Before presenting the bronze medal ind. certificate of the Royal Humane Society to Mr, Filman, Sir John said:
"T have come to this prize-giving today for the express purpose of performing a very. gratifying tittle ceremony on. behalf of the Royal Humane Society, and that Is to pres fent the society's bronze medal and certificate to James Conrad Filman, old boy of this school, In recount tion of his bravery in the following "AL about 11 pin, on June 4 last, while Filman was sliting in the Bund Gardens, he heard shouts rom the direction of the Whangpoo, near Garden "Bend, He ran to the spai and found the park keeper trying Fescue by means of a lifeline a girl who was being rapidly carried out to midstream by" the current. Filman Bromplly dived into the river, and succeeded in bringing the girl" back to shore in spite of a suff current.
Courage and Sett-Saeritee "The dangerous character of the currents in. the Whangpoo "River, particularly In the region of Garden Bend, are well known, and 1 think you will all agree that Filman's act was one of great courage, and selt-sacrifice, and that the award of the bronze medal by the Royal Humane Soclaty 1s well deserved, "In makeing the presentation, T wish offer Filman my personal congraulations on this distinction which has been conferred on him, and I would algo like to congratulate the school and its headmaster on the training which "produces boys of this char=
Following the presentation, the pupil" gave three cheers for Mr. master's Speech Ju hig speech, the headmaster said:
On April 6," 1030, "the school tained iis Seth birinday and it ts Alling on this occasion to pause and consider what the school has achieved those fly years and what is. its standing in" the community to-day. No mean criterion of the past achieve. ment of a great school is the affec: tion which it has inspired, or has failed to Inspire, in its old boys, and, realizing this, it, was a rear Joy to mo to son the obvious gladness. with which the old boys got tors ther to celebrate that 50th anniversary tu this very hall on June 6.
Some part of what 1 said on that occasion 1 would like to repeat, today. It we grown-ups Took back to what we were In our own school days are bound to realize that we are many essentials the same to-day og we were then, Superfically we may have changed in many respects, in essence the municipal councilor, the successful businessman, "the flourishing doctor of to-day is but the school-boy of yesterday. What tone of the individual ig true also of the Institution and I firmly: believe that an institution such as this school gains for Itself an individuality dur~ ing Its frst 50 years of existence, that Invessence will never change, The results of the Cambridge examination were once more. very gratifying, 11 boys obtaining their school certifeates, 6 of them with matriculation exemption and 14 boss obtaining their "Cambridge junior certificates. In the LEC. eximinations twelve boys obtained certificates in various subjects, in the RDS. examinations 47 boys obtained passes, '31 of them. with honours, and the number of boys passing their consular examinations for proficiency. Chinese is steadily on the gnerease.
From the proceeds of the Colin Jamieson Memorial Fund and through the generosity of Mr. Chow and his friends substantial prizes are being awarded to some of the successful candidates to-day.
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