The Apostolic Delegate, Mgr. Celse Constantin presided at the annual prize-giving of Siccawei College in the large guest hall of the college on Saturday morning: The hall was tastefully decorated for the occasion, the colours of, all nations mingling their varied hues with the rainbow flag of China. Punctually at 9 am. the quests entered and were seated to the front, the Tusewel School Band meanwhile playing @ selection with great enthusiasm. To the rear were the students, numbering at the close of the educational year 514, and all eager to know how many prizes fell to the lot of each Successful candidate in the trying ordeal of the Into examination, The prize-list was then read out by the Prefect of Studies of the Foreign Department, the Perfect of Chinese Literature and one of the native professors, The students of the Colleginte and condary Course were the first to be id, then those of the Higher The Secondary Course the following subjects: Christian Doctrine, Apologetics, Sacred History, Philosophy, Ethics, Chinese an French, English, Latin, Methematjes, natural science, drawing, music and penmanship, The programme f the Higher Primary Department smple, but. still well adapt-age and capacity of the younger boys." Here also the Chinese classics are a prominent, feature, ax well as composition and letter-writing, French history, geography,—avithmetic, elementary. natural science and penmanship.
Valuable Books and 430 Reward Tu all these subjects were con= ferred upon successful students, each class getting generally two, the second recipient being a few points lower than the frst. The prizes, which were piled up on two tables, took the shape of books, Foreign and Chinese, and were handed to the winners' by the Delegate Apostolic, the Rector Rev. E. Beauce, 8.J., the professors and distinguished" guests, Four hundred and 30 prizes were distributed.
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The list of the candidates. who successfully the entrance sity was then proclaimed, Of those there were 15, while those who received their diploma of full Seeondary Education numbered 27, and those graduat Pi ceived the plaudits of their fellow students and of the professors, and it was a real pleasure to see the genuine solidarity that reigned between teachers and pupils, 'The ceremony was brought to a close by a student's address to the presiding delegate, and a short y the Rector, to both of is Excellency replied, congratulating the scholars on' their rueees, and the teachers who lebourward to secure these good results. The Jesuit Fathers were know world over for their educational ability, said the Apostolic Delegate. Special emphasis was nid by his Excellency on the duties of students, which embraced the acquisition of sound knowledge, the formation of character, and the pursuit of all that was good and noble in life, School-days Inid the foundation of the fature citizen, and if they. were diligent and good stud-exts, they would in Intter life be worthy citizens of their country, When the guests had withdrawn, 4 bustling scene of parents and friends, of motor-cars, carriages, rieshas' and other conveyances thronged round the porch and along the alleyways. About noon newsly all had left for their homes, and IL enjoy there two months" holl-The fall session of the college commences on September 3.
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