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HONG KONG DAILY

ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE

PRIZES PRESENTED BY

LADY CALDECOTT Preparatory School To Be

Opened Soon

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THE GOVERNOR PRESENT

The announcement that St. Stephen's College would shortly open a preparatory school for children between eight and 12 years of age, with all lessons in Chinese, was made by Rev. E. W. L. Martin (Warden) when he delivered his annual report, at the prize giving vele. brations at the College yesterday,

His Excellency the Governor, Sir Andrew Calde. con, headed the hig list of distinguished guests "and parents who assembled to see Lady Caldecott present the prizes and awards won during the year.

REPORT BY WARDEN

A burst of cracker firing broke, .out as Sir Andrew and Lady Calde-

cott, escorted by the College Coun- cil and staff. entered the crowded ball and made their way to the dais.

opened Proceedings were with a short prayer by Rev. G. K. Carpenter.

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connected

In calling or the Warden to pre- sent his annual report, the Chair- man (Hon. Mr. S. W. Tso) sald;-

In the absence of His Lordship. the Bishop, Chairman of the Col- lege Council, it devolves upon me to preside over this gathering this afternoon, and on behalf of the College and everyone with it, thank His Excellency and Lady JCaldecott for coming here and extend to them our heartiest and most cordial welcome. We are very grateful to Lady Caldecott distribute who has consented to the prizes.

Since he has taken over the reins of Government in Hong Kong, His Excellency has taken a keen In- terest in every institution, not the least of which are the educational Institutions. This is, the first time he has come to ur annual ga- thering and I therefore have asked the Warden to include a his an- nual report. the alms and objects of. St. Stephen's College. By doing so, it saves me from driving into the past history of the College and also from inflicting upon you à long speech. I therefore ask the Warden to present his report,

WARDEN'S REPORT

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raised a million dollars for the en- gowment of the University, and dur College guaranteed $10,000 per annum for five years to promote the Arts Faculty. At the invita- tion of the University, St. John's Hall was founded. It was the only Hostel ready in 1911, and without. it the University could hardly have"! opened.

Two of our Staff (Rev.

A

Schools" which are so familiar in England.

METHODS

A feature of the teaching of Eng- lish at St. Stephen's College" has been the method of "Specialist.”, In Science, Messra, J. Asche, MSc., YL Tang, B.Sc, and Mr. F. Mar- tin, MSc... have taught the various classes according to the gual method in Hong Kong.

and

PRESS. THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1936.

AN UNTIMELY END

Chinese Plunges To Death

OVER FIFTY FOOT. EMBANKMENT

CHINESE COUPLE

MARRIED

Chemist From Lingnan University

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At the Registry Office yesterday morning the wedding took place of A...distressing accident, which Mr. Liu Trun-hsien, chemist of the The same method is pursued in ended fatally occurred on Tuesday Lingnan University, Canton, and St. Stephen's College in Mathe-night, when a Javanese Chinese. Miss Fannle Yan-chlu Wu, insur matics and in English, In the Mr. T. E. Oel, of independent ance agent of the Sun Life As- coming year Messrs. Asche, Tang means, son of the managing direc-|surance Co. of Canada.

Gaunt will go from classS to clasa to teach Mathematica; Mrs. Martin, and Mr. Tam will teach Geography throughout the school; Messrs. Tam and Wong

According to eye witnesses de- will take all the Grammar; and censed was a member of a party Mr. Moore and myself all the His- which was out motoring in Car No. tory classes. English composition 1787 from Aberdeen. He was ac As far as possible is taught by Eng-companied by another Chinese

lish specialists. This method en-

able the teacher to follow a graded and consecutive syllabuş; "it pro- vides specialists for each subject: and it gives variety to the students to receive different teachers every

hour.

In addition to this, every Form has a responsible Form master who takes a fatherly interest each student's studes and progress, controlling (whenever parents per- mit) the students' expenditure on clothing and pocket-money. In the matter of control of students' expenditure and leave-of-atseace 21 stricter discipline has been proved possible since the school re- moved to Stanley.

