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ELLIS KADOORIE SCHOOL.

'ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

Ellis Kadoorie School held their annual prize distribution this morning, when the awards were presented to the scholars by the Hon. Sir Shou-son, Chow, who was supported by several local gentle- education men interested in generally and the School in parti cular... Amongst those on the plat form was the Headmaster (Mr. F. J, de Rome)

Annual Report.

In presenting his report; the Head- master said: This is the first prize. giving for three years (since Jan., 1926) and the first at which I have the honour to preside. Under the circumstances, perhaps. I may ha per- mitted during the course of this report to touch briefly on one or two strictly which do not come poin

the review for 1027, The average attendance of 600 before the troubles of 1025 fell to 250 on re pening in September, 1925. Since ther, the numbers have gradually crept up until now it is about 440. Many applicants have been refused admittance to all classes: It was felt that the sounder policy was to re- build the school from the bottoin up classes with casuals rather than who far too frequently are over-age and failures in other schools. This policy, hope, will bear fruit within the next year or two when the great majority of the boys in the top class will have gote right through the school. Since February last year, we have accommodated over 400 boys from King's College and the average attendance was nearly 300. This has somewhat retarded the normal growth of Ellis Kadoorie School-we wer very glad to shelter the King's College boys under our spacious roof, but I imagine both schools are glad to be separate entities again.

of

Within the last two years, may improvements have been effected in the amenities

the building: the sanitary arrangements have been much improved both for boys and staff, the hitherto open class rooms on the top floor have been enclosesi; electric light and overhead fans have been installed throughout; and the atrocious surface of our No. 1 Volley Ball court will shortly be a thing of the past.

General Knowledge,

In spite of the great congestion of last year and with many classes of almost 10-boys, the annual examina- tions held last month show that, on the whole, good work has been done-- examined. 86% passed out of 750

The upper sections of all classes were very good indeed, but I am afraid the san cannot be said of the lower sections. It is significant that these boys are invariably much cider and bigger than the smarter boys of a

lags.

The good results have been achieved with much school time allotted to the silent reading of library books and to General Knowledge Lessons from (a monthly "Pictorial Education"

ledge Lessons are, week both for

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1928.

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT FOOTBALLERS.

Here are the teams from the P. W. D. and the Sanitary Department which met in a football match on Thursday, the former winning by four goals to one. (Photo: Mee Cheung),

educational walks are an essential

"Quality" The Aim.

to explore the island and the New our schools of those we ively oki

PRIZE LIST.

The list of winners of prizes is

Scholarship, 1926.

Lau Chu Pak Scholarship (2nd Instalment).-Poon Ming Cho.

Tai Yau Scholarship (2nd Instal-' mont). Lui Hok Hoi.

part of our curriculum, and I find I note" with great satisfaction that that time allowed off during the the maximum school age for admis- afternoons in which to play volley sion to Class 8 has been reduced to as follows: ball competitions, football at Cause-13, and, if faithfully carried out, this way Bay, to swim at Kennedy Town, will go a long way towards purging leave Territories in connexion with and duller boys who two or three to visit the reafter geography lessons, servoirs, industrial undertakings, etc., These boys, as I stated earlier on, does not react unfavourably on the usually find their level in the lower work in school. Three or four classes sections of a class and cannot keep allowed off at 3 p.m. on most pace with their younger and brighter days to play volley ball; occasionally schoolfellows. They wander about three or four football teams go to from school to school and our influence They Causeway Bay for football, but the over them is of the slightest.

and expense incurred in

only

Acquire a smattering of English and I think are well catered for clse there makes football almost

prohi tive. During the summer months where. Our aim is "quality," about 200 boys went each afternoon, free of charge, to the Kennedy desire to thank the executors ment)-Lok Ping Cho. bathing beach and many boys learned the Inte Messrs. Lau Chu-pak and I regret this will not be Chan Kai-ming, also Mr. Ho Kom- to swim.

for their generous provision of

aro

not

Scholarship, 1927. Lugard Scholar-Lau Ping Kwong, Full Free Scholarships to Queen's Keung, Au Lai Kong. Wat King Tim, College-Chau Nai Chung, Fok Pe Wu K: Lim and Li Tsik Kwan.

NICARAGUA WAR.

