The table was charmingly decorat-with beautiful pieces of Chinese very kindly lent by Dr. Goode. Mr. Duncan MeNeill, the Senior Fast President, took the chair, and (er dinna: vagaled his audience with reminiscences of the club. Then Mr. Clear proposed the health of the guests to which Mr. Fessenden replied. Searening. for the origin of the game of bowls, he was unable to find any traces of it in the Lsible, although the record that Rebecca went out with a pitcher" indicates that baseball was alren popular in early Hebrew times, However, from the records of Hendrik Hudson, Mr. Fessenden was happily able to deduce "that the game of bowls must be nearly as ancient in America us in Shanghai."
Shortly after this valuable pi of historical research, the whole party adjourned 10 the old alley Nanking Road, where the above photograph wae taken; in which connexion, the editor of this paper would like to explain to the few persons who know him, that he wax net suffering from the hospitality of the club, but merely from a constitutional {nobility to face flashlight with composure. Several guests tried their luck on the alley, and then Mr. Prentice was risked to Jbowl the last ball, with the happy result that a double was scored.
Everybody then filed out und Mr. Prentice locked the door for the Inst D time, The iniament was not without its pathos, Apart from sentiment, however, the new premises in Har-LU dean Road, to which all the party row travelled, are certainly u great: improvement on the old. The club has been fortunate enough in obtain such a site, through the good offices of Mr. Harpur, and Mr.
stewardson has built a very pretty alley with commodious quarters. Arrived in a silver key, afterwards presented te him as a souvenir of the occasion, Then followed the first ball bowled along the alley, a generous provision of light refreshments to stay that sinking feeling which invariably sets in an hour or two after a really ood dinner; and—x good-night, {ter a memorable and mort pleasant evening. and ce-operated helpfully advisory enpacity as' well making possible the beautification and improvement of the ground:
'Attention was called in the report to. the School's needs, including gifts to remove the overdraft on property account, and to relieve the burden of interest. A boys' dormie tory building is urgently needed, additional classrooms, rooms for Kindergarten, manual training and domestic science. The salaries of teachers: are much below Shanghs standards in municipal schools, and even more below those for the same type of instruction in. America. Without endowment or government subsidy, it is impossible to increase Invies or facilities, or courses of instruction without a material increase in fees.
Increasingly the Shanghai Ameri can Schools is becoming the focus of American community enterprise, as member termed it, "our most creditable example of the co-opera tion of all parts of the American community." An_ excellent. beginning has been made, but effort must not relax until further support makes possible increased equipment, staff, salaries and facilities for broader curriculum, that it may continue to deserve the statement made by Prof. Paul Monroe on the occasion of his visit in October, that it is the best school for)
American children abroad."
The following are the officers and members of Executive Committee elected at the annual meeting:
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