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VICTORIA BRITISH SCHOOLS.

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THE THIRD "PRIZE DAY YA

The youngsters attending the Victoria British School, which is situated at Carboline Hill Road, In grant glee to-day, the occasion bejor nual distribution of prizes. The Hulk nom", which was, artistically decorated evergeben and bright coloured bustleg, well filled with interested spectators, when flency Sir Frederick Lugard arpived: caliency was accompanied by MRÂN

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and Mr. W. H. Willidis, the head Among hoi present were:-Dr. G. H. Bainson jewicht, Jév. and Mrs. C. H. Hick King, Mr. W. H. Williams, Mr. Blanch Mrs Hocking. Miss Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs Young Pee, Mrs, Stubbings, Mrs, and Mits Wilke, Miss. Taynton, Miss David, Miss Steele,

Mr. and Mrs. McVeil, Mrs. and Miss Harkins,

Com

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY MARCH 11, 1908,

God results, tion under the auspices of St. John'w Ambulance geographi... | Akrociation very shortly?” “For boys particular, in Clariery and 4 | ly in a Cadat Corps I know of an better; prací

ti 14 feature of schoolwork than that they | grundhasa :quid, be able to afford ready, useful, and

tw na liling aid when called for

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internet in the Techalcal College, formerly known as the Evening Continuation Classes, He advised them to see that their sons go to that college when their school was closed" or during their holidays, where they would pick up: Loocial" knowledge.” Tośday, he said, the Geography. In a commercial port like Victorik British School celebrated its third op/suggested the idanovawie hoaid in Hongkong mad amongst boys who have been anniversary. The school was opened on the reduce a graded challenges tart privileged to travel, the subject of geography 25th March, 1905, and during the first year the ing as low as Chompet, of the appeals if we eliminate the cram which is so dumber on the roll was 5. Now it was 7, grammap and compor invasions | wa, "ard, often required for examination purposes. By with ad average attendance of 45. He would in special Bright Swey Readers complied the use of a library of well illustrated text like to see that number increased, but he y the best English authors, and in this way books, the use of the lantern illustrated lecthought it was fairly good. With a touch our younger pupils are encouraged to appre❘tures on the British Empire, boys have been of the descriptive, bit. Excellency remarked. cixte and imitate good models both in speaking able to study life and conditions in other that the school hid beautiful surround- and writing. At the examination in December, paris of the world. In awakening aitening and was situated on a spot with as Class & wrote a very creditable composition lion fo its importance and to methods charming a sight as any in the Cology. He and justified our experiment tor medy the of study we believe this will be the best equip was glad to see that the boys were a success cramped and stereotyped sentences which characterise the exercises of boys coming into the before leaving schoot,

ment for boys who tears more geography after both at sports and at work and he congratulate A PUBLIC MEETING will be held in the ed them. He was glad to hear alio that a few the Upper School.

School Games-School games have as usual of the boys attended the Technical College, and been well patronised. We have had fixtures that there was an improvement in the boys al with all the Augie Chinese School in cricket the upper school. He was equally glad that the pean children I think it desirable that our boys should have, and that they were to be provided should be in touch with Chinese youths in with a miniature, rifle range. He hoped to see

Drawing Freehand and ruler drawing is taken by boys and girls, and the boys are while the girls are sewing. The coples repro. son, Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Mr. and Mrsduced by Classes 3 and 4 were neat and in. (Hobb4, "Mrá and": Mer. Brett," and "athers,

The properdingsopened with a little musical.esting, the girls being the best. programme which was carefully prepared by the management of the school, and there is this much to be said that each scholar' did justice -to his or her part..

Mr. and Mrs. Silverstone. Mr. and Mrs. Gib. grouped in two stages. for two extra lessons and football. Being a school strictly for Eura school bad a cadel corps, which every school

THE HEADMASTER'S REPORT.

Williams, F.C.S., F.R.G.S., presented the Wiliam F. 15. FR... presented the following report

Attendance and Fees-The school was open 177 times during the year, the low number being due to the fact that during the whole of February we were ordered in close for structural alterations; the temporary withdrawal of the young children, and he law attendances during the boltes! summer months rendered it advis able in close during the whole of August and

September, and to shorten the Christmas Holi. days in proportion. We bore this strangemral will improve the average attendance for the year. The average atendances during 1907 (to the nearest unit) are — A

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January 5 March ço. April 46, May 441 July 38 October 41, November 46, December

The hi hest number on the rolls at any one time was 59, and 71 pupils were admitted during the year.

