Presentation to Mr. Foster Kemp: Growth Recalled by Dr, J. C. Ferguson The 28th Annual Speech Day of the Public School for Chinese was held on Jan. 19 in the Assembly Hall of the School, the guest of honour Being Dr. J. C. Ferguson, who was one of the three original founders of the school in 1904, Mr. Gordon Thompson, in a brief troductory speech, gave the school its motto for ' 1933 "Live by Climbing upwards and by learning." The proceedings then opened with 'a very amusing speech in both English and Chinese, delivered by the Senior prefect of the school.
The headmaster gave his report year, in which he traced enter newspaper. work and was succeeded by Mr. Kemp who has had the rare experience of spend a quarter of a century as Headmaster of this School. I count it an unusual pleasure to be included among those who have an oppor~ tunity of congratulating Mr. Kemp upon this splendid achievement, to the credit of the Municipal Coun the pioneers in China iment of a public school.
Chinese community of that time the most active supporter of the new enterprise was Mr. Chun Faiting of the China Merchants Steamry of the school: since the ship Company who took upon och day, which included thy telt the responsibility of raising among hig countrymen a stipulated Portion of the sum necessary for The purchase of a site and the erection of the first building. emerged successfully from this was due to the energies of
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