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School Mistresses Say End "Group Exam." System

SUGGEST EDUCATION CERTIFICATES INSTEAD

at

The annual conference of the As- sociation of Hend Mistresscs Brighton recently voted for the abolition of the group system in the School Certificate examination, un- der which candidate must take English, one-language, arlthmetic, and either science, mathematles, us geography with three other subjects. If the system were abolished,

A candidate would have the freedom to take the examination in any Rve subjects.

Miss W. M. Casswell (Edgbaston High School) nald they found that

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1937.

JUDGES ARE ANGRY Because. Whitehall Makes So Many Laws

STRONG

PROTEST

EXPECTED

A REVOLT of the judges

against the making of laws by Whitehall is likely. Behind the scenes, A storm has been brewing for a long time.

It will probably be brought to

really able but perhaps lopsided-a head by the Council of Judges pupils were meeting with failure. Year after year they had the ex-presenting a

strongly worded

The question has been negra- valed by the recent publication

perience of the worthy hard work-protest to the Lord Chancellor. ing girl who just scraped through the examination, while the rently in- telligent pupil, who might gain double the marks, failed to get a certificate because of a bad per- formance in

essential one of the groups.

of another mass of legislation by regulation, and events relating to

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the

One of the those events was “Surely the ideal of our secondary į unusual course taken by GO M.P. Achools,'

she added, "ghould be to who signed a petition to the Minister harbour pupils showing great of Transport praying that some of diversity of gifts, and to give them. his proposed regulations should bu when they leave, a certificate show-annulled. ing that they had profited by that educaiton."

"OLYMPIAN HEIGHTS"

.

WHAT IT SHOWS

In the opinion of the judges-in Mias A. Catnach (Putney Council which they are supported by eminent School) said: "We are on Olympian jurists and others--such an incident heights so far as examinations are slows the unconstitutional nature of concered, for we have not had to the procedure by which a department face any for 20 or 30 years. Would exercises functions appropriate to

so detached and Olympian if Parliament alone, We be

we still had

term-ship,

on with examina- to go un tions--if,

say, at the end of every we had a report on our head and if, overy Ave years, we had to sit for an examina- tion, and found that we could go no further because we failed in one of live

subjects? Mlas

M M. S. Smith (Syden- ham High School) said it was the average boy and girl who suffered most from the present system. they

For many years, Lord Hewart, the Lord Chief Justice. has invelghed against it.

There are now in force 210 Acts and Regulations governing road transport The former are few in number; the vast majority of the laws are contained in re- gulations made by the Minister of Transport,

cover 600

of pages They

clone print and contain 1,775 sections and

could get away entirely from 4,518 sub-sections. They create some- the school certifiente examination thing like 2,000 criminal offences to

she thought they might hope to see which motorists and those engaged

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a right emphasis in education and in the motoring business are liable.

consequence life with a better

in

Miss E. A. Jones (Clapham Coun-

FINES

UFS

MICKEY STEPS OUT-Crown Princo Michael of Rumanin, 'as ho arrived in Warsaw, Poland, for a series of state receptions. Embarrassipent followed when it was learned his baggage had been misplaced. Instead of wearing a brilliant uniform. here he reviews fallsh troops in à sack ault. Polish Foreign Minister Josef Beck, right, and General Gluchowski, left.

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NO PAY

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in

the

During discussion House of Lords last month of the ministers of the Crown Bill Lord Salisbury asked why was it laid down that the Prime

Minister should always be the First Lord of the Treasury.

The Lord Chanceller said the unil- ing, of the offices of Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury was carefully considered by the Cabinet and the Bill embodied their decision. "But," he added, "this does not, In fact, deprive members of the House

from

Prime being of Lords Ministers."

the

ONLY ONE EXCEPTION Lord Salisbury asked why Government had arrived at the con- clusion that the Prine Minister should always be the First Lord of The Treasury.”

Lord Hailsham: With one exception during the past century the Prime Minister had always been First Lord. Secondly, the Prime Minister ought to be the head of the Treasury.

the

Lord Mottistone asked why Leader of the Opposition should be debarred from the House of Lords.

THE DIFFERENCE

this

Lord Hailsham: We have not de- barred anybody in this House from being Leader of the Opposition, but what we have debarred them from is the receipt of a salary as Leader of the Opposition.