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His Excellency (dir FREDERICK LUGARD

A. W. Meare, the Lord Bishop of the diocese,

Speeches will be delivered by Admiral Sir

and others

Kindergarten-la the feikots' and Classes League we climbed from bottom place to four Dext ydar more of the Victoria School-boys at Hongkong, rith arch, 1908,

the little ones with profi able, amusement ; and 1 and 2, Kindergarten exercises have provided Brush Work, in Classes 3 and 4, without pro. ducing any artists of promise, has done some. thing to cultivate the aesthetic faculties, and it

months, young children show unmistakable forms a healthy recreation when is the summer

signs of brain-fag.......ne

matters of sport. In the Schools Football plices higher it was with much regrat that

this league. for the season 1907-8 we had to withdraw from The secession of the Anglo Chinese District Schools, and the formation of minor competition for a cup presented for

defeat the objects of an later-Schools League them alone, appeared to our Committed to

and left us in the cold for want of suitable fix- tures. The boys have also taken up hockey- with keenness, but in this we can find no op podents so we have had to be satisfied with inter-form games. Na difficulty appears to exist in teaching our pupils to swim, for during the summer months they all bathe regularly.

The Infant Class, for want of closer personal supervision, did not make the progress that could have been wished. Though our numbers are comparatively small we are obliged to have six separate classes in the Lower School alone, and this sub-division of labour readers the task of the Staff mare difficult than if the pupils On Empire Day, May 24th, we held our first were of about the same standard. Immediately annual sporta, the prizes for which were liber. I brought this to the notice of the laspectorally contributed by patents and friends. We of Schools the Government sanctioned the had no ler than 15 events, and in each one appointment of an additional assistant Mistress-we had large entries from boys and girls, and Miss A. C. Rutter, a well qualified teacher, While boys are paturally the keener'in sport, was engaged from the beginning of the New the provision which is now being made for a Year.

new and larger playground by the removal of the large bamboo aussery below the school; should enable our giris to have a fairer share in our school games.

Singing-Mr. Geo. Grimble was good enough to visit the School and to examine the singing. His report is given in the appendix.

THE UPPER SCHOOL

During 1907, bays only were admitted to the To come in line with other schools under the Upper School which has a class 5 and 6, this department we closed our school year on De-regulation being advised so as to allow the cember the 31st.".

cùrriculum to specialise in favour of older boys The total expenditure under salary and others boys were present during the last term, charges amounts to 56,165, and the total amount received in fees $7,167.50, the melt loss for maintenance being $1,097.50. The average attendance was 45, so that the nett cost to the Government per child in average attendance per annum `works'nt at Str, a high figure

compared 'with S10.38, the maintenance cost- for exch scholar at Queen's College.

their average age being 131 years. The cur- riculum included Englisis grammar and litera ture, mathematics (arithmetic, algebra and geometry), geometrical, freehand and model drawing, English history, geography, shorthand and hygiene..

Cadet Corps. The following is the report of the attendance of the Cadets at the Valus leer Camp 1907 -

10 Cadels (8 from the Victoria School) at tended camp for the last 3 days. They were justructed in Infantry Drill and Semaphore Signalling, and although their time in camp. was very short they inade a marked improve.

ment in drill and attained a very fair standard

of efficiency in semaphore signalling.

"As regards the latter, many could read and send at quite a rapid rate, but were noi suffi- ciently' careful to form their letters quite accurately.

"There was no case of illness and their be

haviour was perfectly satisfactory.

I hope that the school will be able to send double the number of Cadets to the next Camp and that they will be able to attend for a period. of not less than 6 days.

the volunteer camp. He saw a few there when cutter's last year. He he was inspecting the volunteers at Stone. He noticed that they were. being taught First Aid to the injured, which was likely to make them useful persons, and

1908-09.

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THE PRIZE LIST. His Excellency then presented the prizes to the successful scholars.

Lower School, Inf-Dorothy Morriz, Arthur Gibson, 1.-Ada Dickon, John Bréti, Fred. Halion. II-Rosie Mitchell Colin M'Donald, E.

Wilkinson,

III-Edgar Davey, Jessie Rodger, Geo. Rodger.

IV.-Jessie M'Neil, jessie Stokes, E. Brett, John Rodger.

Upper School. VirTop BoyIvan Gibson, Marked Pro- gress-Geo, Baker, Geo, Hobbs. Composi-

-Randolph Scot.

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Arithmetic...... General Knowledge........ General Proficiency- Mathematica

Leo. Stokes.

"Geo, Hoskins, *M-M'Neil,

M. Silverstone. Head master's Prize to Dux of school...M. M'Neil.

*Also obtained Oxf. Local Certificate...

