The year was notable in the number of gifts of permanent value for library, equipment and the improvement of the grounds. The total gifts amounted to more than Me: $5,000, "and. included over 1,000 books for the library, stage scenery from the Senior Class and. the Dramatic Club, furnishings from the teachers, trees and shrubs from the two Municipal Councils, and money for the development of the grounds collected under the auspices of the Parent-Teacher Association to the amount of $2,294.60, every pledge in the campaign having been paid in cash within two weeks.
The average number of pupils High School was 145 and the average cost per pupil Mex. $194.40. The average number of pupils. in the Grade School was 204, and the average cost per pupil Box. $148.21, The report of the business Manager, "Mr. J. M. Howes, was Tiberally illustrated with charts and diagrams, making clear the relation of departmental expenditures and receipts, and the costs of instruction {in comparison with typical American communities both in China and in America, A surprising fact made lear by thie report is that the Shanghai American School ranks high in character, as a boarding and day school, in tt costs it is generally lower than institutions of similar character. "In accepting the report of the business manager, the Board ave special commendation for the thorough and. convincing way in which the report was prepared and presented.
The report of the acting principal, Boynton, reviewed in de-the work of the year, the first the new premises. A record enrolment for the year, 412, equally ded between the commercial. and missionary communities. For. the D first time in the School's history the same teaching. and administrative staff, served throughout the year without change.
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