RESEARCH IN LONDON Mr. J. A Gaunt, MA, formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cam-

W. H. Hewitt, M.A.. B.D., and Mr. H. Tumbull, MA, Second Wrang-bridge, has spent a year's leave at ler at Cambridge) went to take the Imperial Institute of Educa- on, London. As a result of cor- charge of St. John's Hall.

One-third of the original under- graduates were from St. Stephen's College, and 12 of the first 26 Ora duates were Old Boys of our school. Foo Ping Sheung, an Old Boy and now a prominent Chinese official, was the first to obtain First Class Honours, and Wei Wing Lock Bon of one of our Founders, Hon. Sir Wel Yuk, was on the Arst list of King Edward Scholars.

CHINESE

The past year has seen a bold experiment to bring the teaching of Chinese more into line with the schools of China. Mr. Wong Nai Chun, M.A., a graduate of Central China University, and also of Michigan, joined as in September, and Mr. Lin Kuo-kung, B.A, gold medallist in Chinese of St. John's University, Shanghal, and nephew of the well-known Chinese writer, Dr. Lin Yu-tang, joined our Staff in

January. Mr. Tam Cheung Huen. B.A. (HK) an Old Boy with fourteen years teaching experi- The Warden's report, which was ence, has acted as Supervisor of taken as read, says:--

It gives us the greatest possible pleasure to welcome His Excellency, Sir Andrew Caldecott, and Lady Caldecott to our prize-giving to- day,

As this school was started by a group of Chinese gentlemen in March 1903 we might perhaps say that we are celebrating one hun dred terms. of St. Stephen's College. We thank God for this successful completion of one-third of a Cen- tury by our school, and specially for the excellent health of our Staff arid Students during the past seven years at Stanley. When we moved to Stanley in 1929 we had 144 students (85 boarders). This year we have also have 144 students (135 boardera);

Chinese studies.

While speaking of Staff, I would say how much we have valued the help of Dr. Cho (Han Lin and Prof. F. C. Martin, M.Sc. during the year. Mr. C. E. T. Moore, B.A., came to us straight from Hertford College, Oxford, to teach History and English subjects and has also help greatly in sports. Dr. Stewart left us for family reasons after several years of valuable service, and Dr. K. H. Leung is now school Doctor. Mr. J. A. Gaunt, M.A., hopes to return to us next month. PREPARATORY SCHOOL

respondence

officiated.

tor of the China South Sea Bank Mr. M. J. Abbott, Deputy Re fell to his death over an embank- |gistrar of Marriages, ment on to, a concrete tennis court Witnesses were Prof. I. Tsang and at Pokfulam Road.

Miss L. Wu, the bride's sister..

gentlemah and a European, to- gether with the driver, and when

near the Blind Home on Pokfulam Road the car was stopped.

The deceased left the car and

walked apparently

about the He was vicinity for some time. seen approaching the embankment and suddenly was scen to fall over. a distance of some Afty feet, to the concrete below.

The party Immediately. rushed to nis assistance, and rendered what- Later an ever aid they could. Indian Policeman came on to the scene and by that time life was al- ready extinct. Death was due to The deceased" a fractured skull. was 34 years old at the time of his

death.

have am

event.

A dinner was given at the Kwok Chow Restaurant last night in celebration of the

The couple will leave shartly for North China where the groom 15 to take Central with the up a position

Government.

TENTS TO BE ALLOWED

The

At Repulse Bay

GOVERNMENT'S DECISION

Government's decision to forbid the erection of tents and similar structures at the Repulse Beach will not be carried into ef- fect according to information ob tained from official sources.

