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throughout life, at school no less than in the world of men outside

At school you must learn to obey;; and only if you learn to obey, will you ever be fit to command.

CONGRATULATIONS,

FRIDAY, JANUÁRY 28, 1927.

Indeed Mak Kai-hung comes very nearly within the radius of that "Woo unto you terrible anatheman when all men shall speak wall of you, but I should think he gladly talcca the risk.

health and social welfare, continue to be good. The ordinary activities of the collego were carried on throughout the year without the need for resort to any severn is ciplinary measures. In connection with this good order I wish to thank the prefects who preformed their the two brothers Mak Kal-hung and dutloi faithfully and well.

SPOINTH.

The interest in the sports, of the college was keen. The interclass football and volley-ball competitions I am glad to learn from the One of the great advantages of hay- were entered into by all the classes. Headmaster's speech that Queen'sing a large number of classes is that College is now getting back to nor- these competitions can be more en- mal conditions and I congratulate thusiastically engaged, in. Personal- both masters and boys on the workly I much prefer the Inter-class xyz. done in 1926, especially on the ex-te any inter-school or outside competitions. On this system, more cellent matriculation and senior than half, and perhaps the whole, local results, which surpass all pre-of every class gets certain exercise, vious records. Mak Kai-hung.and and practically none of the evils re Mak Kai-chum obtained very high rise. When there are inter-schoul sulting from the inter-school systent marks and congratulate them contests a few boys get far too much warmly on wining, each of them, training nod exercian while the rest a King Edward VII scholarship at get practically none... the Hongkong University.. I wish also to thank Mrs. Minett, the Medical Officer of Schools, for the excellent work which she has done. in this school and in other schools of the Colony, ?

ESPRIT DE CORPS. -

During the kommer months we had our fench pienics - for bathing Some of these were whole day exeur afons, some for the afternoon In these outings practitatis the holy school took part indulging in that

most enjoyable and natural of pas times Unfortunately, owing to the fact that the V.R.C. could not lenil us the winning baths we were un able to have our annual aquatic sports,

We had our annual tennis match

between the staff and boys and also a 'ping-pong match, In the tennis the staff won but this decir well reversed the ping-1

in

Was wore

encourageu arranged

WILS

an

with

In view of the brilliant results of

Mak Kal-cham and their closeness of marks, on the total result, the trustees of the Morrison Trust Fund have kindly ́awnrdod two Senior Morrison Scholarships instead of one.

In the Junior we obtained 22 passes with 8 distinctions out of a tion. total of 61 who sat for the examina-

Before leaving the question of the work of the year. I should like to thank the staff to whose con- stant work and painstaking efforts these results due. Anybody closely acquainted with tonching knows that good satisfactory results hro not the work of chance merely, but mean for the teacher unremitting work and often drudgery. may mention that the two best pupils Mak Kal-bung and Mak Kalcham have come up right through the college from the very lowest class, '

——— MATRICULATION BUGGESTION.

A bot

n boy

I should like here to urge again what I proposed on a different enforced provision of two years be- açension not long ogo-1 mean the tween Junior and Matriculation Ex- aminations. When a boy has passed his Junior Local Examination he is An admirable and very pleasing

not fit or mature enough to take his Matriculation the next year.. feature in connection with Queen's

The Vice-Chancellor of the Univer College is the loyalty and devotion

sity has complained that some of the passed the to the school shown by its former¦

students who have

not sufficiently Matriculation were pupils through the, Old Boys' As-

well-grounded to proft to the full sociation. This esprit de corpa in Cricket

by the lectures which they had to school life is most important. It matekes

attend. If we try to stop from taking the Matriculation Ex- has helped to build up the fame off outside teams, but I regret to irom

the he British public schools and it any that cricket like tennis is conf-amination immediately after

