June 3 was observed here as Drug, Suppression Day, and the students of the various schools were summoned to meet for a demonstration in the public recreation ground, After a Speech from the Municipal sce rotary, the fire brigade made a bonfire of some of the things which had been taken from drug addicts. Many opium pipes, lamps and morphia syringes were burned, and small quantities of opium and morphia. "It said that 9,000 people were cured of the drug habit in this district last Confrmed drug addicts are Fegistered, and are only perm buy their opium in limited quantities ata government store, new magistrate was recently appointed to this district, He has Studied political science at a Japanese university, and seems to be genuinely terested' in the welfare of the people. One day recently he spoke St the Sun Yat-sen memorial meeting atthe Methodist Church Middle School, and noticed that the boys were mostly thin and pale, He asked afterwards why they seemed to be in such poor condition.
mid was told that the daily food of te majority of them consisted of three meals of wet rice. Hearing this the magistrate decided to call a meeting of principals of middle Schools, to discuss this question of the students' food. At the meeting hho said that if parents were not able to give their children adequate food, they would do better to send them to normal schools rather than to middle schools. They could then Drepare to earn a living sooner. Said this, not because he thought middle school education unnecessary, but because of the importance of establishing good health, without which a good education Is of little value, The gathering decided that food fees In Schools should not be tess than '$450 a month, and that atleest one meal each day should be of dry rice, With an adequate quantity of veget: ables, The problem of nourishment for school children is, however, not easy. to solve, as very fow of the students board at the schools. The majority come from poor homes, where there Is not always sufficient to eat,
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