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Show Here In Tientsin, while we have bean wondering just ^h-an a Jaoan* ese bomb, aimed at the Central Rail* rj S t a t i o n roar us in one d i r e c t i on or at the blue < or » of the Nationalist Party Headqaarters in the other d i r e c t i o n , would land on one of oar school i-u H a i n e s or In our residence compound, it was the "cabled bomb" from Boston which dropped with s reat "Bang." just a couple of hours before our scheduled Boar< 3 anager-% meeting on May 6$h. This same "cabled boml ' -*t each of our seven s t a t i o n s more or leas severely. The ' ' c r a t e r " dug in the heart of our school can be imagined from the message; §11950 hex* CUT 11 o^UCATIOi AJ . • WIOiN 1'CE i.j^in ovi>^ IF iCfXTl ^ P l ^ a ^ blHST. ^:""^ I^'OLVE! THfi CLOSING Of STAKLSY ; 7hm..UL ... bilUUij i Ui ~J\JiK iUNa uixtitia tin*.* iMvwulJrm i'7ij.ij /i ,J ., », , a h GRAKT£ rO hi,.. IIliiKT^IU ^Tx.UJ^.- .-.J.,« Some of our s p i r i t s were wounded by t h i s "bomb" but there have been no c a s u a l t i e s yet for at least two reasons, The reasons i* Jven by Boat ion for "closing1'' our school Included t h i s one. 'Stanley Memorial hehooi or Boys are Girls is so dependent upon the annual aporoori* at ion tl at if we only cut half of i t s grant for next year it would have to close anyway * (The cable cut five othet schools half of t h e i r grant for the comirr year and the covering; l e t t e r cut the remaining half the following year*} As a matter of fact we have been more than tO,f re If supporting uhis < ear and tnat is our* f i r s t reason for not having: been " k i l l e d " by the "cabled bomb" . The second reason i s that we s t i l l hope the Executive Council, which controls our American Board work in North Uhina, at i t s annual meeting next week ¥, i l l see f i t to give us half of the • -r<DQpriat ion next mr, t r e a t i ng us the same as the other five schools which have been c u t . If t m Council proves to be that generous #s plan t o carry on* Teachers1 s a l a r i e s , ranging from Gold'20 per month for the Principal at the top t o less than Gold f5 at the bottom, may bars to be cut and the LoaJ ci trie tee chers I ed and ®mp£ iaas kept to the minimum. Tre t c I I a Lng year I ;/ r a i r i n r t u j t i o r s the ch ol can become e n t i r e l y salf>supporting* fhen If local conditions make passi b l e nor* a l p ace local f i n a n c i a l support ©ill make possible the r a i s i n g of educational standards* le feel that if we can "carry on" for the next two or three years conditions Kill surely improve'. It i s that hope which is at wi;, i . ^ U.L IOW, (Of course if the Council believes we should chore the school we s h a l l have to make othei plans*) In order to s a t i s f y the American Consul General and t o make it c e r t a i n for the cbllhr a t o go back and f o r t h to school every day, Grace ana the chilaren have been living down town t h i s past week with our- mis; Ion trjufcuror, ar • Crimes, T^ey were a l l out here for yesterday ana last night but went back in time for Sunday School today* They may come hack Tuesday ana s t a y . That will mean leaving school or" e l s e C h a r l o t t e ' s dropping out and the boys aoing on t h e i r bicycles and staying down for lunch. On the other hand since II am to be gone, attending the Council for t n days, they may stay down u n t i l 1 r e t u r n . There is no Li diate loc.1 das >rof which .wo are at all aware but it is an uncertain, Inconvenient period to adjust t o. The children are looming so white and are so fffagged out" that more than ever we hope the way will open for then to be at the seashore at ?eitaitao» It hae been possible to go every year thus far but at present the r a i l r o a d is cut and aa regular boats are running* If the truce rumorg prave to be t r u t h we can probably go to 1" > beach In another two weeks. Time will t e l l. Thank you for your recent l e t t e r s , r e a l i s t i c a l l y p i c t u r i n g your own u n c e r t a i n s i t u a t i o n s . I s h a l l write wore a f t e r the Council. Cordially and hopefully yours, Harold* '/#.'-'"":' -4) |