SINGING EXAMINATION.

Hongsung, 6th March, 1958,

To the Head Master, Victoria "chool.

I beg to report on the examination I held yesterday in singing in your schoolroom. The children were examined by nie in the following subjects:-

1. Voice Production.

2. Tonic Solla. Modulator Exercitos,

(a) The Chord.'..

by The Scale.

3 Songs in Unison from memory. 4. Hymns in Untion from memory.

At his last inspection, the Inspector, of In my last report I impressed upon parents Latin in place of English grammar for the Fchools, Mr. Irving, urged the substitution of the desirability of leaving their boys for a longer Upper School and recommended a new scheme period in our Upper School. I am glad to re for teaching Latin es a modern and spoken port that ti boys remained, in ne sth and b languave. After a reasonable trial-'I found this forms compared with 6 the previous year. Our utterly impracticable; the formularised rules and Upper School provides for the education ofolder exceptions of even elementary Latin grammar bays and the curriculum is adapted to pre-tack up much valuable time and gave no results pare boys for commercial or enginering of any value Our boys do not stay long careern, Five of our old boys are now anicled enough for a useful education in the classics even apprentices se engineers, three in England

In explanation of the short stay at Camp 11 Voice Production.-This was distinctly and two in H. M. Naval Yard in this Colony 10 the higher classes the study of English al- should point out that the boys had only just good and 1 was very pleased with the tone

Our fees nice nominal and out of all proportion

if they had the inclination for it. By extending

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*(Sd.), A. }. THOMPSON (Çap:.), "Stal Officer, H.K.V.C. March 2nd, 1938 “

I understand that the numbers wels too. small for subdivision into ciastes so that the infants and other classes have to be grouped. The various ages of the children examined ran, I was informed, from 5 up to 1

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facilities offered so as to justify the increasing Instruction in Bible history from both the made in this year's estimates for the erection' the children that they should try to go should be allowed to sing with the others. By 12.45 pm to 1.5 p.m....Every to minuter.

to the expense involved in carrying, on this school, and it is reasonable to expect that Eng lish parents should avail themselves of the

expenditure. Two of our boys, barely 13 years of age, just able to write, and cipher and with a superficial knowledge of shortband left school to accept tempting billets of $ço per month as clerks, I regret in my, in Government offices. One has since returned to school and the other has already changed his vocation. It is not in the best interes's of a bov 10, turn him out of school prematurely, and I would ́împresi^on parents the fact that in a day school of this kind it is only, in the higher forms that a boy acquires the manners, conduct, and virtues, which, as well as learning, go to make him the man which his parents and teachers want him

to be.

Old and New Testament is given during the first

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ready referred to in the curriculum of the Lower returned to school after a long summer vaca

a whole: Mrs. Morris and her assistants have School, we reverted to the formal study oftion, and I could not recommend any more should like to angge, however, that it done good work and deserve congratulations. English grammar as a becessary subject in-holidays even for the Cadets. valving the critical study of English literature,

I have to report that provision has bren would be a good thing to point out tr

of a miniature Rifle Range and it only remains

htore for abdominal breathing. A all means let them stand in the class and listop, few of the children, in fact, most of them, but do not sing, if there is any music in their hall hour of the morning. This subject, while to decide upon a safe range without having to optional and undenominational, is taken up by go too far away from the school. Including is not good. The management of the breath they can only have a distracting effect on tha breathe too much from their shoulders, which little bodies it must come out later. At present the pupils with great interest and I should be recruits 18 boys now go on parade. very sorry to hear from any parent-that-he-have-in acknowledge-the, conscientious it a good tone is formed. Mr. W. H. Cumm

it of the greatest importance in sirg.ng, as by two or three next to them

(Signed), GEO. GRIMBLE, would deny to young children that instruction teaching and good work done by the staff, and Ings tells us that "the breath is the basis of which is a fundamental part of the history of also to express my thanks to parents from fall rich tone la singing, and on the Western knowledge and civilization.

wham 1 bave always, received courtesy and.

*mitkgement of its vibrating column kindness and practical support in the form of of air depends the charm and beauty subscriptions and prizes for our Sports' Fundation." The children should be

The Inspector. of Schools, Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, visited the school on the 16th and 17th Dec. and made a thorough inspection of each class, pointing out the weak points and making useful suggestions which the teachers are

Six boys were promoted from Class 4 of the Lower School to Class 5 in the Upper, is October, a step fendered necessary when it was decided to finish the year's work in December instead of in the March following as in previous years. "This will give these boys 15 months in Class 5..

