Night School Reading and Writing Lessons A. representative meeting of the Joint Committee of Women's Organivations was held at the home of Mes.
Groenman, Route Francis Garnier, last Wednesday. The business Included plans. forthe carrying on of the Fresh Alr Camp during the coming year. Mrs. Arthur Young spoke 9 fof the trees that had been planted
Fepresentatives of the 16 organizations the camp on Friday. March 18, by fand asked 11 present to support the bridge and mah-jong party to be held at the Women's Club on April 1 funds for the camp.
The question of the annual Club Institute was discussed and it, was proposed to take as the subject for the yenr the question of vocational {raining for children in Shangh The business over, Mrs. Norman Leslie gave an exceptionally interest: ing talk on "local education and. its figure possibilities"" 'She told how Munietpal schools frst started in Shenghai as far. back as 19M, and traced their development up Present time, pointing out all th Was being' done by. the Munlelps Cotineit foF bath foreign and Chinese schools.
Mrs. Leslie remarked upon a very Interesting experiment that is. being made at the present time amonzest Chinese factory boys of the poorer classes. A night school, has been opened where they can attend for couple of hours after their long day's Work and learn to read and. write Most -of these youngsters, said. Mrs. Leslie, work from six o'clock in the morning until six at night, and, even After their study. period, often they have to go back to the factory for 3 few hours more. She said the experiment looked tike being a. suc-Cessful one, as the pupils were extremely. Keen, Mrs, Lestle made several interesting suggestions as to possible future improvements in the local educational system and wound up by referring to the. innovation which the Council has instituted for Chinese schools.
"The hostesses yesterday afternoon were Mrs, FE. H, Groenman and the members of "he Netherlands Society:
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