In the annual St. George's Society examination, ther results of which were released last Wednesday, the first two places were taken by girls, who were 43 and 25 marks ahead of the nearest boy entrant's total of 719 marks. Miss Mary Josephine Colter, }of the Sacred Heart Convent, headed the list with 762 marks, second place being taken by Miss Rosalind EMe Cooper, Cathedral School for Girls jand third place by Master Archibald Harold Comfeld of the Cathedral [School for Boys.
Under the ter 1s of the examina-ion, the Lancastrian Scholarship was Brig. F. S. Thackeray, ps... a1.c, 4.0. Commanding the British Forces in Shanghai, has forwarded the following letter to Mr. H. E, Arnhold, Chairman of the Council, in connec: tion with his inspection of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps:— nett have the honour to forward herewith a report on my Inspection of. the Shar Volunteer Corps, which culminated in the march past on Saturday, April 18, 1996.
"The Commandant has always given me every opportunity throughout the year of being present at the training. the Corps training. I have taken. advantage of this by visiting the units during evening drills and being present "at one of the Sunday exercises In the West ern District. have found the training to be thorough and. the members of the Corps to be very keen and to have a sound knowledge of what ts required them in case of emergency.
"The additions to the Staff have ensured "that training "is made Interesting as possible, and have help-Battalion Commanders to organize their training s0 as to preclude unnecessary waste of time.
"The attendance at the march past was highly creditable. © "The. turn-Sut and' march discipline was) ex:
"I have had an opportunity of inspecting the headquarters, the lecture Tooms, and all administrative and storage arrangements. These are mirable and the preparations for emergency are. very. thorough and worked out in great data awarded to Miss Colter. The Girls'
Scholarship (St. George's) went to Miss Cooper, and the Boy's Scholarship to Master Cornfield.
The inaugural meeting of the British Universities Society was held jon Thursday evening in the Cathedral Church House, when former members Cambridge, London, Edinburgh, Durham, Aberdeen, Leeds, Dubli SheMield, Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow Universities were present. Professor A. Barker presided, and, in his opening remarks, stated that they had met to discuss the proposals put forward by the committee appointed to deal with the subject of the constitution. He would like to point out that it was not the intention of the Society to usurp the functions of existing Societies, but rather to supplement them. That there was a need for supplementary work he was, convinced, and the suggestions put forward by the committee were a sound basis for their activities. They wanted to ce-operate with other bodies, and not oppose them, He had already had instances of how the Society could prove of value to the members, individually and collectively, and, as the Society grew, its usefulness' to the members would develop accordingly.
The Rev, J. L. Brown said he would like to pay tribute to the services rendered to the Society by Mr, Kearney, of Liverpool Univer sity, who had drawn up proposals, based on the rules and constitution of the National Students Movement at Home, and it was those proposals the committee had discussed and now placed before the members. He also wanted to stress the point that. they were not out to oppose other bodies, but wanted.to ce-operate with them.
A Reference Library 'A motion was carried to increase the objects of the Society to include endeavour to found, or seek support for a reference library Shanghai, which could be used by the members. The proposer pointed out that a good reference library was not available. was also decided that the representatives of each university should endeavour to find out it former members had formed a University Society in other parts of the world. Tt was felt, said the proposer, that, if these societies did exist, they' would prove a medium for members of this Society should they be moved to other parts of the world.
The following were elected a commiltee:—President, Professor Barker (Leeds): Vice-Presidents, Mr,
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