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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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“...26
JUBILEE FOUNDATION DAY
CELEBRATIONS.
June 15th, 16th, 17th, 1931
BOAT RACES.
dftN Monday June 15th the Jubilee Foundation Day Cele-
brations at the Schools opened with the customary
Boat races. During the morning the weather had been
thunderous and rainy, but by 4 o’clock the sun was shining
brightly. Before the first race Caps were presented to the
boys who had won their colours. Mr. Martin said that
the season had been somewhat short owing to the date of
opening term, but the weather had been kind and the
crews stroked by Landsborough and 'Moore (Seniors) and
by Olesen and Dilley (Juniors) had been very keen. The
colours awarded were few, as the practice of awarding
colours before the race was comparable to buying a pig in a
poke: but they were consequently more valuable. He then
announced the names of the girls to whom Boating Colours
had been awarded, Mary Bird (Captain of Boats), Eleanor
Ford and Mary Macpherson. Then Mrs. Bruce graciously
presented to the boys the caps that had...”
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“...30
JUBILEE SERVICE.
A large number of friends gathered in the Memorial
Hall at 11.00 a.m. with the Staffs, girls and boys of the
C.I.M. Schools to celebrate the Jubilee of the opening of
the Schools in 1881.
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...”
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“...the boys
Landsborough and Olesen shewed that they had an idea
of the fundamental stroke of tennis, the forehand drive,
and Landsborough in particular was always trying to play
his strokes correctly: he should develope into a good player.
Walker showed considerable tactical skill, and he has a
good eye: when the ball bounced above the height of his
shoulder, he was forced to straighten his elbow and so often
brought off a good shot from such balls.
The first match played was the Final of the Schools’
Tournament, and in this the reliable play of Helen Best
and B. Walker proved too strong for Barbara Hance and
I). Landsborough: the first set went to the former pair: the
second to the latter (G—4: 3—6): then the deciding set
went to the former (6—2) : a wellfought game. Thus the
Racquets presented by the Old Bovs and Girls went to
Helen Best and Bernard Walker.
The Exhibition Games between the remaining mem-
bers of the Sixes were closely contested: Edna Rist and
A. Moore reached 24-20 against...”
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“...Plaunted House!’ after
which Mrs. D. F. R. McMullan sang, ‘The Two Magpies,
“The Crow’s Egg’ and ‘I dunno’.
These were followed by Rubinstein’s ‘Kamenoi Os-
trow’ played by Mrs. F. E. Dilley, and the first part of the
programme was concluded after Mrs. Malcolm bad sung
‘Rose in the bud’ and ‘Gin a body’.
During the interval, the chairman called on Mr.
Bruce to read a letter he had received. This proved to be
one from Mr. D. F. R. McMullan, who, writing on behalf
of the old girls and boys, asked the schools to accept, as...”
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“...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, but considerable difficulty was found
in procuring a craft that would take the three Schools
there. Finally a large launch was hired, like the Ninghai
launch, (if indeed it was not itself) and by the accom-
modating courtesy of the U.S.S. “Black Hawk’’ two pin-
naces were put at our disposal.
We...”
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“...the presentation by Old Boys and Girls
in China of a sum of money to the Schools on the occasion of its
Jubilee. This sum has gone to the purchase of another raft, which
now floats opposite the G.S. Bathing-shed. The 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...”
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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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“...grown the institutions of which we are so justly
proud. With the psalmist we say, “If it had not been
the Lord’’.......then indeed this enterprise would have
failed—’for it has had to face many difficulties.
As one who has been connected with the schools
for over forty years in the successive capacities of pupil,
teacher and parent, I have been asked to write some ac-
count of the changes which have taken place during the
course of the years, and I should like to do so from several
points of view.
First -with regard to buildings. The school which
started in a small room with the children of one family
as pupils, soon grew into a co-educational establishment,
and before long was divided into Boys’ and Girls’ Schools.
When I came in 1888 both schools were housed in rambling
bungalows, of the type of the present .Prayer Room and
Chinese Church, which were in fact part of the old Boys’
School. These were added to from time to time as heed
arose—the Prayer Room having started as a dormitory—
the...”
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“...accommodation
provided. It is possible now to have comforts and con-
veniences which were unthought of in the early days.
Then as to Staff. In the C.I.M. all types of
workers are ‘missionaries in their own right’, so that mem-
bers of the Staff are members of the Mission on the same
footing as those who work in the interior. In the early
days of the school the number of wok.eirs in the Mission
was comparatively small, and it was often very difficult
to find a sufficient supply of people to staff the schools.
This meant that the members of the Staff were liable to
be called upon for all kinds of work outside their teach-
ing, such as sick-nursing, wardrobe-keeping, etc. Also in
the Girls’ School, at least, the older girls got valuable
training in many practical subjects not included in the
curriculum. For instance, I cannot remember a time
when I had not two or three small music pupils. Often,
too, I would be called upon to give .help in the sackroom,
being left in charge while the over-worked principal...”
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“...meant much to those
who have regularly come and has proved over and over
again that God answer prayer. It is held every Thursday
evening after Prep.
Sunday classes are held regularly every Sund-iy
afternoon at 1.45, when the various forms go to the houses
of the masters who organise these gatherings. Mr. Chalk-
ley conducts the Senior Bible Class, Mr. Houghton takes
Vb and Mr. Martin has the IVtli Form. The Third and
Second Forms assemble with Mr. Bruce, who reads to them.
The White Cross Association have their regular
meetings each term, no longer in the Prayer Room but
in Mr. Bruce’s sitting-room. These have been of inestim-
able benefit to the members.
Finally, there is the Missionary Band, which sends
its subscriptions at present to Burma, where the Rev. A.
T. Houghton is doing pioneer work in the North-West
amongst the tribes....”
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“...Vaughn Dickson. 94%.
Mary Weller. 94%.
FORM III. Martha Jane Moore. 81%.
FORM IV. Florence Alderson. 89%.
FORM VB. Julia Siryk. 92%.
Form VA. Fern King. 84%.
FORM VI. A special prize for marked progress in Scrip-
ture has been awarded to Hope Wilson.
DRAWING PRIZES.
DOWER SCHOOL. Edna Clarke.
MIDDLE SCHOOL. Mildred Porter.
UPPER SCHOOL. Eleanor Ford.
At this year’s Annual Exhibition of the Royal Drawing Society,
held in the Guildhall, London, for work sent in by the Public Schools,
Grammar Schools, etc., of the British Isles and the Dominions, the
following awards were made for work sent up from the school
4 sheets commended 2nd. class.
9 sheets commended 1st. class.
1 sheet by the present IVtli. Form, awarded a Bronze star.
1 sheet (place cards) by Mary Abbott, awarded a Bronze Star....”
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“...53
“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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“...Baths are being built
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...”
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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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“...arc proving a great blessing. They are led by each mem-
ber in turn, and after a short Bible reading the meeting is
thrown open. News of the Schools and Staff and of Old
Boys and Girls is given, and requests made for prayer.
After prayer we close with singing the 23rd Psalm without
which no Chefoo gathering is complete. It is our hope
that wherever there are Chefooites they will join with us
in this Prayer Fellowship....”
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