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“...FEBRUARY
1937.
CHEFOO,
N. CHINA
(Ulufusian
CONTENTS
School Chronicle 300 <> Oxford Examinations 323
Souvenirs 303 I Rangers and Guides 324
The “Red” Invasion 304 Basketball 326
L. & D. Soc. ... ... ... 306 s Christmas 326
Vth Form Gleanings 309 I Wedding 327
IVth Form Parodies 318 Echoes 329
Lectures 321 ) Old Chefusians 333
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SCHOOL CHRONICLE
zj’" HIS term has been comparatively uneventful, except for
more sickness than usual, especially in the Girls’ School,
which has given the Hospital a busy time. The illness began
with an epidemic of appendicitis cases in the Summer Holi-
days, which ran on into the beginning of the term. Dysentery,
bronchitis and severe coughs followed and before these had
done their work fully, Scarlet Fever broke out in the Boys’
School.
As a result, the girls and boys were completely separat-
ed, having all their classes in different wings of the Co-Ed.
building during the quarantine, and coming back to the or-
dinary routine at the end of...”
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the usual concert and mark'teading. Although everybody
left here as “clean”, three more cases developed among the
boys on their journeys home.
We thought that by this time we were rid of the germs
in Chefoo, when the parties had left, but soon after the be'
ginning of the holidays one of the Prepites developed Scarlet.
The girls were sent to the West wing of the Boys’
School. They were not yet out of quarantine before quite a
number were contaminated by their contact with the Head'
master’s two elder daughters, who came down with the fever
just before Christmas. All joint Christmas celebrations were
cancelled. This last quarantine was hardly finished before a
case occurred in the Richardson family. On account of the
danger of infection the usual Winter C.S.S.M. was put off.
As the last number of the Chefusian was printed before
the August C.S.S.M. was over, no account of the campaign
was possible. It was led by Mr. J. Robinson, who was assisted
by Miss C. F. Tippett, and Messrs. Lutley...”
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“... quand
le maitre arrive, voit le spectacle et se met en colere. Il ne
lui a jamais pardonne. Mais passons au deluge.
Et quoi sur Chefoo? dites-vous. Des collines nues et
steriles au lieu des montagnes vertes et les neiges eternelles
de la Suisse; telle etait ma premiere impression. Mais depuis
lors j’ai appris a aimer Chefoo. Et puis encore la premiere ren-
contre avec mes camarades de classe! Etaient-ce bien ces
petites filles, qui se bousculaient, ricanaient, se roulaient par
terre? Me faut-il l’avouer? J’etais surprise et bien desa-
pointee. Pardonnez-moi, cheres Chefusiennes, pn ne peut guere
apprendre a se cpnnaitre du premier cpup. Les dempiselles de
Geneve vpnt a l’ecole en grandes dames frisees, fardees et
ppudrees a la derniere mpde. Mais le temps nous rend plus
sage, et je voudrais aujourd’hui que toute fille restat aussi
simple que celle de Chefoo. Pourquoi jouer a la dame, quand
on est enfant? Mieux vaut rester petit aussi longtemps que
possible que de perdre les plaisirs innocents...”
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“...decided to close School earlier than usual. After-events
proved the wisdom of this step. Before reaching the end of
their journey home, three boys attempted to coerce their
comrades into joining the REDS; one in Korea, where he
suffered from complete SEVERANCE from his brother for a
period; another in Tsingtao, where he carried on Red pro-
paganda in a motor-car with little CLEMENTSy; the third
on the journey to Shanghai.
With the closing of the Schools the Compound breath-
ed a sigh of relief. It is true that there were still dayboys in
Chefoo, some of whom were found to be RED, we understand,
others of whom saw a good opportunity to avoid work, but
it was reasonable to suppose that the RED invasion was at
an end. Yet, before two weeks had passed, a STAR performer
in the Prep. School, of French extraction, showed unmistakable
signs of assimilating RED tendencies. (She was immediately
ECLIFFED, ath one thaid who thpoke with a lithp.)
But worse was to come. Four days before Christmas,
the...”
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FOURTH FORM PARODIES
FTER a term’s study of Longfellow’s Hiawatha many of
Cz the Fourth Form attempted parodies. The best are
printed below.
CHEFOO
On the shores of Gitche Gurnee,
By the shining Big Sea-Water,
Dwelt the maidens of the Pale-Face,
Dwelt the many sons of White Man.
They had come to be more learned,
That they might acquire great knowledge.
From the eastward, from the westward,
North and South in small groups came they,
There they lived and learned together,
All the maidens in one great lodge,
All the sons dwelt in another,
So they lived in peace and safety.
To the northward, Gitche-Gumee,
He the shining Big Sea-Water,
Lay rippling in the summer sunlight,
Sparkling, dancing in the sunlight.