Lard Multistone; Why? Lord Hailsham: Because in "Under The Red Robe" (Queen's) slory is translated with tremendous House all of us give our services free. Theatre, to-day).-High class pre- verve, and finely modulated studies in the House of Commons it so hap- sentation of a finely dramatic story. are given by Barbara Stanwyck, pens that they do not give their Lant ty Secondary School), mentioned that

year, in respect of

these Distinguished performance by Con- Preston Foster and Uan O'Conner, services free. In the House of Com- 358,325

motorists

the Leader of the the Civil Service Commissioners had offences,

work in "Cavalcade".

anti Opposition performed difficult sold that they were getting a better Aned £441,450; 134,427 were warned rad Veidt, well supported by a elever the intter being remembered for her mons, he added,

arduous dutles which did not exist type of giri than they needed for the by the police, and tin lower grade work of the Civi: Ser-those who made default in paying

"Afaytime" (Majestic Theatre, to

in the House of Lords. their fines) 415 were sent to prison day).Tuneful, amusing, romantle, The remedy, unfortunately, does "without the option."

this picture is

"lops" omong the not lle altogether in our hands," sold It is the emphatic view of those Jeanette MacDonald-Eddy Nelson has an Miss Jones, "because we have to concerned in the protest that no output is spectacular,

finely contend against

the anxiety of Minister should be given power the engaging story and is very parents to place their girls within exercise of which affects the liberty acted by a strong cast. the safe shelter, as they thinks, of the of the subject; and that any authority Government service, in the belief to make regulations should be strictly that a broad path of promotion lies limited to matters of administralive! before them."

routine.

vice.

were

addition to

cast.

"Plough And The Star" Theatre. To-day). One of the "sur- prise" pictures of the year.

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The

"Night Must Fall" (King's Theatre, to-day).-Emlyn Williams' macabre play, concerned chiefly with strange psychological studies. Presented on the screen with great power and vision, though at times, inclined to

outstanding performance, and both Rosalind Russell and Dame

Whitty handle dimeutt parts with

The Bill was read a second time.

drag. Robert Montgomery gives an WHEN

great skill.

SHY YOUNG MEN

"Livea Of A Bengal Langer FALL IN LOVE

(Oriental Theatre. io-day').Plc-

turesque and convincing, with Gary Young women who find their i

Cooper and Franchot Tone at their

best. This ranks as one of the finest best boy friends somewhat shy fitins ever turned out by Hollywood. need have no fear of being A strong supporting cost includes the thought unmaidenly if they give Inte Sir Guy Standing, Richard Cromwell and Kathleen Burket -

them a little encouragement.

This, in effect, was the advice given by Dr. T. Drummond Shiels when dis- cussing the art of courtship at the summer school of the British Sociol Hygiene Council at Friends House, Euston Road, recently,

AQUARIUM SOCIETY

'TO-MORROW'S MEETING AT SOUTH CHINA NURSERY The next meeting of the Hong- "There is no doubt," he said, "that kong Aquarium Society will be held there have been cases where a shy at 5.15 p.m. to-morrow at the South Iman, who was very much attracted to China Nursery, East Point Hill. in girl, would have been greatly help. Mr. Fan the proprietor and a ed by a little more frankness and mender of the Society has the most honesty on the part of the girl. interesting, and by for the largest, coll:ction of tropical fishes in Hong ventional ideas, a woman, if she is "But very often, owing to her con- kong. The Hun, Secretary will conduct the meeting and give a short attracted to a man, makes a poist of talk on each species of fish

being particularly disagreeable to him seen. It is hoped that all members, for fear that he should think she is especially those who are beginners, running after him. (Laughter.) will attend as they will see tanks "Nevertheless, shy men in matters of troplen, Ashes with beautiful of love need encouragement, and plants seldom seen in Hongkong be- women should not be thought un- fore. Each of the hundred or 50maldenly for giving them this en- tonks will be an object lesson to the couragement within limits, ot aquarist who wishes to have a nent course." (Renewed laughter.) tank with crystal clear water, de- Hightfully green plants and healthy fishes.

Non-members are welcome.

to be

Dr. Drummond Shiels urged that chivalry should be encouraged In the training of boys.

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Two Irish judges found themselves in much the same. predicament as Solomon recently in disputes over the custody of children.

At Dublin, Mr. Justice Hanna ordered the committal to prison of a 60-years-old grandmother, Mrs. Bridget Cummins, of Garnish; County Cork, because she failed to hand over her eight-years-old granddaughter Maureen to the child's father, Mr. C. B. Earle, of Calcutta.

The father, in an affidavit, Iner on the way; from the United said that he married Mrs. Cum-States to Ireland. The mother, Mrs. ming's daughter in 1927 and that Owen Waters, of Brooklyn, New his wife took their child without York, it was sald, had not wished to his knowledge to Ireland from risk the health of her child and had Calcutta. He left India in left the baby with her sister, Mrs. search of his daughter and Mary Ritchie, of Bangor; Ulster. found her with the grandmother,

When the parents wished to take who refused to give the child to the girl back to. New York last year, him.

the uncle and aunt, it was alleged,

A stay of execution was granted had refused to part with the child. pending on appeal to the Supreme Court by the grandmother.

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