On the first reading of the Bill at the last meeting of the Legisla- tive Council, however, the Attorney General announced that this rule would not apply to Repulse Bay, establishment of such understand-

remarking that "it is not the in- ing and how and what we can

tention of the Government to allot This contribute.

school draws

area at Repulse Bay, any Buch Staff from many where there is ample accommoda- Students and

Elon for bathers parts of China and send many sons

who have back to their motherland.

matsneds."

In this Colony schools opportunity to work for a perfect understanding between Hong Kong We can seek to find and China, we have introduced new Mathematical text-books. Mr.

what China wants of us for the Gaunt has studied both "How to teach mathematics" and "How to teach English as a foreign langu- age" and I hope he may be given an opportunity to place the re- searches before the Teachers As- sociation."

SCHOOL SUCCESSES

"In the School Certificate Exam- ination last year eleven students were successful and gained no less than fourteen distinctions between them. Dixon Chew was awarded a Belios Scholarship by the Un!~ versity; Ip Hung Shiu obtained Honours; and Kok Kong Fatt gained distinction in English, which is creditable for any Chinese stu- dent. In the Peace Essays, open to the students of Hong Kong. Ng

Yan Shau and Fan Chi Hong won First and Second places for Chin- ese Essay. Tang Hung Tak and Raymond Yang, competing with a large number of English-speaking boys and girls among others, in the English Essay Competition gained the third and fourth prizes.

OLD BOYS

Among many distinctions won by

Old Boys this year may be men tioned the Tung Wa Hospital Com- ittee of which Lo Wing Kit is the youngest Chairman ever elect- ed and Shi Man Wal the first

making a third Old Boy on the Doctor to be elected, Ng 6ze Ho Board, Dr. S. N. Chau has been elected to the new Urban Coun-

cil, Ts'o Tsun On, son of our Chairman to-day, has been made J. P. and an hon Aide de Camp to H. E: The Governor. In Macao, Our hext experiment will be to Hon. Mr. Leung Hau Yuen has been open at Stanley a Preparatory made a member of the Legislative School for children of 8 to 12 years, | Council As usual, many of our in which all the teaching will be Old Boys have taken a large share in Chinese, except for one English in public service in the Colony

each day. This school during the year. should have been started long ago. Now in response to pressure from Old Boys we hope to take the step, our aims being somewhat as fol- lows:

lesson started by The College was Chinese gentlemen who felt it their duty to provide for the education of their children, and who wished for a school on the lines of the English Public Schools to inculcate the "Public School Spirit." They also wished to prepare the sons

A special Hostel and class-rooms will be erected, and I hope to re-

SOCIAL WORK AND SPORTS

A Doctor has been supported in the Tsang Shing District from re- gular subscriptions from pocket- money. A Free Night School has been operated by our students; and charitable objects have been sup-

Two of our masters last year ac- cepted positions in Universities in China, Mr. S. K. Lei, B.A. in Lingnan University and Mr. Ling Hung Ming. B.A. (after 23 years service with us) in Chiso Tung University. Our loss is great but our contribution to China is no less. Often Parents of our stu-

dents remove to Hong Kong, buy ing property in the Colony and in- troducing capital and employment. During the year two Provincial Governor have sent boys" to our

College and a third has expressed the wish that our boys would go to work in his Province. Marahall Chiang Kai Shek sent a student to complete his course with ps. ...

In Canton Hon. Mr. Lo Wen-kan, an Old Boy, is Secretary for. For- eign Affairs. Hon. Mr Man Shu- sing, director of Public Works, is also on Old Boy.

ban

not

Protests against this intended were published In the local Press and the Government has now decided to bring Repulse Bay under the Sam: conditions 2,8 other beaches.

In other words, tenta will be per- mitted at Repulse Bay. in areas to be allotted by the Director of Pub- lic Works The Government's de- cision will be formally announced when the Bl comes up for second reading at the next Council meet- ing.

METALS AUTHORITY HERE

Most of our students alm to en To Study Conditions

ter the

Hong Kong

*University

whose graduates, I have, the Vice- Chancellor's permission to state, have been officially recognized by the Executive Yuan of Nanking. Four Chinese Universities cognize St. Stephen's College, and admit our students (it recommend- ed by us) by a special entrance examination.

