Dr. Gilbert Reid's Hopes for the Future of China: His Work of Thirty-three Years of good-will and veciprocity, of mutual esteem and equality, not to denounce, exrse or malign the other man, ner to enter on schemes of destructiveness, nor to raise new barriers in international recourse, mean? at the outset to wre others and proving in the end te be of tio benefit to onely A schoolboy's life is sometimes more filled with misfortune than can be borne gracefully. Even the older generation is compelled to be-Heve the truth of th fatter Monday morning's the Pih Teh School for Chinese, situated at 1197 Rue Lafayette, jand adjoining the Franco-Chinese Institute at the corner of Rue Lafayette and Avenue clu Roi Albert.
At about 11.30 a.m. 67 amall boys were seated at their desks patiently plying crayon over paper in an endeavour to carry out the instruct fons of the drawing master. The worthy instructor hovered over {them with a benign air, little knowing that disaster was gathering its forces to strike. It struck with incredible swiftness amid the noise of screaming pupils and falling walls, Two days of sunshine could not Jcounteract the days of rain which had preceded and the plaster walls of the school building supported by wooden beams and bearing a heavy weight of roof tiles collapsed without warning on 67 primary students.
When the dust had cleared away and only a straggling bit of tile and plaster was finding ils way downwards, people running from all adjoining rooms arrived on the scene, Small' boys were pulled out from under the debris. The police were notified and an ambulance called. Battered small boys, some stunned with the blows they had received, others weeping loudly to show that the worst danger was over, gave themselves up to the ministration of their rescuers. Two were taken to the hospital, wounded about the ead, and 27 others were counted with lersee damage but able to limp home and recount a lurid narrative lof how British aeroplanes had dre Ped bombs upon their school, the story current in certain amah-cook circles yesterday afternoon.
A lengthy report has been issued by the International Institute covering its doings for the past year. This has been prepared by Dr. Gilbert Reid and extracts from it are given below, This report is penned in the midst of great uncertainty. The record of the year, as concerning both China and the Institute, has been one of dilemma, one of the alternatives, not knowing how to choose, and one of faith-testing while groping in the gloom.
The first dilemma as to the International Institute of China was. self.
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