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“...amusement a duel between her and
Sir Andrew Aguecheek. The duel is interrupted by Antonio who mis-
takes Viola for Sebastian, her brother and his friend. Antonio is
arrested on a charge of piracy, and Viola is left hoping that her brother
may be alive.)
Chairman...................F. McCarthy Esquire.
Distribution of Prizes....Mrs. F. McCarthy.
SONGS
(i) Praise. Words by G. Herbert, music by G. Dyson. The School.
(ii) Forty Years On. Harrow Football Song.
DRILL PROGRAMME
1. Flags. a. China Inland Mission. Boys’ School Exhibition Day 1930. b. We welcome all our visitors. c. Alphabet (twice) d. Vowels (four times) e. In Deo fidimus. Nihil absque labore.
2. Indian Clubs. 5 Exercises.
3. Poles. 5 Exercises.
4. Dumb-Bells. 9 Exercises.
5. Marching. a. House initials. b. Maze. c. Straight line. d. Anchor. e. C.I.M. Monogram. f. Pyramid.
6. School Anthem....”
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“...212
RETIREMENT OF MR. AND MRS. MCCARTHY.
FAREWELL GATHERING AT CHEFOO.
The lawns on the north of the China Inland Mission Boys’ School
were the scene of an impressive function on the afternoon of Aug. 6th.,
when a large number of parents and friends of the School met to show
their affection and esteem for Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy. It was fitting
that such a gathering should represent not only the past and present
boys and the parents, but also members of the missionary body in the
town and residents in the Settlement, for, during their thirty-five years
of devoted service in Chefoo, Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy have earned the
deep respect and admiration of men of every shade of opinion.
There is always a note of sadness about the last goodbyes, but
this deeper note only lent the more colour and tone to the richer
harmonies of gratitude, honour and love which were prominent in all
the proceedings of the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy are leaving
Chefoo but “their works do follow them”. They have...”
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“...every Old Boy would always fervently say to them,
‘‘GOD bless you.”
Speaking for the C.I.M. Compound, the Rev. A. H. Faers gave
a brief resume of the history of the Boys1 School. In 1881 the School
began with three boys; by 1882 the numbers had risen to fourteen, but
it was not till 1896 that the Foundation Stone of the present buildings
was laid. In the previous year, 1895, Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy had
taken over the responsibility of the School. Mr. Faers referred to them
as G-od’s gift to the Mission. Their faithful and loyal service, sympathy
and kindness'and above all. their devotedness to the work had left a
deep impression on all who knew them. The spiritual life on the Com-
pound was very much the richer for Mr. McCarthy’s ministry. Today
over 150 Chefoo boys and girls were in Christian service in the foreign
field or in the homelands. This in itself was a great monument to their
life work; another was the fact that in 1918 statistics showed that
eighty percent of the Old Boys were serving...”
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“...214
and I am sure that you will bear with me the more kindly when I tell
you that I bring a special message from Sir Miles Lampson, His
Majesty’s Minister at Peking. This is the letter which I have received
from him:—
My dear Pratt,
I hear that Mr. McCarthy, headmaster of the China Inland
Mission Boys’ School at Chefoo is retiring at the end of the pre-
sent term and that he and his wife will then be leaving Chefoo.
I feel sure that before they go you will yourself be taking some
opportunity of expressing to them the widespread regret which
will be felt at their departure and when this opportunity occurs I
should like you to add a word on my behalf in tribute to the
excellent work which, as I hear on all sides, Mr. McCarthy has
done.
Besides the missionaries for whose sons the School is pri-
marily intended, many others, including, I know, more than one
member of His Majesty’s Consular Service, have reason to be
grateful to him, and it is in particular difficult to overstate what
the existence...”
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