It would be pleasant to see more support of" the Coronation. Memorial' Fund coming from Individual bers and on" that us account itis again emphasized that the smallest donations will be welcomed. The process of clearing the air is assisted by further corres= Pondence but there is. as one letter shows, a curious perversity about certain eritielsms which the scheme has. evoked. The appeal has been addressed to the British community as_a whole on the principle that the community does. not deny to itself the privilege of. showing civie spirit" when opportunity offers, regardless of the direct material benefit accruing. Some peo-lo appear to have worked themselves up into a puroxysm of rage beentise the celebration of the Coronation is invoked to give inspiration to a scheme which, admittedly, cannot benefit every section of the community directly. Carried to its logical conclusion the only source from which contributions could be expected on this argument would be the parents of existing oF potent in: pupils of the school, and, possibly, potential parents of such boy-supply in the future, It La tiresome to amicable obscurantists, in' obvious disregard of whatever elementary principles of hygiene they may have managed to imbibe, harping on the notion that the school's location is suitable, "No-one with any" prote jons to sound judgment or educt iona} "experience would dare maintain that view publicly. "A cor~ respondent who seems to be better versed in. invective than In logie ventures to cite the East end of London" in contradiction of the writer of the special article which strongly advocated removal. "That writer has had. personal. experience East End schools and he carefully observed that elaborate precautions fare taken by the London County Couneit to reduce the -asperities of urban and noisy surroundings to 1 minimum, If the L.C.C.'s regulations were applied to the Cathedral School more than probable that would be condemned as. unsuitable and if it could not be removed the Committees would be ordered carry out structural alterations costing far more than the modest sum of $180,000 now required, 'THie same rite seems to imagine that all schools in every country are state supported. Grammar Schools to say nothing of the English public schools, afford a direct disproof of that view: On the rigidity of the terms of a mission "to the Cathedral. School enough has already been said to show that that admittedly dimeult problem not necessarily incapable of solution, but it certainly cannot be eastially settled in the course of the resent controversy. If the meeting on Friday gets to grips with the Moneral scheme proposed by the sponsors there should be no dimeulty in suggesting the formation of a smalt committee which including educationalists of repute as well Fepresentatives of different sections of the community, could investigate the important question of the British boy-population and arrive at an thoritative appreciation of the func tions which. the Cathedral "School could best serve, On that point Mr. LIK, Cassels admirably makes an Informative comment. The Commit. tee would have to take into account the conditions of the Trust and the clear probability that a large num= ber of parents now send their boys to the School on the assumption that the terms of that Trust cannot be broken—an assumption for which there is good legal authority, 1 does not help matters to talk of "snobbery." n'a greater or less degree "snobbery" is always 'a factor in 2 school's foundation. If a more ace curate term were' desired perhaps "homogeneity" would be suitable. The "snobbery" of the English Army officer or merchant who stints himself to send bisson to an expensive public school is no more reprehensible than that of the artisan who, despite the inferiority" of "the education provided "at" the private but Fecounlzed school will equally wrest hhis economic capacity to avoid the Couneit School where conditions of teaching and equipment are often superior to those In many a Grammar School, Tt is unfortunate that the community cannot be rallied in complete unanimity to support a scheme which would certainly bene-At the community as a whole, taking the long view. There Is no reason to think that the objections which have been raised are going to block the Progress of the Fund; the figures to-date give every encouragement to the sponsors, "although it would be pleasanter 0 see them mounting more Quickly. No regret is felt at the emergence of letters of a contrary opinion. It Is far better for that opinion to come out into the plain light of print than to be muttered in Once again, she "North-China Herald" Is) able to record photographie history in the Far East in connection with the Coronation by the publication of this photograph of the Arch= bishop of Canterbury plain the crown upon the head of Queen Elizabeth in Westminster Abbey. This was one of a number flown from London to New York by Dick Merrill and John Lambie on their record double flight of the Atlantic.
News sound, flown to Hongkong the CNAC. Here are seen the places where they sting." In the event it is hoped that the community will show its customary sense solidarity end recognize the public spirit of the sponsors who have only tone object in. view: the welfare of British boys in Shanghai,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.