fsprctAL TO HE "Nie. MERALDY"
Since October 1, 1934, more than 50 boys in Shanghai have been equipping themselves for the keen competition to be found to-day in. the: fields of engineering and architecture the world over. Another 60 young; people are enrolled in Junior classes and 620 are devoting themselves. to evening study in order that, from Shanghai, may go forth thoroughly educat 1' young men to take posts throughout China, with a background as full as any foreign educated lad} who starts up the ladder of suece: s with a diploma in his hand. The certificates these men will carry with them will bear the inscription of the) Henry Lester School, othe Henry! Lester Institute, through the generosity of one of Shanghai's most noted
after making his fortune here, design-benefactors, for the late Mr. Lester, ed it, under the administration capable trustees, to furnish every facility for education for Chinese especially, though he did not bar foreigners from his beneficences In any way.
In his will, Mr. Lester desired that] certain money be spent on the establishment of 1 school, and of institutes for the study. of medical science, evil engineering, and The Henry Lester Medical Institute in Avenue Road was! completed in 1992, The Henry Lester! School and Henry Lester Institute of Technical Education were built cost of $1,000,000, and equipped at] well over §400,000, "They occupy the! 21 mow of land at the comer of Seward Road and Yuen Fong Road und are housed in a. single building of imposing proportions. Eficient planning, plus a perspective of schoo! Tequirements which has taken into consideration the amazing progress of contemporary educational facilities, has directed the formulation of curricula in what unquestionably is one fof the finest and best equipped inst tutions of its sort In the world, The Training Provided The Lester School, corresponding in rating fo an excellent secondary school at Home, provides a cultural education with a technical bias. Nine Hours a week are devoted to the fund of engineering. plied in) the workshops. First your students electing the three Years' course spend three hours each week in the machine-shop, the car-pantry, and the plumbing shops, At the end of the first year, the students are divided Into three "groups, each fof which spends nine hours as the minimum requirement in the shop in which he has proved himself best lasted to work as a budding spec Ist, Those without definite practical abilities, at the conclusion of their courses, may take the London mately ulation examination, which provides exemption from the' preliminary aminations for those who wish t0 Join the Institution. of Mechanical Fng-Moors or the Institution of Civil Engineers.
"The Institute, on the other hand, enjoys a college standard and 1s Aivided Into three sections, although the work Is common in the first year. The first section Is devoted to civil engineering and building, features of} Its" three-year course being uch topics as building construction, strength of materials, theory of!
ructures, heating and ventilating water supply and sewerage, geology, and hydraulics, It is designed for those who wish to enter the build. ing and allied trades in executive capacities.
Mechanical engineering is the ambition of the second section, with hydraulics, theory of machines, heat! engines, and metallurgy included in broad "and" inclusive curriculum. Industrial chemistry Is the subject designated for the third section, There, apart from pure chemistry and physics, students will find considerable time devoted to practical worl experimental dyes, experi me soap-making and paper-making, tao-ning, and rubber technology. Every conceivable aid to the student will be jailable in laboratories which are, in themselves, an education, for the most_modern' appliances are to be found. Lighting, ventilating, and heating, facilities have been calculated to enable the school a maximum of efficiency with a minimum of accident, Modern Equipment and Methods Classrooms are designed, not 'o foster the happy-go-lucky educational system which, say some, encourages a lazy interest, but to' convey the idea of concise, well-directed work. 'The laboratories are em cient, the; class-rooms neat, well-lighted, an' perfectly planned, but the seats ure Htools on which the student can act {oll and luxuriate, "He must be attentive and alert in position, and. presumably in mind, or he will not be at all comfortable at his desk. This one side-light is an exemplification of the serious thought which has gone {into an institution primarily encour-' aging progressive-mindedness and energetic action towards a construc tive outlook and service on the part fof each graduate of the school, This whole atmosphere is exemplifled in the person of the Principal, IM, Bertram Lillie, ase. (London), Lee, who opened the first entrance examinations when only clay filled the main entrance, and who organized and carried on with classes While workmen stil were. installing ators and pounding about the
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