Calver'ey put it. if you which so much stress is laid in can't realise your idea' you must modern education all over the du your best to idealise the real. world, would in large measure be In other words we must make the solved of tremendous beneft" to best of what we have got, and the pupils individually and to the from what I have a'ready learned Colony generally.

or the traditions and Queen's College I know that this will be philosophically and suc- cessfully done.

In

record of

BUDY BUILDING The increased alertness school during the last few months has been remarkable and many It now remains for me to con- members of my staff have com- gratulate not only the prize-win- mented on this. It is a common ners but the runners-up. that 18 thing now for boys themselves to to Lay all who have put in a good open up doors and windows, rather term's work. Every hard worker than it as heretofore in stuffy may be said to part'c'pate in the rooms. I should like to remove a prizes in the sense that but for a misapprehension which. I under strong competition they wouldn't stand, exists in the minds of cer- be worth getting. That is all I tain parents, viz., that school have to say except to thank you hours devoted to organised games again. Mr. Headmaster, for asking are so much waste time, or perhaps me to come here this morning. I should say time lost to the pupils' studies. It has been proved by actual experiment at home that the work was 'better done. after the introduction of these games I can assure parents that there will be no less of efficiency on this score and that the school work will not be allowed to suffer. Former- ly, apart from a few aristocrats at games,it was all work and little or no play there is little danger of the pendulum swinging Loo far the other way. Each boy geta only a couple of hours a fort-

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SCHOLARSHIPS

for Honours in School Certificate Examination: Chung Put Sun, Fong Chun Kwan, tá Hon Wah, Man Hung Cho, Mok Kal Wing, Nazir Ahmed, Ng Shun Hung. Pang Kwok Yee, Yuen Yuk Luen.

Prize for Distinction in Chinese

in School Certificate Examination: Ng Shun Hung

ENGLISH CLASS PRIZES 1A-1st. Mok Kai Wing; 2nd, Li Hon Wah.

Tutcher Royalties on "Gar- dening for H.K.") ... Per Miss Moses-pro- ceeds of Concert by 1st Kowloon Guides...

Previously edged

Acknow-

13.50

55.00

108,50

2213.58

13.-1st, Lee Ngok Hung; 2nd, F.,

$2,410.06 A. Curreem.

Further donations may be sent 2A-1st, Lau King Ching: 2nd.to, the Editor 8.C.M. Post, to Mr. Chan Shu Hay.

28.-1st, Wong Kwok Hung; 2nd. Lal Kwai Wing.

20-1st. Lam Klu On; 2nd, Cheung Tat Chi

2D-1st, Lai Chi Pul: and. N. singh.

Andrew Cheng. 9 Norfolk Road. Kowloon Tong or to Misa R. Mow Fung, c/o Gilman & Co., Ltd..

ACCOMMODATION OVERTAXED

3A.Ist. Yue Shlu Kwan; 2nd.

The following is a report of the Chan Tim Cheong.

3B-1st Wa Keil, Hau; 2nd, Konumber of sleepers who occupied the shelters during the seven shiu Wing..

3C-1st, Ng Kit Man; 2nd, Changhts (10th to 16th inclusive);-

St. Peter'a. (West Point)..

Capacity-129-beds Total sleepers--003 Turned away---19 Full every night

Kam To.

4A.-1st, Kwok Hee Leurig: 2nd. To Nim Chi,

4B-1st, Chan Pak Lam: 2nd, Ho Hung To

5A-1st. Wal Mo Kui; 2nd, L Shing Ngai.

5B-1st, Yeung An Wah; 2nd,

6A-1st, Tol Hok Kan; 2nd, Tam

Senior Morrison Scholarship: Ng Chun Kam Wai. Bhun Hang.

Intermediate Morrison Scholar-Ting Kon. ship: Chung Put Sun,

6B-1st, Yuen Fal Ling: 2nd, Class 2 Morrison Scholarship: Tang Hon Yuen Chau Wing Sum.

Class 3 Morrison Scholarship: Hung Shok Chiu.

