From that time the Council"s growing interest in education isevidenced by the increased appropriations for schools， in the successiveannual budgets.
At first the school on Boone Road served for both boys and girls，but it soon outgrew its quarters and a well-equipped new school forboys was erected on North Szechuen Road Extension.
With the growth of the Settlement and the removal of residentsto the western district， the need of a school for that part of the citybecame apparent， and hence in 1922 a very fine school for girls andsmall boys was erected on Yuyuen Road.
The French Municipal Council established two schools， one forChinese boys on Boulevard de Montigny in 1910， and one for Frenchand other foreign children on Avenue Joffre in 1911.
In addition to the efforts put forth by the Municipalities for theeducation of foreign children， many private schools have been foundedfor the same purpose. There are two Cathedral schools founded by theVery Rev. A. J. Walker， former Dean of the English Cathedral， one forboys and one for girls. That for boys has been carried on in the schoolbuilding on the Cathedral grounds. Recently it received a large bequestfrom the will of the late Mr. Henry Lester， which will make possiblethe erection of a large and up-to-date building， and in this way DeanWalker"s dream of a British National School will be realized.
The Americans have established a large school for Americanchildren on the outskirts of the French Concession on Avenue Petain.
School for Chinese ChildrenIt was not until 1899 that the Shanghai Municipal Council beganto do anything for the education of Chinese children living in theInternational Settlement. In that year a proposal for a public schoolfor Chinese， drawn up by Doctors Timothy Richard， J. C. Ferguson，and F. L. Hawks Pott， was presented to the Council. It was approvedand adopted at a meeting of the Ratepayers. According to the plan，the Chinese gentry furnished the land， and the Municipality erectedthe building. The Chinese community subscribed Tls. 37，000 for thispurpose， and the first Public School for Chinese was built in 1904 onElgin Road. It proved so popular that in succeeding years other schoolsof a similar character were established by the Municipality.
In 1912 the Council took over complete control of the EllisKadoorie School on Carter Road.
In 1916 Mr. C. C. Nieh gave a site on Baikal Road， and the NiehChih Kuei School for Chinese was opened.
In 1917 the Council assumed responsibility for carrying on thePolytechnic Institute on Kwang Road. The history of the Instituteis as follows： in 1876 ， by the initiative of Consul Medhurst， aPolytechnic Institute had been founded in Shanghai largely by Chinesesubscriptions. Its main object was to extend a knowledge of the naturalsciences. One of the chief movers in the enterprise was Dr. JohnFryer. It did lot have， however， a very prosperous career and in 1917
the trustees decided to turn over their property and buildings to theShanghai Municipal Council on condition that steps would be takenfor the establishment of a new school on the same site， in which sciencesubjects were to be taught.
By the building of these schools the Municipality did much toremove the reproach sometimes made， that foreigners were entirelyindifferent to the welfare of the Chinese population in whose midstthey made their homes.
Mission Schools
It would be impossible in the brief compass of this book todetailed account of the many schools and colleges founded in Shanghaiunder missionary auspices for the benefit of the Chinese.
Among others there are the schools at Siccawei; St. FrancisXavier"s College on Nazing Road， founded in 1864 ， first under theauspices of the Jesuits and later of the Marist Brothers; St. John"sUniversity at Jessfield， founded in 187 9 by the American EpiscopalChurch Mission， the outgrowth of schools begun in Shanghai in1865-1866; the Aurora University on Avenue Dubail， founded in 1903
by the Roman Catholic Church; Shanghai College at Yangtszepoo，founded in 1906 by the Northern and Southern American BaptistMissions; the Lowrie Institute at South Gate， founded in 1850 by theAmerican Presbyterian Mission; Anglo-Chinese School on Range Road，founded by the Church Missionary Society in 1850; Medhurst Collegeon Chaoufoong Road， founded by the London Missionary Society in1908; Mary Farnham Girls‘ School at the South Gate， founded by theAmerican Presbyterian Mission in 186 1; St. Mary"s Hall for girls onBrenan Road， founded by the American Episcopal Church Mission in188 1; McTyeire School for girls on Edinburgh Road， founded by theSouthern Methodist Mission in 1890; and the Eliza Yates MemorialSchool for girls on Paoshing Road， founded by the Southern AmericanBaptist Mission in 1897.
The establishments at Siccawei， St. John"s University， ShanghaiCollege， St. Mary"s Hall， and McTyeire School are among the places ofinterest pointed out to tourists visiting Shanghai.
