study of essentially English subjects, With a view to encouraging, the such. as history, literature ete, it has been the practice for the past nine years forthe Shanghai Braneht of the Royal Society of St. George to offer two scholarships annually, lone for a boy and one for a girl, to be awarded as the result of com" petitive examinations. The scholarships are worth $100 each and conditions are that the candi~ dates must be children of Englishmen and under seventeen years of age at the date of tle examination. Itis stipulated that the scholarships must be devoted to defrayment of charges for tuition and text book This year the scholarships wet as keenly contested as usual, there'
ing 15 boy and 15 girl candidates, There were 21 entrants from the Public Schools, 12 boys and 0 girls while the Cathedral Schools ied 8 candidates, 5 boys and 3 nis, "At the examinations, held out june 2, Sir Peter Grain, resident fof the Society, Mr. R. F. C, Master and Mr. E. Howard undertook the' duties of examiners. The success ful candidates were Dorothy Mous-ley, of the Public School for Girls, and W. Wolnizer, of the Public and! Thomas Hanbury School for Boys: The President will shortly visit the schools and present the prizes tat winners, Here, police made raid. Both of the little victims were fou
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