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Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

PLAN FOR NEW ERA IN EDUCATION*

Examination

BRIDE RIDES HORSEBACK

FROM CHURCH

MISS JOAN EDWARDS, 24- year-old riding school Instruc tress, a daughter of Major and Mics. Frank B. Edwards, of Gulpher-Lodge, Felixstowe, rode on horse-hark from St. John's

Church, Felixstowe, recently lier mariage to Mr.

after

«Richard Hilsden, of Ipswich. She wore a hunting coat with yellow ruling breeches, Mr. Hilsden was also in riding kit. Six horses in pairs headed by alt glat on a pony escorted Miss Edwards to the church.

After the service thin bride swung #gally into the saddle, and with her husband beside her on another home rode to an hotel for the reception.

"As we fell in love on horse- back, we thought it would be Atting to have a horseback wed- ding," said Mrs. Hilsden,

Ming, The Panda, Bites Boy

A boy was bilten recently by Ming, the London Zoo's baby Giant Panda,

wires of her enge.

"Fetters"

To Be Loosed

ARITHMETIC WILL BE OPTIONAL

CIRCULAR 1473which may well mark the begin- ning of a new era in secondary education"-was issued recently by the Board of Education.

This is what it proposes:

(1) To make it ensler to pass the

Practical Work

The aim is to bring the school near-

In science children can vain about school certificate examination agricultural chemistry or plant and -arithmetic. for example, they could do gardenlig.

animal biology. For practical work would be an optional subject. | (2) To give much more varieder to life"not to the the boy or girl and practical lessons; and down to som occupation, but to se (3) To make sixth form work so opportunities of their environment."

that is learn to appreciate the attractive that children' will want to stay on until they are

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Every schoolboy and girl will be interested to know what the Board say about examinations.

when be pushed his no through thLoosening Examination Fel- Here (under the heading A keeper went to the regue and ters") are some of the points: Ming released her husid. The boy escaped without mjury-his-kin was hurdly brudtad,

He left without giving his name. The boy WIN 201 the platform around Ming's bandstand home, and when The keepers Attention was distructed, thrust in m inte the makes in an attempt to shoke her.

ile with mshot,

Ming's leeth, though big and trong are not sharp. The panelas are vegetarian.

GROWING UP

Mi

i

rapidly

ELOWIDE

up.

"Available tesson perioits have been largely occupied in getting pupit up to the examination standard,

Au the Board are going to issue a new pamphlet later showing mIDER precisely how this can be done.

Special Courses

Now for the Sixth Form.

"The Board," says Circular 1473. work and more variety in it. "want to see both mare Sixth Form

They feel that a small Sixth Form offers little encouragement In the ordiny pupil to stay on at school --! tuf too often provides little scopy for the exceptionally brilliant by ord

"Individual pupats have been forced to strain for proflciency a subject - "girl." for which they had little aptitude,” Optional Subjects

Now, any the Board, they consider that all pipits should turn English. the foreign Inguage. and mathe matles

The Bord suggert special one-year courses for Sixth Forms, embining special subjects with general educa-

tion.

And bright pupils, whose special desires are not met at their own:

August 30, 1939 Library, Suprema Court,

BUFS

Charlie Wu, 14, Los Angeles high school student, has been supporting himself and his mother with odd jobs around Holly- wood. Brenda Marshall, new starlet, now pledges his education

for next six years.

Britain Builds 90 Air

Bases in Desert

CAIRO. UNDREDS of long-range British bombing 'planes are now standing in a desert depot in the Near East..

But they need not offer all three school, may, it is suggested, be trans- for examtiation.

"There is," add the Board, "anan he catered for.

H ferred to nother school where they:

Several times she has brown sins of unity for teachers to work out Too Many "Subjects"

her increasing strength.

Girl attendant in the Children's Zoo Wear leather glove. when handling her, because she like to bite their hands playfully.

She is still motared without special guard to her qut-of-Zoo quarters every night.

