Road.—Owing to the hostilities there was a 35 per cent. reduction in enrolment for the Autumn Term. The largest number failing to attend be-
The building of the Polytechnic Public School for Chinese was taken Over completely as a billet in August and later used by the Public Health Department as an Isolation Hospital for Chinese. This resulted in a severe disorganization of all spheres of school work; instead of re-opening on the proper date it was not until November 1 that temporary accommodation was found at the Chinese VI. C. A. and then, only ona part time basis of four hours daily. Consequently there is very little com-párison between the Spring and Autumn Terms of the year. In the Spring Term the school had a normal enrolment of 522. For the Autumn Term only 373 pupils returned, 307 old and 66 new boys. In the temporary building work was conducted under difficult conditions.
In addition, owing to lack of facilities, it was necessary to drop the following subjects—Manual Training; 1 Practical Work in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology; Singing and Physical longed to the Kindergarten depart ment, probably due to the temporary conduct of these classes in the afternoons.
The most important addition to the curriculum was the introduction of Cookery which was made possible by the completion of the new Domestic Science centre in April. As the school year ends in Jume it was difficult to introduce the subject generally. Four classes, however, had the opportunity of using the Cookery room. A special 10 weeks course was prepared for the sixth Form to enable girls to leave school with a knowledge of plain household cookery. The new handwork room in the same wing allowed of a much more extensive development of this branch of educational work.
The curriculum was curtailed during the Autumn Term owing to the shorter 4 hour day. The simplest arrangement to meet the emergency was the amalgamation of the two schools and the sub-division into
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