The Shanghai Municipal Council Public School for Chinese held its 16th annual speech day and distribution of prizes last Friday in the Great Hall of the school building at Elgin Road. The pupils were in attendance in full force and there were also quite a largo number of European visitors present for the occasion. Those present were: Mr. Herbert Phillips, o.ve, H-B.M. Consul, the Very Rev. Dean Walker, Mr. G. 8. Foster Kemp, Headmaster, Mr. W. P. Lambe, the Rev. C. J. F, Symons, Dr. S. McGillivray, Mr. T.. G. Baillie, Mr. R. G. Dowie, Mr, A. F. T. Holland, and Mr. L. H. Turner.
Proceedings opened by the singing of the school song "Omnes Juncti in Uno" by the pupils. No report being read this year by the Headmaster, the next item on the programme was the address by Mr, Phillips, Chairman of the Chinese Educational Committee, who said:—
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Speech Day of the Public School for Chinese is this year an event of. considerable interest for the col has now been in existence 18 years. Upon such an occasion it is not, I think, out of place to. review the history of the School so that those of you who are not entirely conversant with its record may be enabled to realize better the considerable part it has played in fostering good relations between the foreign and Chinese residents in this Settlement.
I am dealing with facts chiefly to-day because the Headmaster owing to, his being away most of last year is not reading any report.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.