School Premises. Health.-The general health of the school has been most ent ́sfactory, in the history of the School we entered can External Examinations. For the first time For three veste we have hið nó cases of infec-didates, for the Preliminary Oxford Local, tious diseases, if we exrep! the prevalence of Examination in July. Four bays were present malaria in the district. in the sammer of 1906 Since then the Public Works Department have taken steps to remove the swamps in the vicinity of the school, and to improve the drainage, so that fortunately we have had no ill effects during 1917.

The school has been comfortably full during

ed and all were successful, three in the first division and one in the second. A pass in six subjects forms a minimum in this examination Each of our candidates offered 9 subjects and the resulls worked out as follows:

Io English literature, composition' and ma- thematics 75% pastes in arithmetic, religious the year and towards the end we had to re-knowledge (Old and New Testament), English quisition the loan of additional desks. We history, geography, geometrical drawing, free have been at a disadvantage in rot havior a

hand and obj.et draw ng 100% passes. The suitable class room for our infants. We tried, successful boys were Geo. Stoker, Geo, Hos. the experintent of partitioning the main room kios, B. Friend, and M. McNeil by means of a heavy curtain, but it was nog a

success.

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Two boys, obtained Pitman's elementary certificate in shortband.

will be sent to parents after publication in his acting upon. The results of his inspection

Annual Report to the Government.

told to breathe from the bottom of their lungs. Modulator Exercises-The children in this Instance sang the exercises from a Modu- lator op the blackboard with ease. They

intervals are as.a rule easy to sing so. 1, sug- appeared to be able to read the 3rd, 5ths and octaves at right without any difficulty. These

gested that Mrs. Morris should pick out the more difficult ones of the 4th, 7 6, 91b, etc. › To

me sorprise and pleasure they sang these at sight with the same case.

(3) Scales,I have to also report most

MILSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" The scholars then presented four scenes from "Midsummer Night's Dream," which play had formed part of their course in literature. The piece was very well staged, which showed that each performer was wall acquainted with the subject. The headmaster (Mr. Williams) and his assistants deserve the highest praise for the success of the play. A resume of the play is appended:-

rude mechanics decision to stage a play before Tat-The meeting in Quince's House-the the Duke and Duchess."

play comes to grief for Bott

and-The rehearsal in the wood in which the is transformed m

7.30 am, to 9.30 7,m. ...., Every 10 minutes." 9.30 am. to 11,00 a..... Every 15′′minuter, 11.30 am to 12.40 p.m....Every 15 minutes, 1.15 p.mato 11.45 p.ṁ, »Every 19 minutks”. 1.45 p.m. to 2.15 p.m...Every 10 minutes, 3.15 p.m. to 3.00 p.m....Every is minute, 3,30 pm to 15,00 pm...Every 15 minuter, 5.00 pm, to 8.00 p.m....Every 10 minuter, NIGHT CARE E45 pt; and 9 pm, 9.45 p.m. to 11.15 pm. every half hour, SUNDAYE. 6.00 am to 9.00 am....Every 15 minuten: 9.00 cm, to 9.30 am....Every 30 minutes, 10.30 am to 11.00 am. Every 10 minutes.

9.30am to 10, 30 a.m. ...Every 15 minuter', 11.45 am to 12.00 noon...Every 15 minuter 12.00 Noon to 1.00 p.m... Every to minutes, 1.00 pm to 5.00 p.m....Every 15 minutes. 5:00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. ... Every 10 minutes.. 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. ...Every 15 minutes, *7.00 pm, to "8:00 p.m...........Every te minute",

NIGHT CARS as on Week Days. SATURDAYE. Extra cars at 3-15. p.m., 11.30 p.m, and xx.45 p.m. SPECIAL CARS by Arrangement at the Company's 'Ofico, ALEXANDRÄ · BUILDINGS. Des Voeux Road Central

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,"

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Our Prize List is a small one. In the Lower School prizes are given to the best all-round boy and girl of each class, and for good attendance,

into a 'Res. and in the Upper School for marked progress in

3rd-The_re-meeting, in Quince's Houis, any particular subject-not of necessity every subject. Our prize fund is provided by the Gavourably on the singing of scales. At the Bottom absent theo Bottom re-enters a humen sametime I would suggest, if I am not exceed being once more and bringing with him good. vernment and is small but sufficient foring my position, that the children do not, for news that ass play is preferred, present deeds. I have not invited parents to increase that fund so as to enable us to give the in the gates, it only strains, their litle lamentable comedy and most cruel death of F

time being, exercise scales that run up tho 4th-The play before the Duke. The everyone a prize. This low that are given have been well mérited;

