Dinner to Be Held on June 6 in Assembly Hall The Shanghai Public School, at present known as the Public and Thomas Hanbury School for Boys, was opened on April 5, 1885, under the name of the Masonic School of Shanghai, comprising both boys and In 1803. the school came under Municipal control, and it became popularly known as the Shanghai Public School, a name that was soot to become its om cial title and "SP, the abbreviation by which many of its supporters still refer to the school.
As ihe school grew, it was transferred from its" original site Peking Road and on April 2, 1805, the opening ceremony of a new schoo! at Boone Road took place, Here it grew and flourished and in 1915 the boys department was transferred to North Szechuen Road, its present In 1950, as the result of recommen: dations made by the Economy Commission, the Thomas Hanbury" School and the Shanghai Public School were combined and the name was changed {0 ils present one of the Public and Thomas Hanbury School for Boy Originally a branch of the school, the Public School for Junior Boys in 'Tileng Road was declared an inde-Pendent institution In 1032, functloning under Mls own headmaster, 'The school hopes to make the June number of ils School Magazine "In Uno" a Jubilee number, and contelbutions from Old Boys' of. remini= scences as well as the loan of early photographs of historic Interest. will bbe welcomed, and should be addressed fo The Editor, "In Uno," Public and Thomas Hanbury School for Boys, 191 North Szechiuen Road, Plans Discussed"
'On Tuesday, May 5, a ting of old boys was'held at' the schoo! to, discuss plans for celebrating the Jubilee and several suggestions. were made, At a further meeting of old boys and by courtesy of the Head-it was unanimously decided to celebrate the jubilee of the schoo! by a dinner, to be held in the sehok spacious Assembly Hall, on Sati June 6, 1986. A temporary working committee was formed, the members being Messrs. W. C. G, Cliford, P.
E, Blackwood, H, Rojesm, Burgoyne, S, Tata, D, Drake and th brothers Berthel, Another feature of the' celebration will be a cricket match when' the Shanghai Cricket Club witl entertain a erleket eleven of Past and Prcrent Boys and prior to the match, will be hosts at @ timn to be held in the pavilion, We understand the. Old Boys will return the compliment when the Cricket Club Eleven will bbe mueste al the dinner to be held on June 6.
The revival of thie Axlure, the first' match dating from the early. 1000's, is very befitting. the occasion. The school has a fine record and the Alma Mater of many teadtni citizens prominent in financial and business circles, besides contributing small manner fo all. branches of sport in Shanghai, including a hundred and more "Interporters™ and many champions in racing, athteties and swimming. The with standard sport and sportsmanship always associated with this institution must bbe largely attributed to the excellent Tendorship of its headmasters, Ineluding the late Mr. George Lanning, Mr. G.M. Billings, Mr. R. Ross, and Mr. P. Crow, the present Head, and also the excellent staff of Masters, past and present,
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