Or Peboan, he the Winter,
Blew his icy breath upon it,
There it rose and fell in billows,
Tossed and roared in mighty billows.
Or, on nights so dark and starlit,
Rose a great moon from the water,
Making one great path of silver
On the rippling, lapping water.
To the southward rose the...”
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“...appreciation of
Captain’s love and work by making speeches. Then Madam
told Captain how much she would miss her and that they
would always remember her. Captain thanked us for our
help and said she would continue “Guiding” in another way.
We ended our happy evening with prayer and “Taps”.
FROM AN EX-SCOUTMASTER
As one who was for six years in charge of a Scout
Troop of six patrols in a school in England, may I add a
word of appreciation of Miss Macnair’s inauguration and cap-
taincy of the 1st Chefoo Guide Company? Though valiant
efforts had been made by the Girls’ School Staff to provide
the girls with out-of-school interests, the enthusiasm and co-
operation of the girls themselves only reached its climax
when Miss Macnair launched a Guide Company. The work
has gone on steadily ever since, though there have been many
obstacles to progress. As one who knows the difficulty of
running a school troop of scouts, I have watched with sym-
pathy and admiration Miss Macnair’s persistent patience...”
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Page 327
“...drawing him and boys behind hailing his ad-
vent with a gong and bugle, sounding very much like a
demented Chinese funeral.
After Father Christmas had gone, Mr. Martin, by means
of shadowgraphs told us a story about St. George and the
Dragon who would not fight. Mr. Punch introduced us to this.
The test of the day passed quietly enough. We went
to bed early and thus ended our Christmas.
WEDDING AT THE CHINA INLAND MISSION
Chefoo gave away another of its daughters in the
marriage celebrated on Wednesday afternoon, November 18th.
Miss Constance Knight, long known to many Chefoo people,
first as a girl in the School, and recently as a member of the
Prep. School Staff, is surrounded by affection and good wishes
as she leaves us, and the bridegroom, Mr. N. J. Amos, equally
gets our good wishes. It was a special satisfaction that the
bride’s mother, Mrs. Knight, at one time Principal of the
Girls’ School, was here for the wedding.
The civil ceremony had been performed during the
morning at the British...”
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“... was entirely
successful, within and without, and those who made and those
who decorated it, deserve real congratulations. When its glory
had succumbed to the knife, Dr. Judd felicitated the brideg-
room on winning a Chefoo girl, and the bride on the stalwart
man of her choice, and expressed in the name of their friends
many good wishes for the blessing of the Lord. After prayer
by the Rev. A. F. Lutley, Mr. and Mrs. Amos vanished, to
leave later for a destination sedulously kept secret.
It was fitting that as they left the entrance hall of the
School, the Prep, line on its stately way to supper should ap-
pear, so that the last farewell was from the children, whom
Mrs. Amos has taught and tended during the four years of
her valued service here.
(Reprinted from "The Chefoo Daily News")...”
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NEWS OF OLD CHEFUSIANS
IN MEMORIAM
We greatly regret to record the death of Bob Irwin
an Old Boy of the School, who left over three years ago,
and has studied at the Shanghai American School at Shang-
hai, and latterly at Pyengyang Foreign School, Korea. Our
deepest sympathy is extended to Dr. and Mrs. Irwin of the
Presbyterian Mission, Chefoo, and Bob’s brothers in this sud-
den bereavement. Dr. Irwin has given us permission to
quote from an “In Memoriam” notice issued after Bob’s death.
“Bob was killed accidentally Nov. 17th at Pyengyang,
Korea, struck by something projecting from a train, while
he was walking along by the side of a railroad track near
his school. He probably tripped over some barbed wire or
stumbled on some loose stones while trying to get away
from the approaching train......Bob was so well and happy
the last few days before the accident occurred. He had
some wonderful religious experiences just before he died, had
consecrated his life to God and decided to become...”
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IN MEMORIAM.
“Miss D. M. Wilson has been taken Home. She died
in the early hours of December 27th, and was glad to go.”
In these words we heard of the passing of one who had
devoted twenty-six years of her life to service in the Chefoo
Schools. To those who only knew her at the latter end of
that period the chief impression possibly was that of faithful-
ness to duty in spite of physical weakness. Fellow-workers
of the earlier years could tell of the readiness to carry a heavy
time—table, and to spend and be spent in the interests of
pupils. It would take an “Old Girl” to recount the tramps
over the hills, or the experiences on sea before the days of
Girl Guides and other modern activities. Do the “Present
Girls” know that they owe the beginnings of their Boating
Club to Miss Wilson’s enterprise?
Her ministry was of the kind that is appreciated best
when pupils have grown to manhood and womanhood. There
are many who look back and give thanks for the patient,
thorough teaching which...”
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Back Cover
“...Printed by
James McMullan & Co., Ltd.,
Chefoo, N. China....”
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