Modestly carrying on an excellent Piece of work among Chinese boys and without ever trying to advertise elf, the Rev. Brother Pastor, directer of the Chinese Department. of St. Prancis Xavier's College, yesterday celebrated the 25th year of his connection with the department of whielr he is now head.
A-quiet and unassuming gentle-an, Brother Pastor has an attractive personality which has drawn to him a host of friends, foreign and Chinese, Catholics and others who are not members of that re-
Brother Pastor came to China from France in 1902 as a member of the Marist "Mission and, three years later, he was made a member of the" Chinese department. Yesterday marked the 25th year of his connection -with that department and in observation of the occasion a half-holiday was declared. In 1012, Brother Pastor was pro-mitted director of the Chinese departnient and, during all the years that he thas been in China, he has never taken home leave.
Devoted to boys, he always taken kee interest inthe boys ontrusted to his care and, needless to say, has won their love and devotion.
During the years that he hes been connected with St. Francis Xavie the school has prospered and, from a mere handful of pupils it has out-wu its present premises in Nan-Road and other premises in Boone Road had to be rented to carry on the work.
There is always a heavy demand for admission "on account of the school's popularity, as an instance of which may be mentioned the fact that, at the beginning of the Present-term, 450 pupils applied for 160 vacant places. Hundreds have had to be turned away during the past fow years.
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