Local he simply to another

goes to ean render services as valuable to cd almost exclusively to

and takes the examination the cause of education in the Far Chinese boys in the seoul-the Chinehoul from

there. If the Univeralty in ese only taking

sisted that East. It breaks down selfishness terest in these games,

unless

the student and it brings home to every school- We had our annual sports in presenting himself for Matriculation could produce a Junior and Senior boy at an early age the fact that March Thanks to the co-operation he is part of an organized society gathering was even more, successful

of the Old Boys' Associatim the certificate he would have to pay $100 entrance fee all difficulties would be that his aim mist always he than formerly. In previous years the

obviated. the welfare of the whole society in Old Boys' Association had no an

atch which he aves rather than his own nuat cricket match or football match individual profit. To the school with the present boys, but, this year boy the honour of his school should they decided to attend, and take part the schools in provision of stuf

the school sports numbers but they they attend they very generously provided tea. and cakes for the whole school. As

AR my opinion the foundations of University education in the Colony previously the Old time

ion had given two new would be immensely bonefited thereby.

the

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only a short

in

very

large

the non-

half-hearted

only did

Boy scholarships to

in and Trang Chung liege i the Ng ind like on behalf of the

ships, 1 should

iate For all those who had FAL pissed the Junior and Senior Local Examinations the Matriculation fre would remain as at prosent. This would involve little arganisation

for

class near the top of the school: but in

an extra

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TWOFOLD. AIM..

We have made very few large al- Staff and boys to thank the Presi-terations in the curriculum of the ent and Committer of the Aumeio- College or in our ideals. Our aim is tion for their constant support and twofold.

must teach thaso

perennial interest in the welfare of elements of language and its stree this college in all its activities. I tare and of number and calculation may say, too, that practically all the on which social communications are money for these valuable prizes to

and social intercourse made. be presented to-day comes from the generosity of Old Boys' most of whom tary

Through these the elemen are enthusiastic supporters

virtues must

taught. of the Ordinary Old Boys' Association.

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STUDIES AND EXAMINATIONS,

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of honourasty and the propriety

action and truthfulness are often better taught from a len Bon in Arithmetic or Algebra than direct disquisition on the subject.

The sermonic method is notoriously a failure.

A

The Head Master read his annual report as follows:-Your Excelleneg, Mr. Wood, ladies and gentlemen The total number in attendance dure

the

year was 537 as against. 789 is 1926. Except those admitted to Class 8 practically all the new boy admitted were from the Government District Schools to divisions of Clusa 3. Of the new applicants for ad mission, I accepted about 00, 10 be- ing to division of Cluss 8; the others to different classes that were not al-

We have not given op examina-from ready full. Of the remainder, thirty- one were rejected ng unsuitable in tions. Much, of course, can be said their knowledge of Chinese and about against there. I remember when in

The second part can bo begun with ten others rejected for their lack in my college days sometimes com English or Mathematics.

plained to my tutor of all the wretch-up. It extends through left. Boys We received two additions to the ed examinations. With a twinkle in leave us before they enter into the Anglo-Chinese staff, gradunten from his eye he used to any "He gar s

full appreciation of any Literature the Hongkong University, Afroxetastos bing oy bielas anthropo," their own or a foreign one. But wo endeavour that so far as they Cheong Wai-fung, B.A., and Mr. translating it, "A life without exam-

exam alwaya not worth living." In a brouch it Chan Cheuk-wa, B.A..

embued and at the

will get

with Yau- large college like this no other sye-

these beginning of March, Mr. sheurg. In June we received Mr. tem in so uniformly fair and free our items from their own and which mellow and Wong Nim-cho, Towards the end of from abuse as a well-conducted ex- which life becomes drab and poor but which inspire those hioals without the year we received Mr. I. G. Mor. araination.

. ຈ gan, B.Sc., fresh Arrival from

half-yearly examination in guided by which we gain "the rapture At the England and Mr. D. M. Richards, the lower school we examined 269

of the forward view" and look for- B.A., and Mrs. G. Stubbings rotura boys: out of these 268 passed. In ward to that era: ing from Home leave. These came the upper school we examined 194 so late in the year as to make it of whem 120 passed. inadvisable to before the New Year.

sation for them

The total number of school days w 226-just about the average of former years. The average daily at tendance way 452 or about 81% This was better than the previous

yeur.

