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The proceedings ended with cheers for the Governor and Lidy Lugard.
BELILIOS PUBLIC SCHOOL.
GOVERNOR DISTRIBUTES PRIZES.
Mr. WOLFE then read his annual report, few general prefacing this, however, with a remarks. He mentioned that last year was the first year in which the scheme of dividing the English and Anglo-Chinese sides of the school began, but it was not entirely successful, and possibly certain provisions would have to be introduced into the scheme for next year. | Belilios School was in a noisy neighbourhood, and the headmistress and her as-istants were greatly tard by these noises and although it was impossible to stop them altogether be hoped they would be minimised as far as posible in the new year.
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
bere when they leave sel.ool cannot read English callancy p escuted the prizes to the ancoessful | Shewan W. G. Humphreys, H. Humphreys scholars, many of whom then gave recitations. ¦ E. Shellim. A. J. Raymond, See Woo, Lau, boks, it is obvious that whatever they learned Mr. BIDWOOD on behalf of the school | Chu-pik, Ho Fook, Ho Tang Fang Ws-chun, | her · as young children, they cannot extend in Council, the staff sad the scholars, thanked His Chan Sia-ki, Messrs Butterfield and Swire, after lif· the knowledge they acquired. Belilios School was foundelin 1890, and it was founded Excellency and lady Lagard for attending. | Jardine Matheson & 'o, Gibb, Livingston & He was sure both pupils and teachers had taken C, Linstead and Davis, D. Sassoon & Co., chießy for Chinese girls, but at that time there were no rɑhnols for noa Chiasm, and cons*. he rt
the eminently good advice Sam Wang & Co., Johnson, Stokes and Master. ten 'ered by His Excellency to keep the form Hughes and Hough, Bradley & Co., Nord-qu atly a large number of non-Chiness giris orm to this school. In the year 1899 the of the schools in this Colony up to the standard | deutscher Lloyd, Donglis Lapraik & Co..
on the Eglish sid, reno ed the of the public school form at home. He could Nippon Yasen Kaisha. Line Crawford & Co., nambers
ock Hing & Co. maximum of 185. About that fima and later pay for the staff that they would endeavour to Tak Cheong & Co., and
wamber of other wohn's for non-Chinesy do so, and they hoped to show Their Excellen-
opene', tha Diocesia Girls School, the Kow- cies next year that not only did they appreciate
loon Girls School, two French events and their attendance, but could also take their
others. The result was that year by year the advice.
numbers on the English side støvdily dormas d antil last year there was a meximam of 82. This year, it is frus, there his bugs maqsudarab's increase, bu' for my owu part I shoa'd not bi sorry to see te sohol revert to the intention of the original fonoder and becʊmi a school primarily and chiefly for Chines › girls. I here Allu led to the larg+ inore (8) in the numbers, but voɑ m et remember that it is not merely of nam'wrs that WB desire. an increase I should indeed be very sorry, I shou'd d-plore 10 incre8 if it meant that the s'and ird was not maintained The aid rahools depen! for their grant on their standard of efficiëney, a id * must sea to it that th- Governm at schools di pot fall blow, but steadily incrase their tanlard of efficiency from year to year. The report< which we have just heard from the head mitress and the Inspo of 80100ls are on I am vlad to the whole, I think, satisfactory hear that the girls are now being langht plain sewing and outling ont in allition to fancy work and embroidery. I think also that a greater interes might be taken in the study of higiena, aal I am sorry to see the Inspector of Sebnos did not repɔrs vary favourably on the subjot. The term hygiene is a lingvon, and in du les mur s thị 0's.
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The annual distribution of prizes at Be'ilis Jan. Pablic Folool was presided over 21st by His Excellency the G vernor, who was accompanied by Lady Lugard. There were gented with them Captain Fleming, extra A.D.C., Mr. A. J. Brackenbury, private secretary, Mr E. D. C. Wolfe, Inspector of Schools and Mr. Tatc`er, head in stress of the Belilios School. Baforbe proceedings opened a small pupil presented Lady Lugard with a handsome b nquet of fl wers, Hr Ladyship graciously returning thauks. The pupils, who were lined up on the stage, then went throngh which Mrs. Some nursery rhymes, after Totober's annual report was real by the In- spector of Schools as fllows: —
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An excellent display of music drill was next given by the pupils and much admired by all present, the manner in which they went through the various exercises showing that they bad reached such a stage of perfection on y by arduous training and long instruction on the part of the feachers.
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who intend to take up the profession of xa citary engigeers. Bat the study of hygiene of the homa and le giene of the parso i are in my op nion eminently subjects to be taught to girls. I osa onno-ive of no b the obj ote than to teach girle the vilas of fresh air and light in thair homes, of th⋅n os sity of oleanliness in and of th¬ their persons and siter und ngs;
h nefits to bɩ derived from pure water, and rm cle·nliness in their preparation of food. These things, ladist and geo:l meo, I think are matters which can eminently form a subject for the in traction of girls, and I may especially ben I think it has for Chinesa girls. recognised now among the principal classes of schools in Europe that the freatment sad care of infan's form a valuable subject of
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His EXCELLE CY, b-fore distributing the prizes said-Ladies ani gentleman, You will, I am sure, agree with me that a very special interest appeals to the schools for girls in the Far Fast, and I am very glad to find that in Honek ng this matter has received special We have many schools aider the attention.