THANKS..

re-

I close with the heartiest possi- ble thanks to my Colleagues, who do all the real work of this school; to the Chairman and Council for their sound judgment and active service; and to you. Sir, and Lady Caldecott and to all our Guests for your very kind presence with us to-day.

In Far East

MR. W. BOSSELAAR

One of the greatest" author- ities in the European fron and steel trade, Mr. W. Bosselaar, director of Messrs, Maison F. Mathies, S.A., Antwerp, well- known Belgian merchants ar rived in the Colony on the s.s. Potsdam, yesterday. Mr. Bosse- laar is on a visit to all the branches in the Far East of this illustrious house, in order to get irst hand information of present conditions in China. Maison P. Mathieu B.A, which is one of the oldest firms in the East

The prizes were then presented to the successful students by Lady dealing in the fron and steel trade Caldecott.

His -and

Excellency followed with a few remarks.

GOVERNOR'S SPEECH ́

His Excellency sald: I am parti-

side there myself in order that Mrs. ported. One of the happiest days cularly glad to be here with my Martin, with one or two Chinese

was when seventeen students were wile this afternoon because among confirmed by the Bishop. Or all the many things that have in- the small boys. Economy will beganizations such as Scouts, the terested me since my arrival in

Lady Teachers, may take tare of

a special feature of the Prepara-

to enter Universities abroad." At the same time, being responsible men in the Colony, such as Hon. Sir Ho Kai, Hon. Mr. Wel Yuk, Hon. Mr. Chau Siu Ki, 'Hon. Dr. B." W. Tso and others, they hoped that tory School, and an inclusive fee such a school, free to make ex- of $300 p.a. will cover board, periments, might make some 'con- lodging, tuition, sports, medical tribution to the educational sys-fee, laundry and books. tem of Hong Kons.

of the

On completing the Preparatory THE UNIVERSITY

School Course; students will be One of the contributions of the granted reduced fees in the two school was its part in the starting lowest Torms in the College, where University. In 1997 the their studies will be continued in Warden suggested a scheme of unbroken sequence. What they scholarships to England. E. have studied in Chinese will be The Governor (Sir F. Lugard) how- continued, not repeated, in Eng- ever, at our Frize-Distribution in lish; and the utmost attention wül'

be given

Chinese studies to January 1908 proposed a step fur- ther, a University for Hong Kong. throughout their whole course. In Sir H. Mody saw the speeches in St. Stephen's College. the newspaper, and the Hong Kong Mr. Tam Cheung Huen, BA, University came into being. The be the Director of Chinese studies, same Chinese gentlemen who It is hoped to run the school on founded St. Stephen's College the lines of the Preparatory

ing...

Debating Society, "the Orchestra, Hong Kong. I And St, Stephen's the Radio Ch b, and the Christian College one of the most interest- Union have flourished, and even the Tuck-shop has shown a credit balance and has been re-built. Sports have been popular.

Practically all our masters and students took part in football last

ал

We had nothing to be compared with it in Malaya. Here we have which enables Institution parents who have brought son

pecuniary means to have them into the world, and who have the perform thai well educated, to made. Our students defeated the duty and privilege without trespass- ing on the charity of others or on crack school at Amay at tennis and

funds furnished by the taxpayer. basket-ball and the Champion school at Swatow at basket-ball

winter and swinming this sum mer. A cinder-track has been

| LINK WITH CHINA This "brings me to my last point. namely the link which this school provides with China. Schools are not merely teaching-shops, they stand for truth and for good-will.

has branches in Canton, Shang- hal, Tientsin, Dairen. Osaka, Tokyo, Manila and Singapore.

Arriving from Manila, Mr. Bosse- laar and his wife are residing dur- ing their stay in the Colony, at Gloucester Hotel

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