The inaugural meeting of the Shanghai Public Manual Sloyd School for Boys was held at the Carlton Cafe on Wednesday, May 13, there being present the Very Rev. Dean Symons, the Rev. C. E. Spencer, Mr. A.' Black (who is financing the school), Captain A. 8. Malcolm, Mr. G. R. Arthur, C. Jensen, Mr. E, P. Graham' Besiow (who presided over the meeting), and Captain Hansen (organizer and instructor of the school).
In his opening remarks, Mr Graham Barrow brought out two! points, vzz., (1) that a sloyd school for boys.in Shanghai' would be a great asset in that it would bring brain and hand work in harmony, and (2) that the school was fortunate in having Captain Hansen as instructor as he had been brought up in a country that developed sloyd and had gone through a complete training before taking his master's certificate.
It was decided that the school should accept both foreign and Chinese pupils and that Messrs. P. Graham Barrow, A. J. Stewart and G. M. Billings act as an advisory committee to the instructor.
Questions to decide on the num-her of teaching hours each week, the possibility of an inclusive fee for each school thus permitting all the students of various schools to attend the manual training school or entrance and monthly fees, and other matters were left over and will be decided upon by the committee named.
The new manual training school, which is housed at No. S. 11 Ning: po Road, and is the first of its kind to be organized by a foreigner in Shanghai. All benches were made by Messrs. Arts & Crafts and all the tools are foreign made. There is accommodation for 40 students.
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