ENGLISH INTERPRETER

KILLED.

Managua, Jan. 13. Mr. Roy A. Johnstone, civilian Interpreter with the United States Marines, reported to be an Englishman was killed near San- dino's recent headquarters.-- Reuter's American Service.

Argentine's Position.

Buenos Aires, Jan. 13. A semi-official note states that Tai Yau Scholarship (1st Instal-

if the Nicaraguan question is Lau Chu Pak Scholarship (1st discussed at the forthcoming Pan- American conference la Havana Ho Kom Tong Scholarship (Senior). the Argentine delegation, while Instalment)-Tong Chun Hing.

abstaining from prejudging the Scholarship relations between Nicaragua and

available in 1928. Launch trips round cholarships for which there is great-Lam Tin Sang.

such

Chan the island and round the harbour have

Kal Ming been made; trips on the K.C.R. to competition. With the increase

(Senior).-Chu Kwoon Ip

Mrs. Lau Chu Pak Scholarship the United States, will make a Shim Chun, Taino and Taino Market feen this year it would be very

declaration of principle conform- have

been carried out and from these gratifying if I had more

Il Kom Tong Scholarship (Junior).ably with Argentine's traditions centres the boys explore the country scholarships at my disposal, especial (Senior).-Pang Yuk Chuen.

of respect for the right to self- side; walking pienies over Waag Nei in the lower and middle classes, so thong to Tytan Tuk, and also along that well-deserving boys could com-Li Yung Kwan.

and Ho Kom Tong Scholarship (for government

the indepen- and the various conduits and back by plete our full school course

dence of sister republics-Reuter's motor-bus have been made; and Kow-ventually ra to Q.C. and K.C. with Class G.-Wong Sik Chow, loon residents are indebted to us for the possibility of the University Chan Kal Ming Scholarship (Junior) American Service. completely putting out of action about afterwards. I feel that eight years in-Yeo King Chuen,

dozen old Ford buses in a trip to the schools of Hongkong and Ave ar

Castle

MTA. Lau Chu Pak Scholarshipu, Wong Shiu Chuen, Leung Chun

Peak and Un Long. On one six years subsequently at the Univer- (Junior).—Choi Yat Hang. occasion the whole school went to a sity would so stamp or mould boys 15 film of educational Interest at the to leave permanent marks. This

visited

would redound to the credit of Hong- World Theatre. and Class 4

the Kowloon Wharves and Godowns, kong and to the advantage of China- Taikoo Dockyard, Corney's Glass boys with discipline, ideals, and Factory, etc. Apart from gleaning a desire to remember that character good knowledge of Hongkong and its and service and not self-interest are industries, nil these activities afford the highest things in life.. admirable material for oral end written compositions.

...

The Medical Officer for Schools visited the school on many occasions an, apart from many defects in eye sight, reported favourably both on the boys and school premises. Over 700 boys were vacinated at the school in March.

1

Government Scholarship.

Class & to Class 4-Lau Ting Chak. Class & to Class 6.-Mak Chouk

10.

Class 7-6-Cheung Kwok Hung. Class 8-7.-Sze To Fook.

Special Prizes.

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beg to express our cordial thanks to Sir Shou-son Chow for distribut- ing the scholarships and prizes to-4A-Chau Nal Chung. day. He thereby returns good for evil, for I regret to say that some of our football enthusiasts broke one or two of his windows during the summer and on occasions disturbed his post-prandial nap. In addition to

have already been given

"GA.-Mak Cheuk Hon.

TA.Chung Wing Kwang. BA-Abdulla Mustafa.

English Prizes..

Wa, Cheung Yuk Wong and Im Kwan Kun.

English prizes were won by King's College students as follows:-Li Chi Tim, Yu Ping Chau, Clement Long, Lam Nga Kwong, Wong Shing Hik, Yung Yun Man, Chen King Hei, Kwok Pan Kwong, Lo King Sun, Lau Kwong Chung, Kung In Chik, Pal Chik Kuen, LI YIK Chung, Cheung Chok Kwan, Ma Shiu Chung, Lo Ying Pui, Au Kwoke Wai, Lee Choung Yu, Li Kim Woon and I Chung Lal.

Chinese Prizes.