Junior Morrison Scholarship: Au Hung Cho:

Wright Scholarship: Pang Kwok

Yee.

Ho Tung Scholarship: Lo Kan. night at these games and I do not o Eom Tong Scholarship. Lo think this can be regarded as ex-Hung Sung.

Senior Bellios Scholarship N. Ahmed

Juridor Bellios Scholarship: Fok Cho Man.

7A-1st, Cheng Chung Sul; 2nd, Hung Hing Kwal

TB-1st, Kwong Yuk Shun; 2nd, Chu Hung Fan

7C--1st, 80 Woon; 2nd Tool Kan Kong.

BA-1st, Ip Chung Pul; 2nd, Mok Man Tata barat

8B-1st, Wong Che Ying: 2nd, Chu Ka Shu

BC-Ist, Chau Yee Tai; and, Lai Chi Bning.

CHINESE CLASS 'PRIZES 1A-1st, Pan Tu Po; 2nd Man Hung Cho.

18.-1st, Fok Koon Ying; 2nd, Wei Chi Yan.

251-1st, Pang Kai To; 2nd, Fong Chun Chak

Cessive.

Ho Took Scholarship: Lam Shing The Yellow Dragon," our school Kuen. magazine, which has appeared Alfred May Scholarship: Lau Pak without a break since 1899, con- King. tinues to flourish. The Staff and boys, both past and present, con- tribute to its pages: it is one of the links which join us to the Old Boys the other being the Old Boys' Association. The again, held a successful dinner in Grant Scholarship: Ng Sul Ching.28-kst, Wong Yan Chow; and, this hall during the year.

Kong Ki Fal Scholarship: Fung Mr. E. Burney, His Majesty's In-Yu Keung

latter

Lee Hy San Scholarship: Lar Ki Chim.

spector, on his visit to the school Trol Kung. Po Scholarship: Tam last year remarked on the excel-Ping Kieme, ") all to the e lence of our libraries: we have a tugird Scholarship: Wong Wai College Library for Stan and Pong

senfor puplis (1310 vols.), 19 Class Government Free "Librarien (1602 vols.), a Science for years): NE

Library Lode gols. Teachers Ka Lim, Ng Tsun Ma Reference Library (23 vols.), and a Cheng Las Chauns Chinese Library (483 vols.).

Mán. Chungs

Tong Po Cheung.

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accommoda.

Po Yan Street (Central),

Capacity-158. beds. Total sleepers-1139 Turned away-19

Every night the tion was overtaxed, in a few urgent cases the applicants be

the ing allowed to sleep on floor; several applicants in four nights were turned away. Nathan Road (Kowloon) an

Capacity 100 beds Total sleepers-537

Largest number for a night was

87

4A-lat, Cheng Check Tin: 2nd.: L King Yin

481st, Yung King Woon; 2nd, Ng Fat Cheung, kok

6A-1st, Wal Mo Kul, ind, Luk Sulu Ting.

5B-1st, Ng Kwok Ching; and, Chat Tu Bhum.

8A-1st, Li Chiu Yuen; ind, Lau Koon Fa

The Job Printing Department

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Book

bine Ruling

6B 1st, Kwong Yim Cheong; 2nd, Chan Tun Kanelle Aubad Aist Lui Bau Pui; 2nd, Chat Nai Tsang 2C-1st, Yeung Tak Wa; 2nd. Lo TB 1st, Wong Shiu Kwan; 2nd

Chu Hung Fan

L Kwai Hunge

770-lat Tối Kam Kong: 2nd, Cheung Tai Pangy

84-1st, ung Kam Wa; 2nd, Tee SIL 3B-1st Wong Man Tei; 2nd-331

20-1st, Wong Ho Sun:

andy Cane Leung Kon Sin

341st Yue Shiu Kwan: 2nd Chan Ka Cheuk.

olarships

Ting

Chan

Kwok

Yeung Bal Kwongan

301st, Au Yeung Pang: 2nd,

Kastu; 2nd, Wong

Tal, 2nd,

of the

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