The annual commencement exer~ elses of the Institution for the Chinese Blind was held at the headquarters of the institution at 290 Road on Saturday" after=
About 250 guests attended the exercises which were preceded by a trip through the buildings and class rooms where many and varied exhibits of the work being done were displayed. Among these were ex-"hibits of games, blind apparatus and books, as well as drawings and paint ings from the pupils of the School for the Deaf, associated with the institution, with its buildings at No. 46 Jossfiela Road.
In one classroom pupils domonstrated the operation of the braille typewriters; in another dear pupils, were showing the use of the three methods by which the dear communi cate, lip-reading, writing and. the manual sign language, Instill another room the visitors were shown blind pupils of the school engaged in the printing of their weekly magazine fas well as text-books and other Hiterature in braille for use in the Mrs. Eric Clarke then presented to the five successful candidates of the annual graduation examinations their diplomas. Of the five blind graduates, two are entering St. John's Univer: sity and the rest are going to normal school to train as teachers. There are at present in the blind school 93 pupils training for graduation and in the dear school 64.
A long programme followed the presentation of diplomas. Tt was opened by further speeches, this time by two blind pupils, one of whom. spoke in English and the other in Chinese. The Kuomintang Party song and the school song. followed. A demonstration of mass gymnastics by 60 of the pupils was given, followed by three Chinese songs by. the kindergarten section.
An interesting feature was the dancing by four deaf pupils, who kept perfect time to the music despite their complete inability to hear it. The school's new piano, presented to them by Mrs. Mamie "Ott, - was Played for the frst time by a blind pupil.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.