Mr. A. K. Brown, in proposing the toast of the guests, gave a brief and interesting speech relating some of his experiences at the school twenty years ago, and remarked upon the fact that the standard of education in the School was now very much higher. In reply the Dean A.CS. Trivett also referred to the school in the past; after telling several amusing anecdotes, he praised the school's present improvement, and expressed his hopes for its future. St. Luke's Hospital, he said, were well pleased with the Kiukiang Road Buildings, and would perhaps be soon willing to buy them. He hoped it would then be possible for the School to have its own buildings built in the near future.
At a photograph had been taken, the members and guest: settled down to a more informal enjoyment of the evening, some grouping themselves round the pier and giving hearty response to Mr. Tebbs' inspiring music. Late in the evening the strains of the Old School song drew even the stragglers from the bar to an enthusiastic rendering, and it was 12 pin. before the last group of members departed
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.