The Archive · 1928

THE "MARY FARNHAM HIGH SCHOOL

Some Aspects of Recent Progress

cosmuncrep By V. P, Tne Mary Farnham igh School, the ¢radle of the writer's mother's sisters' and wife's education, has been growing slowly and steadily within the list few decades. "The yeason why people have not heard about its activities as often as those of other schools in this vicinity is not because it is not worthy of Doing praised, It is rather that it is too humble and modest Heart, so that it has been leading the life of a veritable wall-flower; whereas in reality it is having a silent and steady growth every day. Consequently, the writer of this short article corns ita great pleasure to pen a few lines,—setting forth some aspects of the school's progress The first thing which calls, for: attention is the fact that, whilst) other Christian schools were obliged to close, either temporarily or other-iso, in consequence of the movement against so-called imperialism, the Mary Farnham went on as if nothing had happened to bar its progress. Ten years ago, when the writer chronicled the seventieth anniversary of thix old school, previous to his departure for higher studies abroad, there was not. such A fine, spacious and well-ventilated gymnasium of reinforced concrete now stands gorgeously amidst A village of old shacks and dil dated houses

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