Celebrated Celebrations Shanghai, No Shanghai Nov.
There was an enthusiastic During fast week the Mary Chinese national flags Fa sham School for Girls and Lowrie foreign arca here yesterday in cele-Institute, "a boys' middle school, bration of the birthday anniversary celebrated their Both anniversary. of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, late leader of The celebrations "began with a the Kuomintang and "Father" of the thanksgiving service held at the Republic of China. Banks and many Metropol Theatre on Monday mornppublie bodies. including the municipal ing. An execlient musical programme offices, Customs and Courts were a robed choir of 89 students from losed. but mo formal celebration the two schools, addresses by Prof. meetings were held.
'A.W. March, representing the Pres-agents made full use of byterian Mission, and the Rev. U.S. the apports Chat of the Church of Christ in China here to contribute were the outstanding features of this "National Reconstruction Fund" and service in which an audience of the Chinese press did much publicity students, alumni, and friends participa work in this connection, asking the ated. In recognition of his 20 years Fich and poor to make cash con of service with Lowrie Institute {ributions to various Government Principal Z. L. Chang was entertained on Tuesday evening by the Board of Directors, the faculty and alumni, A Money for Reconstruction joint. dinner of the alumni was held The "savings" movement was on Thursday at the Chinese YMCA, officially inaugurated in Chungking in Route Montigny. fon November 10a year ago when Exhibitions of work by the students the National Reconstruction and of both schools has been on display Savings Movement Committee was. at Mary Farnham School and dra-organized. Between November 10 matic. performances were conducted fand 17 of this year. Chungking is the Ningpo Guild Halland the launching a publicity campaign.
Russian Club. each afternoon and Numerous Chinese have thus giv evening over a four-day period, The their money {0 their Governmer week of celebration terminated with and in' Shanghai, besides the banks. fan athletic meet atthe Shanghai the "Chinese American Daily News"
American School yesterday.
also receiving such contributions.
The school was founded in 1960 by The winter clothes fund campaign Dr. and Mrs, Farnham of the Board wil! be closed on November 20. of Foreign Missions of the Pres During the past few days many byterian Church during the Taiping people have contributed—money Rebellion when Chinese parents were Towards this fund. still hesitant to send. their children Yesterday also happened to be fo schools in contact with the the day. on which Chinese troops Western leaming. Only a few pupils withdrew from the Shanghai area were received by the founder at his three years ago. The third anniver~ Fesidence at South Gate in Nantao sary of the withdrawal of Chinese and. they were children left behind troops from here therefore cannot fit in with the celebration programme.
Despite difficulties, a school for girls Since the birthday cannot be changed was opened by the' Farnhams in the reported by the Chinese press following year and gradually when that the withdrawal anniversary has Chinese parents began to realize the been postponed to today when only Importance of education, the school "slent" commemoration will grew with years, and authorities of observed. the schools today' proudly claim that these two are the oldest mission schools in Kiangsu, Many hundreds of Chinese boys and. pirls have Nantao Gaming Dex graduated from the schools including Mr. ZL. Chang and Miss Beulah In Sore Straits Chang, principals of these schools. Other graduates occupy leading posi Shanghai, Nov. 13.
'A. gambler cut off one of his fingers! tions.
The alumni have contributed much with a knife and placed it on, the towards their growth having given Rappened inthe ambling bie os Bie delta" THs onerous financial assistance. toward the erection of buildings such as the Chine *Noticnal Herald the gambler ting House in Nanton, Accord Bao Memorial on the Lowrie campus and "Alumnae Mall on the Mary Farnham School campus. Other build= darmes but the motive ote atated. by Japanese ings haw fed to the list the not mentioned although it may be last being Chang Memoria) Science Hall, that stands waiting for Tt fs indicated His Inauguration in. future when the that things have not been going. the same report boys and irl may return 0 their Inthe more than ten gambling houses own quarters at South Gate, The th he motive lly which recently schools now are housed in rented Sprang up wader the guise of ball buildings ax "refugee" institutions, ome! and ten hawes, While the other schools after the finger-efting, gambler was troubling {he'monagement of the establishment.
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