Young Shanghai has been sent lon its Holiday with words" of cheer and wisdom. "The two speech days which occupied attention on successive days this week - were above the ordinary in point of terest. Tt was pleasant to hear Mr. Perey Crow talking so. enthusiast ally about his staff and his school, an_ authentic definition of the ideal of schoolmaster and. the Chairman of the Council happily followed with a graceful, tribute Which was thoroughly well-deserved. Mr. Crow was keen on his school. Me. Bell asked the boys to. shar hhis own Keenness about. Shangha The days ahead are likely to test Shanghai's youth and as Afr. Louis Beale's thoughtful and inspiring speech to the Cathedral School has. Pointed out, there ix no reason. to complain of lack of "opportunity. Unlike Mr. Crow, Mr. Quick is an old hand at_making headmaster's speeches in Shanghai and he too was able to give a satisfactory ae. count of his charges' progress. The! British Commercial Counsellor, in talking fo an exclusively British' audience, sounded the right note of ional appeal and yet Kept in tune th the community service ideals which Mr. Crow and Mr. Bell commended to the Public School, The! world seems, to the older hands, to be terribly awry but. they some: times forget that their potential) successors are not neatly alled as they are. To a munch has been achieved in spite] lof the mess, that the younger hand: may be pardoned if they have what Mr. Beale rightly detected as Jconviction of their ability to go one! better. "Moreover the" boys. at! school have now this. great advo tage: they are not "pre-war" but: they are, also empbati post-war". That isa to be observed, as Mr. St. John Eryine lately discovered. The "post many who will chuckle tion and ridicule think it a good on very good side it would be The suggestion is well worth consi deration although there are obvious, difficulties. Perhaps. the Shanghai Cricket Club could give it a careful thought in between the odd moments, Jof feeding their cricket enthusiasm by reading the cabled reports of the dine, C.F. Walt~ it easy to send to places like South Africs and' South America "because Jericket can be play tries when the pavilion is closed at Lords. The same condition prevails Singapore and Hongkong, but not Shanghai. However, as the useful side fo meet the Center M.CCC. manages pene ically to send
of Philadelphia and. as. Hollywood, thanks to Aubrey, Smith, is aking live. interest in the gime, woul
{in America and extend it to. Shang not be poste to map out a tour hai? That is Just a tentative suggestion merely to support the pro-[posal which inspired this comments Te'might be worth taking into. ac= Jeount.. 'The authorities at Lords are fairways anxious to encourage the ferent game but of course Anances fave to be given due weight. Por~ haps it in too late to suggest, that Jardine and his merry. men should ibe' persuaded. to return Home by Way' of the Far East," Even then
them owing. to the pernicious, be-Shanghai, would not be randy for haviour of this climate which shuts the door on cricket for so. many months in the year,
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