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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1948.

“I think I'll celebrate the anniversary of our entry into the victorious svar against the aggressora, by clearing out the air raid' shelter."

The

NEW YORK LETTER:

ADOLF'S CAR ON TOUR

By NEWELL ROGERS

NEW YORK, MEHICANS who have driven Hitler's motorcar, now

touring America, do not think much of it.

They say that it windscreen wipern will not work; It is draughty with the top down und stuffy with the tup up; the engine necelerntes poorly and pinks badly: after half an hour's running the driver's sent gets too hot to alt on.

POLICE here now have four aeroplanes. They have

Just bought a hellcopter to help them in low- altitude searching for missing persons in the waterways.: and marshlands with which this city is rimmed. They are also beginning to catch on to the air, trafe control which Britain's police forces have used for years at places Niko Aintree and Epsom Do

Downs.

RA

AMON NOVARRO, once Hollywood's matinee idol, was made fun of fur bis passion for buying land. Lots of what he bought was sandy desert-but he went on buying. Today Novarro is one of the richest men In illywood, is and holdings are immenso-and have Inceared ten thues in value.

JEWELLERS, in conference here, report that the old- Fashioned play gold wedding ring is back in fashion. Hleason, they say, is the growing popularity of the double- ring wedding ceremony. Men refuse to wear anything fancier than the plain gold band.

IGARETTES-345,000,000,000 of them, smoked by Americans during the 12 months ended June 30, worked out at 121 packets of 20 for every man, woman and child in the country. It's a record, but no- body knows how many Americans are nonsmokers,

DEMOCRATIC APPROACH

TO EDUCATION

T

not the

relative

wurn-

to

By DIR.

success or

C. A. ALINGTON

this is a national fault, it is obviously an educational dan

ger, but it is not in the schools that those mistaken values are primarily taught,

I have spoken separately of boy and master; it is time to say a word of the relationship

FRANK BEACH, of Yalc

Duniverally, believes there is us

such thing as the "mother instinct." Women care for babies only "because they were trained with dolls in In- fancy and because society. demands it, he said.

TN HIS NON-STOP campaign for IN Russia programme, Henry Wallace the Presidency on peace-with-

finding time for another cam- palgn.. He Is urging all American women to do what he has done... rive up eating bread. Not for Europe's sake, but because it "ruins women's figures."""

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INVENTOR John Overlander claims to have perfected a gadget he calls the automatic cop to fall hit- A pane of glais. and-run drivers.

TIBERE are two

I wish ings which give to any who may read this puper that I physically; and in a boarding I always remember with between the two. In the last shall appṛmich the subject school his opportunities are from the point of view of the unlimited. English public school (becauso That boarding schools do not those are the only schools of suit all boys is obvious, but which I have first-hand know- most schoolmasters would agree ledge) and that I shall speak of that the percentage for whom them at their best (because they are definitely a failure is what is important is the nature surprisingly small.

But it is actually with the of the ideal at which they aim, boy that we are most concern- failure of attempts to reach. It is obvious that, entire ly apart from the subjects,

which he learns school, he will be given the opportunity of developing his character in contact with his fellows. Thus, his main subject in school is not to Puss gome

pleasure one evening at Eton half-century there has been an in which I was asked to attend amazing change; fifty years meetings of the Plain Song ago real friendship between Society, the Fine Art Society boy and master, though it un- with a strip of lead foll connected and the French

Debating doubtedly existed, was extreme- by a wire to the engine. is fastened In the bumpers. A collision causes rare and suggested rare the glass to crack, the lead foil to Society. None of the members ly

onc aide or

the break, the engine to short circuit of any one of these societics qualities on took the faintest intercat in the other. Today, a boy is excep- and the driver to sit patiently for proceedings of the others--was, does not leave his achool, with

tionally ill-conditioned if he 'he police to arrive. perhaps, unaware

of their existence; but it would never real feelings of friendship for WHEN HARRY RICHMAN, Intent have occurred to any of them some at least of those who have

that the other taught him. societies had'

it..)*

I should maintain that the essence of

the public school aystem is its respect for per sonality, and that must be the basis for all truly democratic, education; it may seem a para- dox to make such a claim for schools which have hitherto catered for a privileged class. but there is little or nothing in the public school system which cannot be, and indeed is not being, successfully reproduced

in

particular ex-

in schools which cater for aâmination,-or- different social class.

in (at least the carly

Master And Pupil stages) to THE personality of the mus qualify

for

ter is as vital as the some parti- personality of the boy, and cular profes- the relative freedom which sion; his first public schoolmaster in task, and his England enjoys is, I know, sure road to regarded with wondering happiness, is

The Very Reverend C. A. Alington is a Doctor of Divinity and of Civil Law. Ho was headmaster of Elon,

England's most famous public school from 1916 to 1933. He has written a number of works on Eton, and schools and teaching generally. He has been assistant master at Marlborough and head- master of Shrewsbury- both famous English public schools. He was chaplain to the King of England from 1921 to 1933 and chairman of the Head- masters' Conference 1924- 1925. Since 1933 he has been Dean of Durham.

envy by his colleagues in other to make himself a welcome and countries. He may develop useful member of the com- methods of his qwn and, if they munity.

old-timer Broadway singer to make a sensational American come back, sails for Britain to mako come-back there he will take two dozen eggs for the King and Queen.

