Mr. W. A. Scott's proposal that, to commemorate the Coronation of Their Majesties, British Shanghailanders should combine to raise a fund for purchasing a playing field for the Cathedral Boys' School has been warmly commended in many quarters, It is hoped that practical steps fo set the movement going will soon made, Sir John Brenan and Mr. J. W. 0, Davidson, it is understood, have informally expressed their sympathy with the idea of so practically signalizing the great occasion. The recent revelations of the Tifeng Rd, School's unfortunate lack of an assembly hall and playing field may be said to have aroused public attention to the deplorable handicaps under which both institutions labour, As this Journal has emphasized on more than one occasion. the really pressing need of the Cathedral School Is for some device which will exdicate it from its present surround ings and plant it literally in healthy country sell where a playing field would be the natural adjunct of its few and more appropriate premises. It is believed that the authorities have not lost sight of this important matter; they would be strangely negligent if they had, Mr. Scott may have rendered a real service bringing "his proposal forward for, with due support and consideration, might be helpful. in. expediting measures which at last "would give the Cathedral boys facilities now fortunately withheld from them, Li certainly should make the Council Jend a more responsible ear to the firm representations of "its chief educational adviser" regarding - the desperate needs of Tifeng Re, School,
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