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BOARD OF EDUCATION. [Bized at present to boys coming

(Continued frvan - Paye 2.)

EARLIER

from Queen's College. It is quite SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. clear that the demand for teachers in all the schools of the Colony has reached dimensions (From Our Own Correspondent) year which altered entirely the when unless that demand is sup- farstrm under which subsidies were plied, some of those schools will

THE WASHINGTON CUER to varnacular education.have to close down. I have been

CONFERENCE. mutherto there had been grants and an eye witness of the troubles of

Shanghai, Nor, 4. |mabanches, and it was proposed to the headmasters of some of the

The Washington correspondent |combans the two systems. to de Mission schools owing to absolute

I propose that of the China Press cables that Kir. away with the grant system and shortage of staff. give sabaidies to grant as well as this Board should send a recomLloyd George has abandoned Lis other schools. It was abo proposed mandation to the Government ask-trip to the Conference. The mass- to give an improved rate of subsidy,g that a scholarship or scholar age also says that the Chinese ships of this kind shall be placed as delegation is disgruntled because which would increase the astra the disposal of the other schools in salaries has been unpaid since emolument per head from 3420 to the Colony. I believe the Grant-leasing Shanghai. Reports in the save This change involves a godinaid Schools were invited to join and Sun Tatsen propaganda, in Press are sympathetic bus Ma Soo deal of expenditure; but they in in a schome by which the Govern-addition to the failure of Peking to tended to extend it to a number of ment would assist their own, [repay the Chicago Continental they had students to be trained as teachers: Commercial Bank loan, is burtful schools 10 which not giren subsidies,

so the tesal but the difference between the sad forecasts serious complications. amount required now WAA over proposal that was made to them $68,000; and if that was subtracted and the scholarship being given tol from what was spent before, the Queen's College was enormous. It' THE STRAITS' LOAN | excess was over $20,100—a consider-was proposed that the Government!

Singapore, Nov. 4, able increase, but one which had would pay their tuition fees, and

The Federal Council has passed been approved by the Government the rest of the expenditure would the Lean Bills, the Chief Secretary

the explaining The increase in subsidies involved be found by the Missian or an increase in the number of in-student. That compares very fasted in two sections, the first of spectors, and he hoped to get one scholarship to the students of si 97, of which the Federated Maisy favourably with the Government five millions sterling at six per cent more full-time and one

part-time Queen's College, who obtain not States receive forty million dollars inspector. That would liberate Mr. only their tuition but hostel fees, nut of which there is an overdraft Lau, who would spend his time ex vacation fees, bocks, examination due to Crawo Agents. The baalstate elavely in the New Territories, fees and a salary of $30 a month. twenty and the remaining twenty i where increased provision had also The other proposal is about one-to be divided among the Railways: been made for subsidies.

jabird, or possibly less than thatwelve) and Public Works (eight)

tbst the loan wa

being

As to the removal of Queen's Co? This has been felt very much by conditicaal oo the rice liability to ege and Sayinapan School, the the heads of schools, and I think.the Straits Government

hairman said the suggestion with perhaps, fairly 32 There are in deferred. regard to Sayingpun was made by some of the Grant-in-aid Schools very the Committee in 1917, but it halfbrilliant students who would make) Pat act very far; $20,500 was votedjable teachers and they are pre- CHINESE CITIZENS IN

CONFERENCE. inth year's Estimates and $23.60 (vented from obtaining training

through lack of funds. If there Plans are being made for the Ewas provided gest vent. This

had not been a printer's error holding of a National Citizen's beabl fet p Tout sorting

there would have been any amount Diplomatic onference in Shang-| Iwondd evolve.

of money to put up scholarships of hai at an early date. During the Queen's College and Saigingpan the type I am asking for. I pro- past several days 20 delegates,

School.

pose:

representing some 70 Peking poli "That the Board of Education)tical commercial and educational recommends to the Government organizations have arrived at that a scholarship or scholar-Shanghai. The chief question to ships very

thebe discussed at the Conference.

Azanis Queen's College, 24 both committee of the Board-sharif Pad done extremely good work in Toperting sehol Baile

M.. Sila Nette skal if the but pod 812now under the Reading i

Spentil Expenditur br Kaklingi drants included Aspen for Saging

ii.

education

Beren attack upon, the premises of University of Hongkong of the which has the support of the Queen's Colleg It was the

sator value and on the same National Chambers of Commerce best, hut

terms as those given by the Gov-and National Educational As was probably

ernment, to the students of sociation, will be the one relating ferness of the attacks and to wash

Queen's College be open to comto Shantung very Surcesalal. It camelt the eart Government, which halj

petition by candidates from the of the

School of the Colony, to decided to moze Queen's College de

bal thought is very unlikely that the awarded on the results of the Goverment would be willing to janother site : and he hoped in a few i

matriculation examination inve scholarships for this December orars to have a very dine Colleges

December of each year and, if examestica, sad he did not thick. undred.

possible, on the results of the io soy case, that the details could examination in December, 1921." arranged in tire These were Benefit to Colony as a Whole. Graat schools, and be questioned Continuing. Dr. Mackintosh whether it was right for a Grant claimed that this was a very mild).cbrel to ask that the whole of the and gentle revolution-the Chair-jespecies should be thrown on the i Ti -- Chairman replied in the ang. fun would out be able to describe tapaser. He thought that was!