GUIDED ROCKETS AT 19th HOLE

He has learnt to grow up in not a perfect a community, to feel the con- right to exist. straint of a real loyalty to 源 society of which he has been a This example full member; and because he may be ex has been free he has been treme (for happy. There are few things Eton is a very more striking in English life to large school) oversens visitors than the but the prin- affection which English boys ciple is the feel for their schools. They re same through- turn to them with pleasure, out, and the they support them with amaz- enormous--in--ing generosity--and--they are crease in the anxious that if possible their range of sons should follow in their school societies steps; in a word, they have been Na rambling creeper-covered is one of the. happy in their school life. moat marked

and encourag- ing

of

a

Fit For Service

and

By_CHAPMAN. PINCHER

FLEET, Hants.

clubhouse, where golfers once drank after 18 holes, a team of British scientists is trying to find the answer to a vital defence problem.,

Tho

team consists of some

To devise a way of making faster- than-sound anti-aircraft rockets rise

on a radio beam.

4

bo

And that is, so'far as I know, which has been result features

achieved only in Britain education

in those schools in the United during the last States which avowedly owed Britain's finest electronic and radio oď half-century. their origin' to British inspira- | scientists, led by Mr. W. G. A. No doubt the large freedom tion.

Perring. Their job:---- which they enjoy is sometimes abused; but so is God's gift of are successful, no sane head- He learns to oboy, but with freedom to the human race. master will seek to curtail this the reasonable prospect that and there is no reason to sup-

It is believed that this beam could liberty to experiment. He can, he will in time be in a position pose that the Almighty repents having boys in his charge out- to command. He can make, Hia decision. I do not think To some this will seem a foolish be "locked" on to a plane target claim to make, even if it be a dying at any height up to 100,000ft. side school hours, seek to in- without fatal reaults, mistakes that in the present day boys true one. They will rightly say that In this way the missile, carrying a terest them in a variety of sub- which in later life might be often abuse this authority over education should not make happiness high explosive charge, would jects outside the school curri-

object; to that the answer is certain to get within killing range to one another: the danger exists, its disastrous. He can learn culum; though he is of course forget himself, in co-operation but the danger is far less than school education is, in. the words of

clear-the main object of a public of Its turged, limited by outside examinations, with others, and that is a lesson it was, for we live in a gentler the old prayer, to at men for the The Answer? THE SEARCHING WIND" without reason that hot which lies at the root of Chris- age. It is far from uncommon service of God in church and state.

democratle If the Perring team succeeds, they state. this is the beat done, not by will have the Anal answer to the tian morality as well as of all to find cases where juniors have We believe that, in a educational work is done, in social advance. If he has any learnt invaluable lessons from equipping the boy with any one type heavy bomber-the only means of other ways.

capacities of leadership he will senfor boys who really cared of knowledge or adapting him carrying the atomic bomb likely to Ho regards (and I need hardly repeat that I am speak gradually have opportunities of for the good of the house or follow any particular profession, but be nebliable to any nation for many

in teaching him, when young, to years great the school.

live with others as an equal member

Already they have made consider- ing of the ideal) his main func- showing them; as the

It is by idleness that many of a free community, to appreciate tion as being to develop the Lord Halifax said, "the young

ond sympathise with those

of able progress in experiments off the personality of the boys in his gentleman" who is to be a good boys misuse their freedom. In diferent qualities and tastes, and to Welsh Const. Scon, Improved naval officer will be all the bet many cases the exaggerated forget, as far as may be, his selish missiles will be sent for tests on the charge in every possible way———

importance which they attach interests in loyalty to a larger 1.500-mile, rocket rango being built spiritually, intellectually and ter for having served

in Australia. "tarpaulin."

to athletics is merely reflecting society.

Robert YOUNG

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*Note: The public, schools of If he has tastes of his own, the parental attitude and the If, as is undeniably the case, those Sheltered by trees, and with no England, apart from a handful of

guard, the club- long established dey schools in the he will, unless he is very unfor- father who turna first to the results are often not achieved, the obtrusive, police

fault lies not with the ideal itself | house on Bramshot golf course, at largest cities, are boarding schools, tunate, And companions to sporting news in the paper has but with those falliblo human beings Fleet. sull looks, at first sight, lika where for some 40 weeks of the year share and indeed to encourage' nö real cause for surprise if, who try to carry it out in practice any other 19th hole. the pupils live, either in "houses them; for in most large schools his son or in the main school building it the intellectual atmosphere, is averages better than the multi- dividual which is the root of all knows the batting It remains the true ideal, for it is based on that respect for the In- self.. In practice the term nearly always means boarding schools, singularly tolerant.

plication table. In so far as democracy worthy, of the name,

By Ernie Bushmiller

But a radar serial on the roof of the changing rooms gives a hint of Its now role.

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