Beaming happily, a young boy and equally young' girl on June 20) heard themselves pronounced—the healthiest children of Shanghai's, Japanese community.
The crowns were earned by the children—Master Yasusuke Ohta and Miss Sumiyo Okamoto—atter a series elimination physical examinations for the healthiest pupils of the schools maintained by the Japanese Residents" Corporation.
On June 18, sixty-seven boys and girls were picked from among the thousands of Shanghai's Japanese youngsters. This number was white fed down. to ten in the' second examination, held on June 24.
On June 9, the Central Examina. tion Committee for the selection of the healthiest children. met" at the Japanese Club and cast its vole in favour of Ohta and Okamoto.
The judges in the contest, which has been sponsored annually for the past four years by the "Shanghai Mainichi," "included Mr, Masusaburo 'Amano, head of the Japanese Resi [dents Corporation; Dr. Shinzo Shin. Iyo, President of the Shanghai 'Science Institute; Dr. Kun Tongu, 'Chairman of' the' Shanghai Japanese Medical Association; "principals of local Japanese schools; and other civie officials, Four other youngsters received honorable mentions. They were Master Koichiro Tani, Master Sets Sakane, Miss Keiko Yano, and Miss Chizuko Hayano, people had always taken' a friendly' attitude towards Chinese capital, for the Chinese businessman was iiown In the Philippines for his honesty ud fairness." With the coming of the Philippine Independence, they were! eagerly looking forward to a bright future that augured well for a more intimate fellowship with the Chinese people.
Members of the Institute visited the Hsin Ho Hsing Iron & "Stee! Works, Pootung, on Sunday afternoon,
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