Interesting ceremonies attended the breaking-up function at the Shanghai Municipal Council Pablic School for Chinese on Monday afternoon, Among the visitors who attended were the Rov. A. J. Walk the chair, Dr. J.
HA. J. MacOray.
The headmaster, Mr. G. 8. Foster Kemp in his report mentioned that the number of scholars now attending the chao! was greater than ever, Doring the summer term the school had a roll-call of 434 scholars, and during the winter term could have added to that number bad there been room, The attendance throughout the year bad been excellent, even when compared with that of schools in England or America, and had on many occasions excorded 97 per cent of the total number of scuulars. In May, Mr. Li Ziah Yang, a district magistrate of Koantang, and a well-known scholar, was appointed chief Teacher of Chinese. and under b's care the Chinese Depar ment had already unmistakably improved, and io time, they felt confident that Mr. Li will bring the Chinese side of the school to a degree of excellence never before attained. Within the last fow weeks the staff of English masters had been strengthened by the arrival of Mr. L. H. Turner, of the City of London Pabfic School, and King's College, The staff now consisted of sixteen masters, one pupil-teacher, and two 1g masters. With the exception of the introduction of bookkeeping and shorthand, there had been little change in the curriculum on the English side, but Mr. Li had considerably improved the course in Chinese,
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