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TUESDAY,

AUGUST 25, 1925.

Anglophil Indians of the second half of the nineteenth century | embraced with enthusiasm tha

DAY BY DAY.

English literary education which KNOWLEDGE IS THE TREASURE, - BUT JUDGMENT THE TREASURER, swiftly dominated the schools and oF A WISE MAN.-W. Penn.

collegea to the exclusion of all teaching of indian thought and At this afternoon's meeting of tho Sanitary Board there will tradition. They even decried, if

come up for consideration draft not condemned, the customs and bye-laws governing food-presor-] ideas and native languages of ving establishments and aeratod

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PLAY AND PLAYERS.

MORE ABOUT SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

· By,-“Wanderer.

"Rover" writes:—"In this, prob- of the ways in which It could be' ably my final letter on the subject, helped, he thought, was by making I should like to point out that (1) official appointment of referees There was a slight inaccuracy to play in friendly Inter-school from the Association. taking in our report of the opening of matches is not to keep the school There was be comparison the best of the West and com- the Metropole Hotel yesterday. boy out of temptation.Personal between League football and The furniture was not, we are experience has taught the writer friendly football in his ex- bining it with the best of the now informed, supplied by Messrs. that such are usually contested in pariente (and Mr. McCubbin's East, they strove to discard the Lane, Crawford, Ltd.-

a spirit of keenness.

experience is a very wide one), Bast altogether. It was an im

(2) "Wanderer" would seem to Longue football taught one how to The usual weekly Wednesday have no great regard for the Hong- lose one's temper and as quickly... pulsive, one-sided, unhealthy

public lecture of the Hongkong kong schoolboy-the student regain it, but friendly matches were movement: it ignored the nature Lodge of the Theosophical So-striker, he is termed. If a sport- naually played in an t-doesn't- of India; and the nature of India olety, 7, Duddell Street, top flooring tradition cannot be instilled matter-spirit. is now re-asserting and reveng August 26th, at 5.45 p.m. The he going to play football. Anyway for Hongkong was almost absurd. will be given. on Wednesday, into such a boy in what spirit. is To talk of public school football ing itself. There is much, accord-menting is open to the public. local schoolmasters are trying to The honour of the school was ap Ing to Lord Ronaldshay, that is Advt.

inculcate it. To get this spirit the back of the wonderful spirit in wholly good for India in this re

fully into boys here will take con- public school football at Home, but An interesting arrival in Farsiderable-time as it did at Home. unfortunately this Colony was not action, and he welcomes the in- Eastern waters recently was the

"(3) Finally there la the fact so far advanced. troduction into the academic Soviet stormer "Transvaal".

which sailed from Odessa to that in the whole of British school ̧ ̈ He had thought that the Associa- field of the scientific study of Vladivostok, inaugurating what football-Public School, Grammar tien night do quite a lot to assist Indian civilisation in all Its ns-is described as the first visit of a School, and Government School echo football bat the masters

can only Russian vossol from European one

with certainty apparently looked at the matter Russia for the Siberiansport, since expect to find league football in from a different the Revolution.

the Government Elementary and certain Government Secondary

on Inspiration Schools. There are numerous:

Asked for his views on the mat- and Grammar ter, Mr. J. Ralston, of Queen's Schools; they play various distant College, said that he had very lit-

pects; but, on the other hand, the reaction has swept many In dians from one extreme to In- other, and the most striking part

of the book is that which betweens in this case were dealing Public Schools

Mr. Ralstone

describes how the new devotion with a man who has a sense of schools but in non-League le to say as the question had never

to India was meant a new antagon-honour and he refused to pay a footbal

been put in any concrete farm bê- A well-known judge in his boy-fore the Schoo's Football Aascein- Ism to England. The hope iscent for what he told them was

_hood_days wor_spanked for saving tion. The last meeting of that body And it is pleasing-te of the house and said "damn" letters were obviously inspired by

expressed, however, that the ex-this right-to-trade-without-damn". and then went to the back was held nearly a year ago. The

all Officers of the Douglas Steam-settle at the golden mean. ship Company and friends who attended the Tanerai of her late husband and seat wreaths and also for expressions of sympathy in her recent sad bereavement.

