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“...was beautifully rendered. The soloists were Miss Dixon, Miss Macnair and Mr. Chalkley. Miss Taylor accompanied on the piano and Miss Priestman on the organ. The School Choir has blossomed this term. Five .senior boys have joined to supply tenor and bass parts. A senior Singing class has been started too in the Boys’ School and this made it possible for the senior boys to join in the Cantata this year on Prizegiving Day. We are greatly indebted to Mr. and Mrs. Windsor, both of whom were at the schools in years gone by, for writing their impressions of Foundation Day and to Mr. and Mrs. Lutley for their contribution on the Prizegiving celebra- tions. Our deepest sympathy has been with them in the loss they have sustained this year of Mrs. Lutley Senior and of their son, Jamie. We hear that an Old Girl now in Chefoo recently held a reunion for Old Girls and twenty put in an appearance. Chefoo seems to have an irresistible attraction for Old Boys and Girls. The latest addition to the G.S. is...”
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“...assented to every request to allow the children to have their supper and go quietly to bed. We saw a little of what was meant by the Master Himself when He said,” “Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above.” * * * THE TUNGCHCW PIRACY It has been urged that so outstanding a landmark (or rather seamark) in the history of the school as the pirat- ing of the Shanghai party, which took place last winter, should be commemorated in the official organ of the schools. So here goes. Much fiction has already been published on the matter. We will try here to set some of it in a more truthful light. The ship left Shanghai on the morning of Tuesday, January 29th., with the ladies, girls and Prepites in the first- class accommodation, and the B.S. contingent down below, where they had much more room, comparatively, than the others, who were crowded into fewer cabins than their number demanded. Just as the Prepite “tea” or supper was to be served the attack was...”
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“...90 (By special arrangement the boys and girls had an opportunity during the Summer Term of seeing a film des' cnbing the twenty^five years of the reign of King George V. By the kindness of the film'manager it was possible for the Schools to see a selection of scenes previously decided upon as suitable by the Headmaster.) * * * “ROYAL CAVALCADE’’ The film opened with a display of fireworks. Rockets shot through the air and gradually the head of the King was shown standing out brightly. The National Anthem was played while this was shown, and all rose till it was over. The next picture was of a bright, new penny, fresh from the Mint. This penny was to be the main theme of the whole story, and we were shown how it was made. Soon we were in the House of Commons, listening to a great orator speaking. His theme was that women should be able to vote, and we saw the first lady member of Parlia' ment greeted with cheers. Now came the most exciting part of the film—the story of the Great War. The...”
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“...ideal when, at 3. o’clock H.B.M. Consul and Mrs. Ogden took up their positions near the Boys’ School flagstaff. The British Consul’s uniform afforded just the touch needed to make the proceedings official and significant. On his left was the 1st. Chefoo Company of Rangers and Guides, looking smart and alert in their neat blue uniforms: on his right, lining the path, were the Convent School girls in serviceable tunics and the dapper Japanese boys and girls: on the terrace above stood the C.I.M. Schools and visitors. The Consul reminded his aud'ence of the vastness of the Empire over which the British Sovereign reigns. In the course of his remarks he referred to the just pride which the Britisher may well have in being a citizen of such a common- wealth of nations. This pride should result in a readiness for service at all times. Though cut off from the Mother Country, we are all members of one team, pledged to keep unstained the honour of the British flag. As the Union Jack was unfurled, the...”
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“...94 FOUNDATION DAY By two Old Chefusians /?■ O the scholars in the Schools, Foundation Day means a holiday full of interesting events; to some the culm' ination of boating practice; to others the test of their skill at tennis. This year Foundation Day brought to at least two of us a vivid recollection of days gone by, and the glorious feeling of being able to witness the events in which we once participated, not now as scholars, but as real “Grown ups”. Looking back to Foundation Days of nearly 30 years ago, one truth forces itself upon the consciousness; it is that in spite of radical differences and many changes, the spirit of Foundation Day remains the same. The personnel of the Staff has changed, of recent years the Compound has radical' ly altered in appearance; (30 years ago the Boys’ School build' ing was baiely 10 years old!); the old boats have passed on— (who remembers the Meteor, now all but forgotten?)—and a new fleet has come into being; stone boat houses have taken the place...”
