Owing no doubt to counter attractions and the heat, there was only a fair attendance' at Thurs-ays tiffin meeting of the Rotary Club, Mr. G, W. Philleo, chairman, requested the meeting to arise and Hand & moment in meditation as a mark of respect for the late Mrs. Vinson Lee, who died on July 9.
H. E, Liu introduced the guest of honour and speaker of the eay, Dr. Paul Hsu, Commis sioner of Education in Greater Shanghai, who spoke on educa Hsu said the problem elocauon in Shanghai unique and very complicated. It is unique, because Shanghai is the largest city in China and the fourth largest city in the world, having a population of over 3,000,000. It hea the largest number of schools and the Jargest number of children of school age, which according the latest census amount to 79,705.
From 1912 up till the establishment of the Bureau of Education in 1027 there was a good deal of confusion, lack of responsibility and disorganization. Schools were run by the hsien, tong and village authorities, Shanghai is now under Jone city government. In 1927. the ital annual expenditure on educa tion was $280,000 for 280 schools and matters were extremely com: plicated.
In 1927 the City Government of Shanghai established the Municipal Buresu of Education of Greater Shanghai with a Commissioner at the head. "This bureau has four ation and estab: lishment "of schools. 2 School amy, 3 Educational research Popular and Social educa-In addition there are also engineering and health experts. ince 1927 when the bureau took cover sll schools the following has been "the annual. expenditure:—1927/28, $41,900 for administration, expenses and $255,305 for schools. 1928/29, $100,000 for administration, $798,009 for schools. 1929/80, total expenditure $1,000,000, 1930/ 31, total $1,166,000 and 1931/32, total "$1,200,000. 'This represents 20 percent, of the City's income and' efforts re being made to increase it to 25 per cent.
"with regard to the sort of work we are doing outside administration, for the first two years we had to organise and teke over schools, and make a careful selec~ tion of Primary school teachers, Dr. Hsu." Every year we hold. an examination of school teachers and register them, In the promotion of school hygiene we have an expert to take care of that, who works in conjunction with the health authorities. We hold summer sessions for teachers, We have 185 Primary schools and five Middle schools and this number is always increasing. A. survey of school children was made in. 1930 for. the encouragement of school athletics. We have established experimental schools where new systems of education are tried out and passed on, also a Normal school for training village teachers, For social education there are 14 ordinary and two central extension Schools, where newspapers and educational papers are posted up for the benefit of the scholars. Popular schools for the education ealture, playgrounds, the of adults and schools for physical
one Nantao you all know by putation and one is being established in Chapel that will be twice as big s the Nantao one—Popular art exposition, promotion of phone-tie "writing, censorship of obscene novels, establishment of library public' school gardens for educat-
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