The Telegraph.

tremist phase of the reaction- “squécze." Mra. "Lorne Murphy, of the the exponents of which, after all, be able to report that the steamship until he was hoarse, And so, the Association, or a member of the Station Hotel, Kowloon, who has: just returned by the Empress of are not so very numerous will Company concerned telegraphically "Rover" and I must respectfully Association (This is news to me Canada, desires to convoy her pass, and that the balance, having approved of his action, although agree to disagree. So far as his "Wanderer".) and the man writing first, point Is concerned "Rover's" as repesenting the schoolmasters sincere thanks to Mr. H. P. White, swung to both extremes, will honourable conduct meant the loss personal experience must be unique was doing so entirely off his own Mr. Williamson, Capt. Turnbull and

of some thousands of dol'urs worth in its way. A friendly game bat without reference to other mas- There is much in these consi- of freight. It is known, however, between schoolboy elevens, one side, ters. It was not a case for public- two goala dawa and straining every information at all (we cannot. dered opinions of an able studen, that some non-British foreign firms nerve to pull up the arrears. Are agree)... of Indian affairs which applies are acting in a vastly different we expected to accept that! as

Mr. Ralston went on to say that with equal force to conditions in manner, are paying big sums of "Rover's" experience? Surely not the dificulty would be that It would

outside the public schools, China fo-day, and when the money to the Chinese in retain fo schools in which the annual fixture on the referees who would have to or be throwing so much extra work writer pleads, as he does, that non-molestation and are generally is one of long tradition.

be appointed and paid. Another Englishmen and Indians should earning for themselves the right- In muking his second point drain on the Association funds! strive to understand each other, eous contempt of the other Euro- "Rover" refers to my use of the He thought, however, that if the to respect each other's traditions Penn and non-Chinese concerns: term "student striker" and asks "if question was put into concrete form a sporting tradition cannot be by the Association the schoolmas- TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1,925. and to work together for the main. Surely, there ought to be a common instilled in such a boy in what ters might consider it at their next

tenance of all that is "best in fight against this outbreak of in-spirit is he going to play football 7" meeting.

It just The information giyen through ther THE SAME PROBLEM. both over the widest possible field sensate folly among the Chinese, My answer to that is:

depends on the excellence or other-Telegraph added Mr. Ralston, was of life, we feel that it is in such not a fight by one firm and the takwise of the officials appointed to by a writer, a member of the Asso- A spirit of kindly co-operationing of a mean advantage by take charge of the games. In their ciation, or inspired by the Associa- endeavours to inculcate the Publiction, who obviously knew more that the Chinese problem will another.

School spirit into the schoolboys about the Association than the out- eventually be solved. There are,

of Hongkong, the schoolmasters sider could possibly know." Significant Facts, There is a great deal to make of course they will not forget to little to the intelligence of a per- deserve every credit and support. Mr. Ralston apparently leaves similarity between, the unrest in however powerful destructive in-

fluences which have first of all one think in the news we publish- pass the "will to wig spirit on to on who makes a close study of China and the unsettled state of

to be laid low. In the meantime, ed yesterday about the altering their successors as an enduring matters football and sport general- mative opinión in India. Indeed,

it is just as true of China aa position in Canton. The assassina. trust.

ly. In reference to the question of there is, in certain, aspects, much

Lord Ronaldshay says it inotion of the head of the "Red" concluding paragraph is admitted. Mr. Ralston will agree that it is pos- The fact contained in "Rover's" trouble to the Association, perhaps in common between the restless

India-the times call for "sustain-Labour organisation, as we pointed but it has little serious import sible that the Association, when spirits in all countries where

ed effort and imperturbable Western influences have come in-

out is one of the signs of the times when the position of Hongkong Is this now-much-debated question patience."

considered. to contact with older civilisations.

in Kwangtung, and has caused a

It is not the first was first mooted, "took the question time that I have said that Public of expense and trouble fully into great deal of uneasiness among the Schools, and I now include schools consideration. Quite recently, Dr. S. W. Teo, in

Reprehensible.

Bolshevist element, some of whom of the Grammar School type, play a speech dealing with Hongkong's :

„All's fair in love and war, they

wisdom of the policy of impart business is more or less a matter ing to Chinese youth, a. liberal of peaceful war it might be argued

No serious student of world affairs can fail to have been struck by certain points

of

student strikers, questioned the say, and inasmuch as compétitive are no doubt apprehensive of a friendly or non-League football |

indue Westernisation of educa-are undoubtedly paying large suma tional methods in India..

It is a

Athletes Reinstated.

similar fate. Every day, practical- owing to geographical difficulties. But perhaps. "Rover", will agree ly, sees a further strengthening of that in the great majority of Field Athletes of Japan has apolo- The Federation of Track and

One item, in our

י

breach of courtesy should not Decur again.

