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“...CHEFOO, N. CHINA cHEFUSIAN SEPTEMBER 1931.
CONTENTS.
Editorial 25 Cricket 55
Jubilee Celebrations 26 G. S. Games 59
Presentation 35 Prep. Sch. Corner 60
The March of the Years ... 37 B. S. Notes 61
Christian Activities 40 Yalete 62
School Exhibitions 41 Old Boys & Girls 65
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EDITORIAL.
VEN in the comparative stillness of the evening in
which we write, we are not free from all the conflicting
sounds of the shortest and fullest term of the year. True
the blare of the gramophone and the desultory blows of the
untiring hammer are absent but they have ceased, only
to give place to the tinny notes of the mandoline and the
melodious strains of cramped bodies in pursuit of clean-
liness.
The Editorial has recently become almost a mere diary
of events, a convenient but lazy usage, but the editors with
tire vast responsibilities of the Jubilee number on their
shoulders feel that they cannot allow it to sink to such a
mundane level.
The Jubilee of the Schools makes us...”
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“...
The service was conducted by Mr. A. H. Faers, who
outlined the history of the schools from their inception,
detailing the main changes which had taken place in the
sites and buildings of the three schools and showing im-
pressively the hand of God in all that had been plarmed
and put into operation. The Schools were founded ex-
pressly to provide for the education and training of the
children of C.I.M. parents after Dr. Hudson Taylor him-
self had experienced the health-giving properties of Chefoo.
In his closing remarks, Mr. Faers addressed the boys and
girls in these words. “This is but a rapid survey of what
the Lord has done for us at this centre, and, as we today
rejoice together in hearty thanksgiving for all that is past,
may the remembrance of this day put heart into your young
lives, enabling you to go forward in faith and hope, know-
ing that what our Heavenly Father has done in the past,
He is well able to continue in the future...let us heartily
thank Him for His great love...”
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“...Gardiner. Mrs. McMullan, after
singing ‘The owl’, The Elfman’ and ‘Little Pig Nose’ sang
‘I dunno’ a second time. After a reading by Mr. Martin,*
in the form of a dialogue on the merits of rowing, Mrs.
Malcolm sang ‘Twickenham Ferry’ and ‘In Edinboro Toun’.
The evening’s proceedings were brought to a close
with the united singing, by the whole audience, of the me-
trical version of the twenty-third Psalm.
JUBILEE UNITED PICNIC
To celebrate the Jubilee fittingly is not easy in a
place isolated as Chefoo. Where are the flocking past
generations? Where are the dinners, the Extremely Dis-
tinguished Visitors, with Titles, Orders, Pomp and Splend-
our? All up and down the world they are., and /so we here,
conscious of their remembrances but lamenting their
absence, have to devise our own celebrations. An extra
day was added to the usual Foundation Day break, and
this was devoted to a united picnic. Those responsible
found that general opinion was- in favour of the Lighthouse
Island as the place...”
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“...reading of the letter
given below was greeted with loud and prolonged applause and the
opportunity is now taken of publicly thanking those who have so
generously and thoughtfully contributed to a gift of such value and
usefulness.
June 15, 1931.
R. F. Harris, Esqr.,
China Inland Mission Boys’ School,
Chefoo.
Dear Mr. Harris,
In nearly every part of the world today the thoughts of
hundreds of old scholars of the China Inland Mission Schools will
revert back to the days of their youth and the happy years they spent
in Chefoo. Apart from the occasion being the anniversary of the
laying of the foundation stone of the Boys’ School, it is the fiftieth
year since the schools were first established in Chefoo.
As a token of their grateful indebtedness to their respective
alma maters a number of old students have raised a fund with which
to make a presentation to the Schools, and I, on the behalf of the
enclosed list of subscribers, have great pleasure in sending you here-
with cheques for Mex. $395.00...”
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“...Mrs. Cunningham 5.00
Judd Bros, (per Dr. Fred H. Judd) 30.00
Mr. G. A. Robinson 10.00
Miss R. M. Olive Joyce 5.00
Mrs. J. M. D. Hoste (nee Evans) 10.00
Mr. D. F. R. McMullan 25.00
Mrs. Welch (nee Anderson) 5.00
Miss Edith G. Palmer 10.00
Miss Betty A. Brown 10.00
Mr. Arthur Piercy H. K. $50.00 54.00
Mr. J. W. Pote Hunt 10.00
Dr. Dansey Smith 10.00
J. F. Graham 10.00
C. Butland 10.00
A. II. Olsen 10.00
J. A. Andrew 10.00
Win. A. Allen 7.00
Arthur B. Allen 2.00
550.00 $395.00
CHEFOO, July 27, 1931....”
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“Malcolm” Memorial Prize.
■In the summer of 1927, the community of Chefoo suffered a
great loss in thp death of Mr. William Malcolm, or “Bill Malcolm”
as he was affectionately called by those who knew him.
As he was an Old Boy of the School, many of his friends felt
that a special Prize might be given yearly in his memory; and Mr.
G. Wayte Wood interested himself with others in collecting a fuud
for this purpose.
This Bund has been placed on deposit in the Hongkong and
Shanghai Bank and it is the desire of Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm that the
yearly interest should, subject to the approval of the Principal and
Staff of the Boys’ School, be given in a lump sum to the Senior
Prefect and Captain of the School.
Conduct Watch. Given on the vote of the Staff after the Boys have
expressed their desire. By the desire of the large
majority of the Boys and the unanimous vote of
the Staff, it has been awarded to
D. Landsborough.
Leaving Bibles.