There is 11tte danger of her be- coming wicked, but even a panda's patience has its limit.

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new ways of teaching French (32 arithmetic so as to make them marv Finally, the Board make an admis- attractive for the boy or girl who de|sion. cides not to take one or the other for the school certificate."

Now about those really interesting lessons.

The board suggest that lessons should be linked up with the environ- ment of the school.

In other words, if the school is in a country area geography can include

local surveys.

At a moment's notice they can be flown to rein- force R.A.F. stations between Egypt and India and

even as far east as Singapore.

They say: "Secondary education has perhaps tended in the past to bej In Egypt, should there be an larger Bombay type of troop-carrier, too much a matter of 'gubjects,' and attack, R.A.F. troop-carriers will capable of currying 24 fully-equipped too little of education."

play an important part in the troops and a crew of 4. Like the on the bembers, these aircraft are being "It should now be possible, in rapid transport of troops planning secondary school work, to outbreak of hostilities in the Western flown out direct from England pay more regard to pupils' needs and Desert. The Valencias are now be less to subjects and examinations. ing replaced by the speedier and

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NINTH ANNUAL

AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION

June-September, 1939 CASH

$250 $250

PRIZES

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SEND YOUR ENTRIES IN NOW CLOSING DATE & TIME:

29th SEPT. AT 5 P.M.

THE ILFORD TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BEST AND SECOND BEST ENTRIES IN THE COMPETITION, IRRESPECTIVE OF CLASS.

Prizes will be allotted as follows: SECTION ONE:

For Story-Telling Pictures.

1st. $30. 2nd. $15. 3rd. $10.

SECTION TWO:

General Pictorial Section: Landscapes, Seascopos, Architectural, Street Scenes, etc.

lat. $30. 2nd. $15. 3rd, 810,

SECTION THREE: Portraits, Informal Close-ups, Human Studles.

1st. 530

2nd. $15. 3rd. $10 SECTION FOUR: Still Life and Table-Top Studies. 1st. $30. 2nd. $15. 3rd. $10. SECTION FIVE: Snapshots taken by children under fourteen years. 1st, $15. 2nd, $10, 3rd. $5.

RULES

The fullowing Rules will govern the Competition:

photo.

The Competition is confined ex- clusively to amateur graphers

2-No employee or member of any Grm in the photographite trade is permitted to compete.

1. The prizes will be awarded to the competitors sending In wint are adjudged to be the best photo- graphs in cach Bection. Each entry must be accompanied by for which will be published during the pertod of the Com- peiition, and which

bo must parted on back of entry, The right to publish any or all of the entries la reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph.

5-All photographs entered must have been taken in the Colony of Hongkong. Photographs which have been already entered in other Competitions are ineligible. 6.No responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of, loss of, or damage to entries.

7--All entries to be either black, sepia, or toned pictures, ond must

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BACK OF EACH ENTRY

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be mounted. Colaurad photo- graphs are ineligible. 8-Pictures submitted in sepia tones should be accompanied by a Emaller print in black and white. -Na pleture to entored in ́ more

than one Section,

10-Mount to be only white or cream, and. except In the Children's Beelion, must be of one of the following mizes:—10X12. 10x20.

11.-No correspondence will be entered.

into In connection, with the Com- petition.

13-Entries in the Children's Bection must bear the entrani's' namin, aga and address on the entry, form, counter-signed by a parent.

the

· 13—Members of the Staffs of the

Hongkong Telegraph and South China Morning Post are not permitted to compafe.

14. The decisions of the Judges shall

bo Anal.

50-At the conclusion of the Com- petition, entries will be returned la competiiors on application at the Telegraph offices within soven day.

SECTION

NAME

ADDRESS DATE

ENTRY FORM'

Plasse um block letters and pasta tile on back of sich Kotry. 11 entered 220 Chlidren's Bedtion, parent please coun tersign hece,

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