Head Master in making his report for the past year said—M" Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, Those of you who are well ae. quainted with, and interested in the. Cathedral Schools will realize how difficult it is to give an adequate report on the School on this occasion, Owing to various reasons there was no prize-giving hold last year, and in the late part of the year owing to the war round Shanghai, the School was com: mandeered for S. V. C, billets, ana fits work suffered very severely.
Thix year has also been one of extreme difficulty. The Easter term witnessed the usual exodus of boys leaving for England to enter the various Public Schools, and it was with very depleted num: ders that we started the Summer] term. Then early in May, Mr, Graham-Barrow, who had been charge of the School since 1913, left for England, and as you know the troubles of May 30 broke out, so once again the School became Volunteer billet, and the work in June, including the half yearly' examination, had to be carried ea the Church House and the Deanery drawing room, which the Dean and Mrs. Symons very kindly! placed at our disposal, so we had to adapt ourselves as best we could, end the term's work was duly com: pleted. And hero I wish to record my appreciation of the splendid] support, and assistance given me by} Mrs. Van Bergen and Miss Ness Guring this very difficult time, they were both ready and willing to do anything to assist in keeping the school going, and they enabled us to finish the term as well as did,
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