Rotarians of Shanghai held a funeforming pary of the Rotary International Youth "Week at their usual weekly tiffin re-union held in the Metropote Hotel on Thursday. One the fe tures of the gathering was that "each member was under the necessity of bringing his children to the tifin. Each defaulting member was penalized by a fine, a ruling Which caused several members contribute towards the exchequer of the club.
At the commencement of the proceedings, the President, Mr. G. W. Philleo, comment on the forthcoming Silver Jubilee celebrations, and in the course of his remarks, in the name of Shanghai Rotary said: "We wish to identify ourselves with the con-'Rratulafions that he been so freely offered to HM. King Gear; sracious contort, and ind. to express the hope that they may have many years to continue the reign which has been s0 consecrated to the welfare their people The sentiments were Toudiy applauded by all present.
An extremely interesting address was then delivered by Mr. W. J. Hawkings, who said: the years: up to 1800 the world existed quite happily without things that we now consider ordinary and absolutely mille trains or galoshes: no cinemas' or chloroform; no radio or Penell sharpeners; no telephones or fountain pens: no electric light or gat cooker an you imagine how. you would feel it you were suddenly plunged into such an era? Life was much simpler in those day: we have "all these inventions, and means of communication that make Ute mo vivid, full and exciting. We can turn a knob on our radio. sets And that is true of the world party.
Narrow Viewpoint uy here in Shanghai we have excuse for not being good mixers. Bul, except in the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements, I don't think the young people make much effort ut international friendliness.
In fact I hear of very definite walls raised because of differences colour and speech—of very definite superiority complexes' "shown some who consider themselves higher plane. But that is a pilisbly small viewpoint to take these days.
"J. M. Barrie in an address to the students of St, Andrews University, Scotland, said, "The League of Nations Isa very fine thing, but it cannot save you because it will be run by tus older folks. What is wanted something run by yourselves:
"Why is it that children hate learning cther languages? In our British schools most children groan when it fis time for their French lesson and rarely try their hardest suppose the same is true of children of other nationalities. There is an insular streak in most of us that can't be bothered with someone else uuage, though we take it as quite natural and eminently right that they should speak ours. You know of the young English sailor who. visited France for the first time and after they. clever to be able to speak French at that age!
Have you heard of the student who in an examination said "The imperfect tense ig used in French to express a future action In past time which wilt not take place at all and London, Berlin, Paris, Mos~
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