To the Editor of the "Nonru-Ciaxa Dart News"
Sin—As I am responsible for the publicity regarding the Blind School Tog Day, 1 want to correct a misstatement made in one or two of the first articles given to the press, T was under the impression at the time that $6 a month covered the cost of Keeping a blind" boy or girl in the Institution for the Blind on Hungjao Road. Mr. Fryer, the superintendent, informs me that' this is the cost food only. The total amount per student including the cost of educa tion and the overhead of school administration is as. follows:
Board $6.00, Dormitory $4.00, Tultion $6.50, Administration, extras, et $450, Total per child '$21.00. from which it can be seen that the actual cost for everything is $21 per month er_child, What could give greater satisfac-lon of a permanent kind than for anyone who can afford it to invest '$21 per month in the education and alning of one particular. sightless lid? Shanghai hands out many Aisappointments to investors. Here is tone investment guaranteed to" pay Aividends of a soul-satisfying character. Imagine the Joy of visiting the school occasionally, and watching the progress of the one child for whom you would be responsible, $250 a year opens the windows of a blind chilld's scull $72 a year feeds a child. $48 houses him. What part will you take in his release from hopeless darkness?
Since the Institution is for the Chinese blind, it is gratifying to know that the Chinese are the frst to come forward in support of the Tag Day on Saturday, The Chinese Women's Club has sent in a cheque for $400, which they will make an annual of tribution, Mr. Wong I-Ting, a well-known philanthropist, member of the Blind School Committee, gave $200 the other day for the Tag day. Mr. H.C. Chen, Chinese Director Education under the S.M.C,, hes distributed 10,000 tags_in the schools cof the city'so that Chinese children may contribute anything from a few coppers upwards, according to ability. The Mary Farnham School for Chinese girls has already had its Tag Day and turned in $200 towards the fund. Many Chinese girls end teachers, 'a8 well as the Chinese Girl Guides and Boy Scouts, will sell tags along with the foreign women and Girls on Scturday. This ought to Gssure the foreign community that the Chinese are interested and are helping to make the Blind School Tag Day a success.
(Mas, Gronce A.) Grmatoine 7, Frren, Chairman of Publicity for Blind School Tag Day.
Shanghai, Apr. 1,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.