He had also considered moving the school library to a more convenient Foam, and was going to encourage Ils more frequent use. "T want to hear rather more of what boys are reading and rather less of their favourite cinema stars!" Plans were under way fora properly equipped pli room to be provided for the small boys, and for more Indoor games for the seniors, He was surprised and disappointed to learn that there was no Old Boys Association, and he hoped this would soon be' remedied "One thus a ight to expect Old Boys not only to take a real Interest In their old school, but also to take an He wanted both the boys and their Parents to take more Interest hele soot, Already T have heard of most unjust things being said bout it—T have taken the trouble find out that they are unjust—and T feel these things would not be sal Int parents know more of the schoo}, and if they felt they actually played part in it So I'am making a very bold move, 1am forming a Parents Committe, which ig to meet each ferm—and' give me' its advice "and criticism."
In conclusion, Mr. Mathews said he felt it a pity a boy was sent Home to a preparatory school, "for he would be away from home for years and they gould do Just a much for him here. He suggested that, In these hard times, when It was." $0 dimeult for parents to send their boys home both for-school and university, that a boy should stay In Shanghai until he matriculated, when he could go Home toa university or qualify for whatever he wanted to be: have soon so much of boys "being away from their parents for the long years of boyhood that 1 feel It Ist mistake to be In too much of a hurry to send your boy away from his "Mandieap Prize"
Alter the presentation of prizes. Bishop Curtis said he felt school boys could be divided into four mali classes—those who worked hard and won prizes, those who worked hard, and did not win prizes, those who did not work hard and' won prizes, and those who did not work and did not win prizes. He asked those who had worked and not been rewarded not fo be discouraged. As a matter of fact, he often felt a system of handicap prizes would be 9 good-one, whereby, for instance, a boy who won a prize this year would be: minus so many points next year, and Only that morning, he had been doing a cross-word puzzle, and rather fanded the Idea of presenting prize based on the intelligence and Keneral knowledge that some of its clues called for, For instance, "This is made on divers occasions. Answer, "Once it gots known in the outports End upesountry, 1 think it will prove {0 have met a very real need: We are starting with a mere handful of boarders, naturally, but I think some Shanghai parents might seriously consider whether it would ngt be deller for their boys to. become weekly boarders, and come home at week-anda. It is a very big break fo take a boy home to a boarding-school and leave him there. Would fold message. He would ask the boys to concentrate, be accurate, usc their common sense, and take bbroad view of what education was! going to do for them; the staff to remember that personal altitude in relations with boys was very import. ant; and parents to take an interest their boys' work, to ce-operate with the staff, and to insist on dis~ cipline,
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