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neither side was fully in the right and as the presentation

of facts in most cases had appeared to us to be coloured

by emotional bias. Suffice it to say that both sides

had initiated action which came to be considered as provo-

cative by the other side, leading to further reactions. The

main victims in this state of confrontation, we feel, were

the students. In view of the attitudes and ideals inculcated

in them since the establishment of the School, as well as

the close relationship with their teachers, it was understandable

that the students had little choice but to identify and

sympathize with those teachers who opposed the new Principal

and whatever she was thought to represent. It was during

the course of the 1977/78 school year that, in our view,

the ideals of Sister Leung and her colleagues came to be

distorted by the development of conflict and strife brought

about by financial mismanagement. With their regard for the

spirit of inquiry and pursuit of justice, coupled with their own organising ability which they had acquired through the

years, the majority of the students, not surprisingly, took sides. In so doing, they unfortunately manifested the following

disquieting features:

(a)

(b)

Use of group pressure, not only vis-a-vis

the authorities but also against the less

active among their own numbers;

Intolerance towards differing view points

of others;

(c) A narrow outlook of life, devoid of the

ability to accept the existence of grey

between black and white; and

/(d)