:

HEALTH.

The increase in the percentage of attendance is on the whole a very Kool sign. "It is use of the best tents of the health of the school. For although some of the absences are not due to ill health a good average attendance implies that the health in not bad.

We had no epidemics of any kind during the year most of the sick ness being transient ailments such

JEN

A Folds or fever which are so catch- |

one of the

In the annual examination at the close of the year in the lower school we examined 275 Boys of whom 236 passed in the upper school, 113, of whom & passed,

the fact that there was

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This is a somewhat smaller per- centage of passes especially in the lower school than in farmer inqual examinations,

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the Perhaps examina- tions were a little more searching. Perhaps also it is partially due

only one Burojen teacher in the whole lower school. In former years there not less than three and sometimes в Есторени four. The absence of voice though not noticeable perhaps in the immediate results eventually affects considerably the quality of the students.

'GRAMOPHONE LESSONS.

were

It the

When wise from all the foolish I'nat, We perseventure hail at mæt The advent of that marn divine When nations puy as foresta xrow Wherein the ok hates not the pine, Nor beretes wish the ceduris.NDE, But all in their unlikeness, blend Confederte to one golden end Heauty; the vision whereunto. In Joy, with pantings' from afar, Through stud and adour, form and hur, And mind and clay and worm in Star- Now touching you? now backward hurled- Tuile the indomitable world.

PRIZE LIST,

The prize winners were as follows:

SCHOLARSHIPS. Senior Morrison Scholars:-Mak Kai-hang and Mak Kal-cham. Blake Scholur:Ku Pak-mi. Senior Belilios Scholar:-Omar Hassan.

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Composition Prizes-F. 80, Ho INTERPORT FOOTBALL.

Hung-chin; C. 3A, Ho Hung-yon.

Wright Scholar:-Mak Pak-kin. Ilo Tung Scholar:-Fau Koon-tat. Ho Kam-tong Scholor:-Tso Porshe. Lee Hy-nan Scholar-Wei Hee, ing, ut the change of the seasons. In order to try in some measure Junior Belilios Scholar-Woo Yuk

Defective eyesight is.

to rettily this introduced through fan. most frequent complaints of the out the lower school the gramophone Lugned ScholarChau Kwok-sik

SPECIAL TRANSLATION PRIZES. Chinese, As compared with Euro-lessons in colloquial English designed Junior Morrison Scholar:--Sung,

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Grade 1 (Class 1 and 2)-E, to C., pean children the shortalghtedness by the Linguaphone Institute, These

Full Government Scholars: Wong Kai-hung (F1). (myopia) of the Chinese children is were a great help. They are not of

Li Kai-yeung (F. 2); 0 to E, Mak quite noticeable. The Chinese writ-cours equivalent to a human voice Wing-sin, Teul Hin-wa, Tang Pak-lau,

Grade 2 (Class 3)-E to C., Wong ten: script and poorly printed text but is staying power and repetition Young Wal-wn and Tong Shin-chel Wing-hang (C. 3A); C. to E., So Kai-

blamed for this." Short- they win. I

Government Scholarsä

sang (FSA), sightedness, I am told, is made not commend them to any Chinese who Wai-ming and Li Haui-sc.

Grade 3 (Classes 4 and 5).-E. to born. I do not believe this. When

wish to make themselves proficient Alfred. May Scholar-Leung, Wong Hung-wa (E); O. to E., the boys come to us (about 10" or in Erglish and who have not the Kit-tang.