Mr. Williams concluded his report by asking his Excellency to address a few remarks to the scholars,

scales say from B. flat to E. natural. The little

brans Keep them at the lower register | Pyramus and Thisby... children will find that by paying more attention as under: to the lower and midd'e noles, for the present, the upper register will come later,

The frames of the scholars, who took part aro

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and 4. Songs and Hymus.-From a list of 12 songs, and "10. Hymns, I selected the following:-"Spring Song," "Hearts of Oak," "Glory Fong," and "Stand up, stand up for

These were all well sung in unison from memory, and I was pleased with the power and time. Here again I would suggest that only those longs and hymes that do not go 100 olteng into the upper register be selected "Heins of Oak should be avoided. When singing this it was palpable that several of the childred's voices were fatigued due only ta

HIS EXCELLENCY'S ADDRESS. Þan In reply to several queries addressed to me Through the kindness of Mr. D. Templéton by parents ar to the location of the school and an annual award of the value of $15 in the

His Excellency said that during the past two suggesting position, nearer the centre of form of drawing instrumenti and books is given months be bad distributed prizes at many -the Clly, I take this opportunity of pointing out to the boy who stands highest in the school schools in the Colony. It was a very "interest- that we draw our pupils from an extensive area, examinations in any 4 branches of mathema ing task as it enabled him to get into touch and, to the great majority, the school is tics, the staodaid to be at least equivalent to with the masters and boys of each school. To advantageously situated, as only a very that of the Oxford Local Junior. This special day he was addressing the only school for small minority come from the centre of the prize now granted for the second time is British children in Hongkong, besides the town and from Kowloon. The surroundings awarded to the boy who was second in arith one at Kowloon-a school which was second are particularly suitable for a school of this metic, first in algebra, geometry, geometrical to none in importance in the Colony, a kiod and it would be impossible to improve drawing and elementary mechanics, viz-school for the children of our own race and

Melville Silverstone, upon the present position...

blood. He did not undervalue schools for School Examinations-During the year || Parents have already received detailed re-infants, but a school thero should be for boys he'd marthly examinations of each class pay-posts of their boys' work in each subject, and of more advanced years; and he endorsed all | straining at iba higher notes, iog particular attention to mental arithmetic, two subjects only need now be referred to in the headmaster said in his report when heGeneral I have to report most favourably

which we bave modified the usual syllabus

Hygiene. The majority of the boys having satisfactorily passed the Government cxamine- tion in the advanced stage, at the end of 1905 gaining 80% of the maximum marks, a cogne of Jessons jo elementary physiology and First Aid to the Injured was substituted for 1907. With the assistance, of „Miss: Butter wa are Clarion The conting this course and we shall send all

Lour den or boys up for instruction and examined were "present" and

and gengraphy, which were so weak in 1906,

As terminal reports, op ench child', work in every subjeci were sent to parents at Foster, Midsummer and Christmas 1 aged only sum-

marise ciall resolts for the year,

Reading" "Writing and Arithmetip—Fair Jo: Class 1. Good in Class - Fair in Chu s. Very Good In Class 4.233

*Improved

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The Japanese, steamship Araniu: Mary, A HONOLULU despatch, of 14th January, sayı :' which sailed for Formass on Monday, carried more than 3,cos tons sugar mill machinery for that island, which is now developing in to reproducing The under an

and direction The machinery thu ship? ped will go into the equipment of two separate sugar mills, one of them as liige as the now milt at Wailuku plantation on the island of the mall at Ochu plantation of the new mill at Maul in this grap, and, the other as, largo, sa remarked that boys should remain a little on the afternoon's examination. It was a Waialus plantation, on this island. The con- longer at school. It was a great advantage distinct pleasure to me to see such pains had tract for these two mille complete, including to boys to remain at school as long as it was › been taken over this branch of the filtie child, buildings sad all appliances, was taken by the necessary; for then they could go out into the rep's studies. The Syllabus is a good one and local from works about a year ago... Part of the world fully equipped They would be able should be amulated when possible by other remainder, as well as building material, and machinery bis been constructed here, and the to draw a better salary, and in later year, they, schools is the Colony, Intake the oppor

opper electrical and other appliances," was, bojli pr Would look back with thanks to their parents "tunity, of mentioning here however, that I bought in New York; and Germany) and for that equipment, His Excellency then ad noticed thaw one or two of the life chipped direct from those places. The whole dressed a few remarks, to those paren bo

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