The following students won Chinese

In addition to the above, English. prizes:-Lo Kung Wing, Lui Chun

of admirable picture photo- ps) and from the newspaper for the top class. The District School Syllabus has also been considerably Lightened up. The General Know-

am glad to say there have been the Scholarships and Prizes to be prizes were won by Wu Ki Ming, Wu Chung, Mek Che Wing Fang Yuk T the most

very few changes in the staff during distributed to-day; Prove Ki Chouk, Wat King Tim, Chow Hing Chuen, Laa Tin Chak, Cheng King- the year. Old boys of the E. K. S. Certificates have done well at the University this Year and a number of them have graduated.

The Boy Scouts (6th. Troop) is not a very flourishing organisation; it is difficult to get boy to join. At Tsing Ming they had a camp at Sai wan with Mr. Leung Kim-alu charge.

to boys in all Classes who obtained Cheung, Tung Wing Ki, Chiu Fat, shing (K.C.), Mak Cheuk Hon, Chot

set

lar lessons of the teachers and taught; at the recent examinations questions were set in all

on topics outside the classes books. The horizon of our lowest by enlarged classes was also geography lessons on dress, houses, habits, etc., of Eskimos, Red Indians, ete and these were re-inforced by simple dialogues, for the composition of which I am indebted to various European members of the staff.

School Libraries.

The Libraries, under the general supervision of Mr. Lo Wai-kwan, have been kept in splendid condition in Ispite of heavy usage. The English 700 Library for boys consists of

volumes, all within the compass of a. school boy and graded according to class. It is used entirely for silent reading lessons in school hours and many boys read through 9 or 10 books in the course of last year. This" g bound to have a great effect eventual

of English,

ly on the boy's knowled, the habit of and, moreover, rending which is really one of the functions of school. The Chinese Library of 1,200 volumes is

thuch used for home reading A Teachers' Library was initiated two years ago and now boasts CDD volumes, grouped under various teaching subjects. New valumes are added overy few months say, the library is aud I am glad to say,

staff. largely availed of by the

Many new maps, charts, pictures and local photographs have been add- ed recently; also much apparatus for the teaching of arithmetic and object lessons. The

cost of all these and the libraries have been defrayed out

of school funds.

tion

The elaborate half-year examina

all subjects has been abolished

in

as unnecessary and taking up far too

Saturday, January 14th at 9.15 p.m.mach time; the Headmaster's period

"SCENES AND SCREAMS"

Sunday & Monday, January 15th & 16th.

"PLEASURELAND".

Tuesday, January 17th "INCIDENTS

Booking at Moutrie's and the Star Theatre. Prices $3, $2 and $1.

in

tests throughout the year arithmetve been

alctation, composition and and in stories

substituted,

counted towards future will be prizes. All boys in the school get weck many hours of teaching per from a European master or mistress; this will have a very beneficial affect the long run from many points of

view.

Script writing was introduced in the lowest classes two years ago and there has been a marked improve.. ment in the handwriting. The dialo Tues written by Mr. R. E. O. Bird many years ago are still a feature of our curriculum; occasionally they are acted in the hall in costume and H.D. the Governor expressed his ap- proval of them, when he visited the school in March, 1926..

Educational Walks.

Games, drill, excursions by launch. train and motor-bua, swimming and

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75-80 per cent. of the total number Pang, Tit Chung, Chan Wing Tung, Po Cho (K.C.), Yung Yun Man marks. I also beg to thank the Chan Ka Chak, Li Koon Pak, Lam (K.C.), Wong Chi Ping (K.C.), Ho staff for their hard work during the You Hing, Wong Sik Ming, Chau Po. Tit Hung (K.C.), Mok See Hui, Li ear, both in work and play, under Ng Kim Hung, Li Kwan Tong, Tsang Wing In, Lo Hung Sang (K.C.), omewhat trying circumstances. Shiu Cheong, Fok Ying Chung, Pong Kwok Pau Hing, Wu Kwang Kuen reatly appreciate the support I have Shau Tin, Mok Shui Wai, Fung Wing (K.C.), Chau Chung To (K.C.), Yu nd both frem English and Chinese Shau, Abdulla Mustafa, Leung IuYik Keung (K.C.) and Hui Tu

Kwong, Wong Chi Fong, Yeung Ping Kwong (K.C.).

nembers alike.

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