Teu! Hin-wa (43). A. W. Grant Scholar:Le Chl-kai. 12 years of age) they have done no opportunity of constant daily la- English. The Chinese text booka tercourse With a European teacher. Ho Wing Scholar:-Leung Kwong- have big well printed characters. Clases 1 and 'do not take any teni. The only text books that could be annual examination in this college Ho Iu Scholar:-Fung Kam-ho. complained of are the commentaries but sit instead for the Matriculation, Ho Kwong Scholar: Tam Chun- on some of the classics used in the Senior Local, and Junior Local Exam. Matriculation class; but I can assure atainations: and I am pleased to be T K. Dealy, Scholar-Chan Hing my hearers that no boy pours over able to say that at the Matriculation woo. these commentaries, to such an ex- and Senior Local Examinations we

Ng In Scholar: Lai Li-ying. tent as to injure his eyesight. The havo come up to, and in many re E. Ralphs Scholor:-Kwok Kam cause is deeper. My own belief in spects surpassed, all our previous tun. that the high zygomatic arch of the records. We obtained 10 pusses in

Trang Chung Scholar-Lal Kum- Chinese which is partially respon the Matriculation and four in the tong. sible for the almond-shaped appear- Senior Local out of a total of 28 ance of the eye in some cases presses who aat. Four of these were putsan.

total on the eye so as to impair vision in the honours list, with There is only one consolation in of fourteen distinctions.

again

Kong Ki-fai Scholar:-Chan Shiu-

SPECIAL PRIZES.

E. Ralphu Head Prefect Medal Hu Pak-mi.

Machell Memorial Prize:-Omar Hassan.

SPECIAL CHINESE PRIZES, lat Frizo.-Pun Kam-man (49). 2nd Prize-Tam Kam-shau (F. 1) 3rd Prize-So Kai-sang (F. 3A). 4th Prize Wong Kung-fat (C. 1) and Tam Yuk-taur (F. 8).

We regret we have no room to include a further long list of English and Vernacular class prize winners,

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·NORTHERN CHINESE TÒ : ENGAGE SOUTH

CHINA.

Coinciding with the arrival of the Shanghai interport footballers, A term of Shanghal Chinese represent-- ing East China is due to arrive in Hongkong and will play a series of matches with local teams, including an interport between East China- (Shangliqi), and South China (Hong- kong).

The tentative programme, all ground at 4 p.m. each day, is an fol- matches to be played on the Club

jows:

East-

Feb. 3: Southern China ern China.

Feb. 6: ern China.

Feb. 9: Southern China and East-

Club de Recreio v. East-

ern China. v, Army and Navy.

Feb. 12: China v. Interport XI of Hongkong.

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Hwa Club), C. W. Chon (Loh Hwa Club), P. T. Lee (Loh Hwa Club) Vice Captain, Li Wel Tong (Loh

The visiting team will be Hwa Club) Captain, and K. I all this. Defective vision. sometimes The King Edward Scholarship,

Chen (Trinity Club).-"

CH. Ho (Trinity Club); Y Y Koen with brains above the average. much coveted distinction has

Reserves: George Chow (Lok Voong (Loh Hwa Club and Lau Three of the cloverést students we come to this college for the third have had in this College in the last time in its history. But this year.

Ellie Bros. Prizes for Mathematics: Hwa), H. Liang (Loh Hwa), Pang Kau (Lob Hwa Club); Z. H. Mao twenty years have had very defce- we have been twice blast, receiving-Class 1, Mak Kai-hungs Class 2, Wah Hing (Loh Hwa), L. K. (Trinity Club), V. H. Blen (Loh tivo eyesight The Government at both King Edward Scholarships To Posho.

Tsoong (Leh Hwa) and Z. W. Lee Hwa Club); Y. K. Hu (Lah IIwa great expense and trouble has the unique record as far as this college

G. Leong Prizes for Compost (Trinity). Manager:-Mr H. C Club) and Leung Yuk Tong (Loh vision of all boys carefully examin is concer

concerned. The lucky

Hess 1, Mak Kai-hong: Class Yu.

(Continied on Previous Column.).

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Wei Hee; Class 3, Fung Tin-you, U. Ramjahn Prize for Literature:--- Mak Katcham

recipients tlon: ed and glasses provided for defecaro Mak Kai-hung and Mak Kal. tivca.

cham Two of the honoursmen, Mak: Kal-hung and Omar Husson, have also qualified for the valuable Stu Discipline and morals generally, dontships-In-Training Scholarships closely bound up as they ars with under the Education Department

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