Farewell Party Given By Vice-Admiral Iwamura Shanghai, Oct, 22.
With more than 60" prominent figures from various circles in Shang hal attending a cocktail, parly was given by Vice-Admiral. Seiichi twa mura, outgoing Chief Japanese Resident Naval Officer, at the Broadway Mansions Hotel at 5 p.m. yesterday when his successor, Rear-Admiral Masao Kanazawa was introduced.
Representatives of various fighting services stationed in Shanghai were present at the farewell reception. Prominent among them were Colonel DeWitt Peck, Commander of the Fourth US. Marines, Rear-Admiral 'Takeda, Commander of the Japanese 'Special' Naval Landing Party, Ma) G. A, Williams, Naval Attache to the American Embassy, Capt. P. LIG. James, British Naval Liaison Officer trid Col. N. Utsunomiya, Japanese Army Liaison Omer.
The local diplomatic corps was represented by Mr. Takeki Horiuchi, Japanese Consul-General, Mr.
Lamb, HM. Consul, Mr.'M. B. Hall, American Consul, tr. P. Yannoulatos, Greek Consul-General, Mr.
Riberio de Melo, Portuguese Consul-General and others.
'Mr. W. J. Keswick and high Council officials' were also present, graphical sketches of deceased past residents of the society followed by absorbing figures and facts illustrate ing the growth of Shanghai and the neering services and concluded by 8 study of what lessons tie past had for the future.
One lesson to be learned was that special committees should in general restrict their activities to advice and recommendations, one obvious outlet for such activity being the encourage ment of standardization in China as advocated by Mr. Percival last year.
In the technical education "feld, much remained to be done. The Ieeal education and training of boys both Foreign and Chinese for the profes sional and sub-professional roups should be encouraged, a useful ad-Junet to this work being the establishment of a Central Technical Reference Library in Shanghai.
Present conditions might make it possible for seme members to spare more time than usual to compile records of their experience. 'The pos sibility of forming a Junior Section of the Society to encourage facility of expression' might usefully be revived and the formation of small roups for specialist discussion eon Sidered. As. soon as gene! ditions" permit, the possi affiliation with American Societies should likewise be re-established.
Finally and most valuable of all was the continued unobtrusive, almost unconscious fostering of fellowship amongst members, without which all the work of their hands and brains was tragic waste and such a society fas that a ridiculous futility; Tet not their devotion to efficiency blind them to the fact that eficieney was not end in itself but a_means to the greater glory of their fellow men.
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