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“...103 CHEFOO SCHOOL ENDS YEAR Preparatory School Gives Display of Work aT HE China Inland Mission Schools in Chefoo held their closing exercises, prize distributions and exhibitions of work, this week. On Monday the Preparatory School had their day. In a very good programme the best items were undoubtedly the later recitations and the combined songs of the Uppei School. The smaller children were not undeserving of praise in theirs but it was the Upper School who displayed a .eally remarkable clearness in nearly all their songs, so that very few words were missed. The older generation were reminded of their own childhood by the happy little scene from Struwelpeter. A particularly chubby Augustus, John Stephen, commenced the tale; a much leaner number two took on the narrative, and a suitably cold and blunt youngster, Peter North, told with heartless brevity of the sad end to the hunger strike. Mr. A. A. Milne is, of course, absolutely indispensable in a children’s programme, just as Lewis...”
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“...type, a small lake for watering, most realistic vegetation and scrub, and figures neatly cut out in stiff paper to stand in suitable positions. The walls of the rooms showed an assortment of examples of the drawing and writing of the different classes throughout the year. Extract from the North China Daily News by permission of the author) THE CHEFOO SCHOOLS PRIZE GIVING, 1935. /1ft N Tuesday, July 30th the first part of the closing exercises of the upper schools took place. Mr. Bruce as head- master presided and made a few introductory remarks about the Cantata, specially mentioning the fact that the accom - panists were scholars of the schools. Katherine Costerus took her place at the piano and played an opening solo to introduce “Water Babies,” the boys and girls rose, and with Miss Rice, as usual, ably conducting from the back of the hall, the Cantata began. The yearly performance of a cantata by the Girls’ School has been such an important event in Exhibition Week of the past, that this...”
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“...had made for keener competition throughout the school especially in athletics. Last of all Mr. Bruce wished to mention the health of the schools. Due to the noble work of the house keepers and Wardrobe keepers, and the careful nursing of the sick, the general health of the schools was good; and it was remarkable that an epidemic might sweep through one school and yet not spread to the other schools. This was largely due to the constant prayer going up in so many parts of China and the home countries, and to the care taken by the watchful doctor. The climate also helped with its bracing weather and germ- killing sunshine. Then Mr. Bruce introduced the speaker, Dr. W. B. Glass of the American Baptist Mission. Dr. Glass said he did so appreciate the honour conferred upon him of speaking to the boys and girls. He had always been interested in the Chefoo schools since the day twenty- two years ago when his first boy entered the Prep School. Very few of the present staff were here then, it was when...”
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“...No matter how dark the clouds, how tempestuous the sea nor how thick the hail around you, there’s a way through for the boy and girl whose heart is fixed and whose trust is in God.” After the presentation by Mrs. Glass of the prizes, (details of which are given below), Dr. Glass commended those who were leaving in prayer to God, and the whole school then joined in the new school song, specially written (words and music) by S. Houghton for the combined schools to replace, on such occasions as this, the school songs of the separate schools. Many a favorable comment was heard of this new song which was sung with spirit and feeling, and formed a most fitting close to the whole prizegiving. This year all the drill took place on the third day, not as in previous years the girls’ drill one day and the boys’ the next, Though neither exhibition was therefore quite as' long as in the past, the alternating of girls’ and boys’ items was an added attraction, and the whole effect was most pleasing. During...”
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“...power and might’’, words which may almost be described as the school anthem, so much are they associated with the school in the minds of all who have been there. Proceedings ended unofficially with the customary cheers and the chairing of the captain of the school and others, and the general rampage that tradi- tionally follows the close of Exhibition day. But the thoughts of many of the spectators, as they left the quad were with the senior boys and girls, who had played their part in these schools by the sea, and were now going out into the world to maintain the honour of the school; and many a prayer went up that they might amid all the difficulties and perils of the future be true to the ideals of their old school and to Him to Whose glory it stands. /<*' HE Extract below describes the programme on the second day. It is taken from the North China Daily News by kind permission. On Wednesday the Chefoo School term closing per' formances in the Hall were few but select, pianoforte solos...”
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“...and a window. Further distinctions in meaning are made by adding phonetic symbols to the original radicals. It is not uncommon in Chinese classics for a character to be “borrowed” or used in the sense of another. Chinese writing was first cut on bamboo or strips of wood with a wooden stylus, then a pencil was used and finally a brush. Mr. Lutley showed us many charts of radicals, with the ancient and modern form and the various types of writing. There are now about eight different styles or schools of Chinese writing. Mr. Lutley gave a most skilful demonstration of how to write Chinese characters before concluding his lecture. BOYS’ SCHOOL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY (Space permits only the briefest account of the doings of this society.) Feb. 20. That the pen is mightier than the sword. Mr. Whitelaw v. Mr. Glass. Passed by 2 votes. 27. With the advance of civilisation, it is harder for man to be happy. Mr. Thompson v. Mr. Rowe. Passed by 1 vote. Mar. 6. That the future of Chefoo depends...”