The Golden Needle
Gillian Bickley
Frederick Stewart, born in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was the first headmaster of the HK Govt Central School for Boys (now Queen's College) and second Inspector of Schools. He was considered by contemporaries as the Founder of Hong Kong Government Education. At the Central School, his consistent policy was to educate pupils in Western knowledge, while preserving their Chinese identity, and he insisted on equal time for Chinese and English studies. A career change was forced by the intervention of Governor John Pope Hennessy who wished the teaching of English to be given prominence. Subsequently, Stewart, a modest and unassuming man, popular within Hong Kong and also at the Colonial Office, became Police Magistrate, Registrar General, then Colonial Secretary, acting as Governor of Hong Kong on several occasions. By the end of his life, Stewart’s intimate knowledge of Hong Kong was considered unequalled among non-Chinese in Hong Kong at the time.
"Dr Bickley's life of Frederick Stewart is beautifully written, eminently readable, and at times moving." — Lady Saltoun.
"To all intents and purposes, Stewart's life and work was lost to posterity until the publication of this biography — the product of some eight years of devoted research which spanned the globe. The end product is certainly worth the effort. We need more studies of this type if we are to understand fully the complexities of colonial rule. The life stories of men like Stewart highlight both the high and low points of colonial service, the personal sacrifices that were often made and the legacies left behind.[I] thoroughly enjoyed this book." — Clive Whitehead, University of Western Australia, Int. J. of Lifelong Education.
"Surely few will dispute her contention that Stewart's legacy to modern Hong Kong has become something of enduring value and interest." University of Edinburgh T. J. BARRON
Duration - 13h 31m.
Author - Gillian Bickley.
Narrator - Verner Bickley.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 1998 Gillian Bickley ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Frederick Stewart, born in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was the first headmaster of the HK Govt Central School for Boys (now Queen's College) and second Inspector of Schools. He was considered by contemporaries as the Founder of Hong Kong Government Education. At the Central School, his consistent policy was to educate pupils in Western knowledge, while preserving their Chinese identity, and he insisted on equal time for Chinese and English studies. A career change was forced by the intervention of Governor John Pope Hennessy who wished the teaching of English to be given prominence. Subsequently, Stewart, a modest and unassuming man, popular within Hong Kong and also at the Colonial Office, became Police Magistrate, Registrar General, then Colonial Secretary, acting as Governor of Hong Kong on several occasions. By the end of his life, Stewart’s intimate knowledge of Hong Kong was considered unequalled among non-Chinese in Hong Kong at the time. "Dr Bickley's life of Frederick Stewart is beautifully written, eminently readable, and at times moving." — Lady Saltoun. "To all intents and purposes, Stewart's life and work was lost to posterity until the publication of this biography — the product of some eight years of devoted research which spanned the globe. The end product is certainly worth the effort. We need more studies of this type if we are to understand fully the complexities of colonial rule. The life stories of men like Stewart highlight both the high and low points of colonial service, the personal sacrifices that were often made and the legacies left behind.[I] thoroughly enjoyed this book." — Clive Whitehead, University of Western Australia, Int. J. of Lifelong Education. "Surely few will dispute her contention that Stewart's legacy to modern Hong Kong has become something of enduring value and interest." University of Edinburgh T. J. BARRON Duration - 13h 31m. Author - Gillian Bickley. Narrator - Verner Bickley. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 1998 Gillian Bickley ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:14
Chapter 1: The Flowers Are Still There
Duration:00:27:23
Chapter 2: The Earnest Student
Duration:00:13:56
Chapter 3: Rathen Parish School
Duration:00:18:41
Chapter 4: Aberdeen Grammar School
Duration:00:35:43
Chapter 5: University: King's College, Aberdeen
Duration:00:22:28
Chapter 6: Divinity Hall
Duration:00:21:25
Chapter 7: New Horizons
Duration:00:25:15
Chapter 8: Chief Cabin Passenger
Duration:00:56:26
Chapter 9: A Particularly Interesting Sphere of Influence
Duration:00:04:21
Chapter 10: Their Own Ideas of Education
Duration:00:08:13
Chapter 11: No Directly Hopeful Signs
Duration:00:17:24
Chapter 12: Tours of Inspection
Duration:00:06:50
Chapter 13: They Would Not Send Their Children to School
Duration:00:13:41
Chapter 14: I Have Seen Boys Cry
Duration:00:06:26
Chapter 15: Not a Superfluity Merely But a Mistake
Duration:00:13:16
Chapter 16: Government Central School for Boys
Duration:00:08:12
Chapter 17: Two Languages, Two Cultures
Duration:00:30:39
Chapter 18: Building a System
Duration:00:14:14
Chapter 19: A Great Ambition on the Part of the Boys
Duration:00:09:45
Chapter 20: Two-Tier System
Duration:00:14:25
Chapter 21: The Gratification of their Fancies
Duration:00:35:31
Chapter 22: The Disciplinary Term Begins
Duration:00:14:40
Chapter 23: Defects and Failures
Duration:00:26:20
Chapter 24: A Fabian Policy
Duration:00:30:58
Chapter 25: A Hearty Demonstration of Feeling
Duration:00:15:26
Chapter 26: A Short Run Home
Duration:00:20:03
Chapter 27: In Scotland
Duration:00:30:23
Chapter 28: Worries About Work
Duration:00:16:35
Chapter 29: Beyond the Mainstream
Duration:00:07:18
Chapter 30: Home to Hong Kong
Duration:00:13:54
Chapter 31: Frederick Stewart and Ernst Eitel
Duration:00:20:49
Chapter 32: Farewell to the Central School
Duration:00:16:23
Chapter 33: Exceedingly Irksome
Duration:00:09:52
Chapter 34: Police Magistrate
Duration:00:11:11
Chapter 35: Registrar General
Duration:00:37:10
Chapter 36: A Necessary Lighthouse
Duration:00:28:28
Chapter 37: An Experiment Renewed
Duration:00:19:48
Chapter 38: Going to a Better Place
Duration:00:24:47
Chapter 39: Achievements and Evaluation
Duration:00:45:22
Chapter 40: Memories and Memorials
Duration:00:16:52
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:29