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“...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 look forward optimistically towards the jubilee of this magazine. No doubt it will then be a bulky volume of some hundred pages, devoted to Cubist drawings and abbreviated langu- age. The editors will most certainly include nothing of such pointless and crude pastimes as cricket and football, but comment candidly on the poor two hundred knots achieved by the Leander of that year. However we must descend from the cloudy heights of prophecy, and, before closing these lines of vain babble...”
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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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“...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 embarked from the Jetty about 10.30, after a night when a tearing South Wind had made us think with gloomy forebodings about the crossing, but the sea was only a little lively, and we had a pleasant trip over. Dis- embarkation at the other side was a slow business, but...”
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“...nouncement was made of 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...”
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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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“...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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“...s and a pantry. The New 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...”
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“...65 4 (Old & (Birkf ^rdion | □onoaonononon-0-nononononon<>QoQoQoQ 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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“...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 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....”