Western form of education which that it is quite fair to take every the opposition to the men, who have English towns where there are gised to the Amateur Athletic Asso- largely ignored the old native can-advantage which might offer, even with the aid of Soviet agents and

seized the power in the province, many schools in easy reach of each

other league football is played and during the Far Eastern Olympic ciation of Japan for the occurrence. cepts of ethical teaching. Com though the manner of taking that

very successfully. Soviet gold..

Games at Manila earlier in the yen! menting on that thought, we re-advantage seriously affects the wel-

In England I have seen 12,000 when many of the Japanese com-"" called at the time a most interest-fare of a body of competitors. But general survey of the "strike" spectators at a match between petitors left the field and refused position touched on this--the defec- schoolboys. True, the match was to continue in protest against an ing Interview with Mr. C. F. An- we doubt whether there

can be any

pinyed in the English Schools alleged unfair, decision. drews, secretary of the

tion of certain troops near poet justification pleaded for those non-

our Shield Competition, but all the boys As a result of the letter of and philosopher Tagore, who British European shipping arms border, has enabled quite a fair who took part were selected from apology signed by Mr. Ichiro pointed out the dangers of the with offices and agents here who number of disillusioned people to the league teams of the schools in Kagawa, representing the athletes.

their respective districts, Those evade the blockade and return to boys could play football and princ instate the thirleen men who were

the Association has decided to re

Now to Chinese for the privilege of get. the comparative Heaven of British paily because the majority had had expelled on account of their con- come some pointed observations ting cargoes at various ports while territory. Yet it is difficult to see at least two years experience of duct. The letter expressed a pro- schools league football. Does found regret for their action and on the game issue by the Eart of everything British is being strictly in this new feeling the return to Rover" imagine that there would assured the Association that such Ronaldshay in his latest book: hoycotted and excluded.

full sanity of a people who have have been even 1,000 spectators "The Heart of Aryavarta: a pity that we cannot give names, always wanted what they have not present if the match had been a friendly one, between. the teams of Study of the Psychology of Indian because, by the generality of terms got and then wanted something the two towns, Reading and Unrest." This is a work which we are compelled to use, the good elso. We do not care to think that Grimsby 3 To answer "Rover's aves to the heart of the Indian suffer the obliquy of the bad. We the present idea might merely be unspoken query, I would add that keenness of boys is always reflect. problem. It does not seek to will give one concrete case which to get rid of King Stork and have in thterest of parents and

But life has turned another pager point out-remedies or palliatives. has been reported to us by the King Log instead. Until a stable friends.

[ we have a new achievement now. but it does diagnose the disease. principal of the firm concerned: authority

Perhaps "Rover" would like to Though still no wizard to be frank, According to a reviewer of this This firm handles the Hongkong Canton the petty civil wars will hear what Mr. McCubbin, had to where tides of ocean rise and fall, But there say at last Friday's meeting of the in the amooth waters of a tank, book, Lord Ronaldshay's main agency of a well-known line of non-continue, indefinitely. thesis is that the cause of Indian British steamers running to Europe can be no two opinions as to the ongkong Football Association.ve learned to crawl

After referring to the expansion of unreat is to be found in the via Suez, and a few days ago it immediate desirability of ousting views on the subject of school efforts of Hinduism-the ancient was approached, through, the usual the Bolshevist element, once and football in these columns, Mr.

Local Baseball falth and culture of the Aryan roundabout kind of way, regarding for all. The public meeting this McCubbin said he would like to make it quite clear that when

There will be two baseball games, invaders of India, cradled in the one of the vessels making a call at evening is to ask for that, and in speaking at the Kowloon Fostball during the mid-week. The Japanese sacred land of Aryavarta, à bo-Swatow and pirking up a fairly the event of the British Govern- Club dinner, he had in mind that will meet the Hongkong Volunteers tween the Himalayas and

it would be to the betterment of at 8 pm on Thursday, the 27th the the large cargo for Europe provided a ment taking

Recessary

school football if the local Associa inst, while the Filipinor will play Vindhyas-to prevent itself from certain sum of money was handed measures the sane Chinese of tion took more interest in and the Indians on Wednesday, the being smothered by Western civil-over asa contribution to the Kwangtung will be among the first offered alore encouragement to its peaking at the oKwloon Football Ishtion. He points out that the strike" fundą. The Chinese go to heaven. sigh of relief.

development in this Colony, One 26th fast, at 6 pm

obtains controlat

A New Feeling We walked at quite an early age

and ran when danger, taught us how.