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Show THE RED INK BOTTLE, HI. To English Teachers - and Others, Greetings: The time has come for my Underwood to report again on the activities of the Red Ink Bottle-though during the last eight months activities have been frowned upon in this immediate vicinity as we'll mention later. The Red Ink Bottle has worked only part time but in spite of shortened hours it has made such pleasant discoveries as: 1. William has a jolly round face and a red hair. 2. Alfred the Great was fighting with the Dames. 3. Our English teacher is very kindness. There's always the desire on the part of the administration to save the expense of fuel just a few more days. Last week we were still without heat in our school buildings. One especially cold morning as I went into my classroom I had vain hopes that the fires might have been started. I spoke to one of the boys over by the heating pipes and said, "Is there heat this morning?" His reply was, "No, future." Unfortunately he was right. The Red Ink Bottle's observations on the use of the English language sytf»rat confined to the classroom. Not far from Yii Ying School there is a curio store which bears J | pCurious Dealers." It isn't every shop that openly advertises the characteristics of its managers. Perhaps there's no adjective which can more nearly describe all of us these days. We're curious about what is happening throughout North China-and we know altogether too little. We keep hearing rumors and reports about what is going on-but we don't \nov6. People in Shanghai seem to know more about what is taking place "in the North" than we do. Just recently the mayor of Peiping has had to leave. During the time that he has been in office we have seen real civic progress. A big program of street paving was being carried out. Repairs were being made on a great many of the public buildings. The whole city was being tidied up after a fashion which we'd never seen before. We now have fine new municipal buses and e f f i c ^ ^ f l j ^ ^ police. But it is said that the mayor is a Blueshirt-so that was the end of him. ^^|^^r Yii Ying School continues to flourish. This term we have over 1,600 students. Our Senior High School has new and much more adequate quarters in a fine piece of property which was formerly used by a college. My own classes are made up of some of the most responsive and interesting boys I've ever had and I have regrets that I'm to have them only one term and not the whole year. There's much that might be said about our school but of necessity this letter must be short so I'll pass on to a personal word. Since March all my activities have been very much limited because it was discovered that I'd developed a weak heart muscle. As you all know, acting the part of an invalid is a totally new role for me,-but I can do it perfectly! I had a long summer of complete rest at my seaside cottage at Peitaiho without very much apparent improvement. I'm doing only part-time work this semester and I'm feeling some better- part of the time. At the end of this term I'm expecting to start home. Jolly idea. I have my reservation on the s.s. "President Cleveland" which sails from Kobe on January 20. On February 4 I'll reach San Francisco where I hope to have letters from quite a number of you. Send to me,-Passenger on s.s. "President Cleveland," c/o Dollar Steamship Line, Robert Dollar Building, 311 California Street, San Francisco, California. Because I'm needing the added rest which I can get from a longer sea voyage, I'm going to stay with the |