it afterwards as "Beran" "Bus 1'fair in the ease of the Government tile and explainovì that this was ti brand warn for building grants t Wat you

he said. "that this sebouls, where the whole expense Grant Seleda, It was

and ear tooly a preliminary resolution I on the taxpage mad abo parked for any particular setics ¡ļam convinced we should be giving direct istetest was toss the bay- band would not necessarily to

bery great encenragement to the should be trained. tirely expended. A sum (sa Urant in aid Selweis at we put mi

to competition a scholarship of this sort, so that their own boys would be trained." He knew that

Item sel.oo!

beer promised to St. Josepi

in the last few days and troll k I paid out of this sum."

better gite

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Religious Disability..

Dr Mackintosh said he was bot crovinced that s sebolarship could act he arranged for this December.

the Chairman would reply that the as all suitable boya were entered Mr. silva-Netto said that Saying Government would get nothing out automatically for the Matriculation pan Sehood was in great need of a of it: the scholars of Queen's examination. He attributed great and less cramped pre College came back to the Govern- value to a competitive scholarship mises A compittee had urged thment and gave two years service. open to the whole Colony-a really in 107: four years had elapsed and But that argument was not so valuusly one-and he did not be he thought it was time the Govern. strong as it appeared at first sight. fieve the taxpayer would mind one ment made a more towards putting because the scholars would go back bit. The Grant-in-sid schools were this school into a modern buikling. tr. the Grant-in-aid Schools and ticged with religion and the mad The Chairman: I am afraid then, Mission Schools and would teach is the street had got an idea that 'his' very little claere of getting the there for much longer than two for the non-religious sobool there printed Estimates altered at this years. The University received was a big piece of cake and for the time of day, but I do not know that students from Singapore who were religious school only a small piece the fact that only 823.000 has been trained for four years in Hung-of cake. It anggested that home cf religious disability provided will preclude a start being kong under scholarships of $1,000 vestiga made if the Public Works Depart year, and went back to teach in remained in the 20th century. It Singpore for five years. After all, the Government came forward the Colony as a whole received the with this scholarship that idea have no knowledge whatever how benefit from such scholarships, would be gone forever. far the building is likely to beland he urged that a broad view The Chairman asked Dr. Mack- advanced.

should be taken in the interests of iatash of be would alter his motion Dr. Pearce deprecated special reeducation in the Colony and not to two scholarships of $500 each, presentations being made in the solely of Government schools. Dr. Mackintosh said he would case of particular schools, unless There wuld be no difficulty what- prefer at least one of $1,000, and there were grounds which he could ever in attaching a condition by be added that many of the Missions not see himself existed.

which the holder would return to bsd not got the money with

ment have the time to do it. I

Dr. Pearce: Yes. That is one of even longer.

the things I had in mind.

B

The Chairman: You mean Wan- the school at which he was trained, which to contribute to scholar chai is no less argent!

to teach there for two years ships. He asked the Goreca

meat to be

gecerous; let it Dr. Pearce meseded.

that the be a "cholarship

Would grounds that the resolution, was give a boy all that he wanted in Open Scholarships Needed. Dr. Teesdale Mackintosh said he

wild one: that he bed a special the matter of his education and interest in the students training a let the best boy wis. Have it open had listened with great interest to teacher at the University and ao to competition and the Board what the Chairman bad said with

interest in the Grant-in aid chool would get teachers to be proud of. the Chinese staff who and would like them to messe all regard to were being trained in the Caiver the ordumzement which the sits at present, and he had spent Governm-at could give. some time that morning in going through the Estimates.

External Scholarships.

Mr S. W. Tso supported and urged that a wide view be taken and that the scholarship be not limited to Government schoolsa.

Mr Silva-Netto suggested that The Chairman explained that there was no reason why a boy The Chairman: I hope yoa did the low figure provided for scholar-bould not fork his education in not spend too much time for I reships in Grant schools was BC Quea's College. gret that a printer's error has crept counted for by the fact that they into the figures. It should be 83,680. were Grant «choole If the Fr. Maria what would happen in Dot $19,000.

Government paid the whole he did the case of a Roman Catholic

The Chairman-asked the Rev.

Dr. Mackintosh: My investigation not see where the "aid" came in. winning the scholarship, Pad led me to assume that something It seemed reasonable that the the Rev. Father said the bay of that sort had happened. Ifeel outside bodies should contribute a could go to St. Joseph's. we should congratulate the Gov-considerable proportion of the cast. Dr. Mackintosh said quite a ernment upon the very excellent If the University would permit number of Romsa Catholica at scholarship they have provided for external scholarships be thought tended the University sad Dr. those students. It has been de- it highly probable that, so far froto Pearce held out the hand of scribed as rather in the nature of the Government continuing to welcome to all of them. a sizarship, because of its very give $1,000 a month to its own The Chairman: Then there is great advantages. It is boje, might coprider if it no difficulty about that. far and away the best and would get better value for its most handsome of all the money by permitting them to scholarships but, Sir, it is con- be external students. He

The resolution was carried unanimously and the meeting then terminuted.

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