"Fairlea aegis of two grest Christian creeds as Your Excellency, Lady Lngard, Ladies and and other schools under the Protestants, and nder the Romin Cat olier, Ge t'emen. The following is the 17th annual report of the school. The s'aff of the English T.ere are also some 5t vernacular school which are subidised by the Goverom nt, and the mi and Anglo-Chinese Divisions is the same ns for the previous year. In the Chines› Division jority of which are for girls; but Belilios Public School is the only school established by the there has been one obange among the assistant
Government for girls and it is by far the la-grat, masters, and an extra ne dlework teacher has been appointed from the beginning of the year. and I think furiber that it should set the The aftendance shows a distinct improvement | standard for all the rest. The Chinese oom- on that of last year, the daily average for 1907munity have not re' entirely shaken off the education of being 108, as against 82 for 19 6 in the English | prejudios against the higher
and since in that term is included Department, while in the Vernacular Division it is 237 as compared with 197 in the previous the study of English, the Government has year. Of the 10: new scholars admitted during made a concession in this matter, and that the year, four were of English nationality, 63 is the endowment of a Government school in
To Chinese, 25 Portuguese, and 10 Eurasian, which the medium of instruction is largely Chinese. The average attendsuc during enoon age a longer after dance at school a change has been made in the arranging of the the past year we have just beud was 311 in all. five free scholarships. Instead of having these Out" of that number over two-thirds, namely competed for annually they bava ben made to 233, were included in the cernsoular side ; of extend over four years, thus taking a pupil fram the remsiuder, on the English side the number Class V.B. to Class I.A. and new sobolarships was 108, while some two-fifths were in what are to be awarded as the original ones fall the Inspector of Schools called the Anglo Chinese side-that is to say, Chinese girls who vacant. It is naturally too early yet to eak of the success or otherwise of the experiment. are instructed in the English language. It has With a view to encouraging the girls attending been my pleasant task in every school I have the District Sohoo's, and at the same time to visited during the las' few daya to congratulate induce them to take up the study of Englah, both teachers and pupils on a large increase in
numbers during the past year. and I three free scholarships of one year's du-s'inn
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to congratulate Bilio were awarded in the beginni gof 19 7 to the dux glad to girls ia District Schools numbers 33, 60 and 69 | School also on a is ge increase during the past Thenglish side las inorested from 52 The pupil frem No. 60 failed to put in an 1 year. appearance here, but the other two have fully ; to 18, about 24 per cent, and the vernaculir
favour, and hare appreciated the
mide | side from 183 to 233 about 20 per cent.
onfess it would give me very much groster satisfactory progress. New nominations «hould be made at the end of February. The pleasure if I could congratulate you on a larger amination
Du ber of transfers from the vernacular to the A ve for the
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· awarded through the kindness of Mr. R. E. English side. I am not one of those who ha Belilios Was held in June last, and contempt for the prejudices and beliefs of
nations other than my own, sud so long the prises were awarded according to the decision of the Inspector of Schools.
binis parents desire that their daughters
His Excelle of ten prout d the prisse, and somewhat surprised to receive in February should not be educated in English; but should
then a Chiness girl presented Lady Lugard the belated results of the St Louis Exhibition learn only Chinese, that wish shall be
e to-day in this great with « hands -mely embroid-r-d map of the world held in 1904. For the embroideries then ex. spected. Bat we hibited his school was awarded a silver meda', Empire of Chios that the study of western
and more and diploms of merit An extra teacher of learning is becoming
matter of importanc. Her sons are daily. needlework in the Vernacul r Division has been
in largely increasing Dumbers, ladying a most popular appointment, and the girls are
westora knowledge both in Chins itself now taught to out out and make their own olothes as well as do the usual fias embroidery
and abroad, and here in Hongkong hao. work. The rohool buildings have recently been dreds-indred { may say thousands—are being It is inevit. put in thorough repair and colourwashed educated in western knowledge.
ab'e, ladies and gentlemen, that these boys 19 and printed throughout The very best thanks of the tesobers and pupils are gratefully they grow up wil desire to find wires who NO MO ■mpathy with their ideals and given to the following gentlemen and firms have
with their new knowledge. It is quite true who so kindly subscribed to the Pris Fant Hon. Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G., Hoo. De, I that the education given on the vernacular: Ho Kai, Mosers. J. R. M. Smith, R. side in western knowledge, but if the learners
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daily deplore here I wish you, Mrs. may be greatly deoraan -l. In cher and your staff. nod all you girls, very pleasin' and happ/ holilays, and I hope when I wen you this time next your that - thall be able to singratulate y exo is farther inoresse in the nambers of the noh ml an l on an increase in the amoiency of the sin idari, and I hope siso ou the inors of tranglera from the Chinese to the English side (sppina e)
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which we worked in Chinese silk. On it was inscribd Perated by the Cliarse girls in Blikos Public 8shool sa a son venir of this priso giving, sad of their gratitule to Lady Lagard for so kindly being present.
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Lady Lugard thanked the girls very mucb, anying that she would always value their prout highly. It would alwa ́s remind her in England of the schools of Hongkong, which would be very pleacat fɔr her to remember.
A rule of tanks to Their Exosilencios propoved by the Inspector of Bchools was carried by acclamation, end_the_proce diagu ended with the singing of the National anthem.
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