The Annual Speech Day of the Pablic School for Chinese took place last Friday afternoon. There was s very attendance both of Chinese and foreigners when the afternoon's programme began in the Hall at 4.30. Dr, J. ©, Ferguson presided, because, as be explained later, the Chairman of the School Committee—the Rev. A. J. yankee, M. doy bad rl to attend Society to Sir Pelham Warren, tamale:
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rely after he had made his speech, On the were Dr. J, O, Fergason, the Rev. A, J. Walker, Dr. T. Richard, Mr. H. A. J. Macray, Mr. Shen Tan. 1d the Head-master, Mr. G. 8. F. Kemp and his staff, The programme opened with the singing of the school song Omnes juncté in Uno," the piano and organ sccompaniments being played by two of the masters. In this, asin all the subsequent songs, the scholars joined lastily, and it may be ssid, tanefally, and they were greeted with well-merited applause.
Dr. Fergason then called upon the A. J. Walker to deliver his address.
The Rev. A. J. Walker raid that each year it was his privilege to say something about the past year's work of the school. There seemed to him to be some special matter for congratulation. He was sare his audience and the boys Part} would agree with him that the matter for particular congratulation this year tras the auto retarn. of the headmaster and principal, Mr. Kemp. Mr. Kemp bad been associated with the school ever since its inangaration and for the past three years and more had been head-master. The school bad made wonderfal progress under his care and management, and he (Mr. Walker) was sure that all the boys, as well as the one others do the mistakes laziness and negligence for others heard, not the imbecile prayer that stand out Do take s pride in being {sith snd throws all the borden on yourself. Stand out against the God. staff, were glad to see him back again.
was also extremely satisfactory that in spite of his absence the school had been flourishing, The attendance durity. There is " plessure even in it, it you have any heart at all. Be li Asa. He is a poor teetotaler who does not feel all the more stiffly convinced he right when wine-flashed faces try to break down his defence, There are wretched people, too, who get ashamed of their church, The church of their fathers and mothers is not fashionable enough.
What poor specimens they are. Boned fowls indeed Strong men pray. Asa and David among generals, down to Gordon, prayed. Oh! what a mistake not to pray. wonder we fall, no wonder evil is too mach for us. Whatever we can do, God can do more. Meeting the forces of evil without prayeriis like an Anstralisn Government leaving its plains to perish for want of water when it knows thet the sinking of artesian wells would raise enough to tarn them into a paradise of smiling fertility. ing the past year bad been wonderfully good and the school had now attained that delightful position where it could pick and choose among candidates for admission, and once that standard was reached success was well-nigh assured. Not only had there been a large namber of applications, but those who bad bad the extreme good fortune to be admitted as scholars had shown their appreciation by most regaler attendance. He was told that in the fourth form the average of
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