Hawks" Pott 30 years' ago "in formulating the scheme out of which this school developed it, affords me great satisfaction to be present to-day. T was a member of the Committee which welcomed the first Headmaster of the Public School for Chinese, Mx. W. Sheldon Ridge, who was accompanied by an! Assistant. Master Mr. G. Foster Kemp. After a few years of faithfal service Mr, Ridge retired to to make these schools Bi American but Chinese.
the spirit of manliness at play found in British ps schools and that the humanizing Influences of the American schools are to be highly commended. Schools for Chinese can be greatly helped' by a knowledge" of the chatacteriaticn of these
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