Campaign to Raise Money in United States New York, Mar, 20.
A campaign to raise G§1,000,000 for the American School in Shanghai will open next August throughout the United Stated, it was announced to-day at a luncheon of the executive campaign committee, The fund is to be devoted to buildings and endowments.
Mr. Howard Ellsworth Cole, vice-president of the Standard Oi, Ca. and former resident of the Far East, as chairman of the school trustees said: merica is in danger of losing prestige in China through lack of support of this school, which is performing a heroic task in the education of the children of our I will now turn to the accounts.
There is nothing calling for special comment with the exception of the item printing and stationery which shows an increase of over Tls. 200, due to the cost of preparing several drafts of the Special Sub-Committee's report on the Hazardous Goods Regulations now in the hands of the Commissioner of Customs.
Before proposing the adoption the report and accounts, I shall be glad to answer any questions regarding them to the best of ability.
There were no questions and on the proposition of Mr. H. W. MeMeekin, seconded by Mr.
Brown, the report and recounts for the year ended Dacember, 31 1929, as eirealated to members' were unanimously adopted.
Mr. H. W. P. MeMeekin and Br. "T, Saito were elected chairman and vice-chairman respectively for the coming year.
On the proposal of Mr. R. Calder Marshall "seconded by Mr. P. V. Botelho the following gentlemen were elected to the Committee for the ensuing year:—Mesers. G. Bool-sen, E, 'T. Byrne, J. Cochet, Cox, F. H. Forde, ©. C. Knight, S.
Kingsbury, A. B. Lowson, H. W.
MeMeekin, R. J. Paterson, T.
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