D. Landsborough
W. Olesen
T. Hirst
A. Moore
N. D. Smith
J...”
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“...as an extension of the Second Form East Corridor.
During the course of the term two fire-drills took
place within two weeks. They were scenes of wild stam-
peding along the corridor for most of us and of a dreamy
amble for the rest.
Two nets for practice were ready at the beginning
of the cricket season. They are abreast, and in the same
part of the field as the old net. They have proved a real
acquisition to the cricket of the whole School.
The schools once more, with the foreign community
of Chefoo, enjoyed another Empire Day of Sports—and
ices. Many thanks are due to those who arranged for all
the activities.
As a result of the Foundation Day Tennis1 some
parents challenged the Boys’ School Tennis Six to a con-
test on the front court of the School. The older genera-
tion dealt a damaging blow to the reputation of the younger
generation.
A picnic of the prefects and Vlth Forms of the G.S.
and B.S. to the Second Bleach by boat—an entirely new
venture—took place towards the end of the term...”
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“...miles, ’28, 3 miles, ’29; Monitor S.T. ’30; Prefect,
W.T. ’30; L. & D.S. Committee, ’30-31; Cricket 1st. XI,' ’30-31;
Football 1st. XI, ’30-31, Colours, '31, Committee, ’31; Boat Races,
'30-31, 2nd Crew Cap, ’31; Garey House Capt., '30-31; ent. Sch. Cert.
'31. 1
Address: c/o J. H. Simpson Esq., “Mashoba", 8 Wilbury Cres-
cent, Hove, Sussex, England.
Mann. John Isaac; P.S. '22-24; B.S. '24-31; Football 1st. XI,
'30-31; Boat Races, ’31; Ox. Jun.'29; ent. Sch. Cert. '31.
Address; Weihaiwei Rd., Chefoo.
Smith, Neville Dansey: B. S. Sp. T. ’24; Long Swims, 1 mile,
’27, 2 miles, ’28, 3 miles, ’31; Ox. Jun. '29; Librarian, W. T. '30;
Monitor, W. T. ’30; Prefect, S. T. '31; Football 1st. XI, W. ’T. '30;
Boat Races, ’30-31, 1st. Crew Gap. ’31; Sch. Cert. S. T. ’31.
Address: c/o Mrs. Heywood Smith, "Amberley”, Summersdale,
Chichester, Sussex, England.
Livingstone House
Hanna, John Elmore: P. S. '21-’25; B. S. ’25; Vice-Capt.
Livingstone, ’30-’31; Long Swims, 2 miles, ’29: Boat Races, ’29.31,
2nd...”
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MN response to a comm uni cation issued by the Chefmsian
& Committee in February Last, letters' have been received
from representatives of the Chefoo Schools Association in
England and Australia stating the willingness of the secre-
taries in these countries to cooperate with the Committee by
supplying news of Old Boys and Girls' from time to time.
We publish in this issue some interesting information sup-
plied to us by Mr. Howard Joyce and Misis Christine Porte-
ous.
ENGLAND
Inez Davidson, having obtained the Scottish Higher Leav-
ing certificate, left Edinburgh in July 1930 and is now
in. Germany, living with a family for a year, in Dres-
den.
Denise Milne is studying in St George’s School, Edinburgh.
Mary Peill has left her school at Kilmacolm in Scotland.
She is now in Switzerland (Neuchatel) and then in-
tends to go to Tours and obtain a certificate1 in French.
Doris Anderson is, as she says, “having a good time at
school...”
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Molly Payne is in her 2nd year at King’s College London,
studying Science.
Grace Castleton is at school at Walthamstow Hall, Seve-
noaks.
Ruth Castlieton is studying at a Business College in London.
Margaret Alty has been engaged in a secretarial capacity
with the London Teacher’s Association.
Five Old Chefoo boys- Gordon Aldus, Henry Guinness, Ray-
mond Joyce, Arnold Lea, and Percy Moore have been
accepted by the C.I.M. and are expecting to sail in
September for China.
Marion Williamson, having gained a University Scholar-
shop, has chosen one for Oxford and is going in for a
History Honour's Course.
NORTH AMERICA
Mrs. Carter (nee Maud Row) announces the birth of a son.
Josephine Cunningham is a nurse at Roanoke Hospital,
Roanoke, Virginia, and is enjoying her work.
Lena Ivauderer has just graduated from Lennox Hill Hos-
pital, New York City.
Maybeth Judd entered U.B. C. this year and is doing well.
Sheila Tull regretfully says farewell to the walls of Mc-
Master University at the close...”
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“...67
AUSTRALASIA.
CHEFOO REUNION. Melbourne.
At our Reunion in December 1930 we were fortunate
to 'have with us Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy. We all enjoyed
meeting them again. There were 22 Chefooites present,
and besides Competitions etc. the old Chefoo games were
played. Handley Entwistle had had made a large cake
with 44 candles representing the. years of service spent by
Mr. and Mais. McCarthy in Chefoo. After a very pleasant
evening Mr. McCarthy gave us a short Bible reading and
address, and we closed with the 23rd Psalm.
Mr. McCarthy was also one of the speakers at the
Upwey Convention at Christmas, when many Ohefooites
were again privileged to hear him. Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy
left for England in January 1931 carrying with them the
best wishes of the Chefooites in Austalia. We hope that
their meeting with Chefooites on the other side of the world
will be as happy.
PRAYER FELLOWSHIP.
These meetings which are held on the first Saturday
evening of every month at the C.I.M. Home in Melbourne
arc...”
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