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Schools association
1058. AVENUE RUAB
TORONTO, ONTARIO M5N 2C6
THE ORGAN OF THE
CHEFOO SCHOOLS
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“...HOISTING THE FLAG ON CORONATION DAY AT CHEFOO....”
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“...4
THE CHEFOO MAGAZINE.
of Vol. III. ? Yet even this fact pales into insignificance in the
face of such paragraphs as these :—To Mr. and Mrs.---a son;
to Mr. and Mrs. ---a daughter.
We are exceedingly glad to be able to give an interesting account in this number of a re-union in Manchuria where six old boys contrived to meet and have a pleasant talk over old times, though far removed from the rest of the world of old Chefooites. The feeling of good-fellowship in this case was fostered by reading the accounts of other re-unions in the Magazine, and we hope it will be the first of many such, both in Manchuria and in other parts of the world.
THE ANNUAL AYLESBURY RE-UNION, AUGUST i, 1910,
T was a glorious day, bright and sunny ; yet only one thing roused me out of bed earlier than usual. It was the August Bank Holiday, or in other words, the day of the annual Aylesbury Re-union. Two years before I had missed the train and had spent the day at the
Franco-British Exhibition—but never again a...”
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“...Robina Thompson, who had lately arrived from Canada, was able to give us the latest news from that branch of our Association. A telegram with best wishes from Miss Elsie Rendall was then read out by Horace Hunt. During lunch it also leaked out that several of our members had, to put it bluntly, become engaged. We hope the lucky parties will soon make the news public in order that we may offer our congratulations.
After an interval we resumed our games. Some who had lunched well, if not too wisely, contented themselves with making up a set at the less agile game of croquet. Among these we noted particularly the “ Admiral ” (Arthur Polhill), and the “ Mate ” (Edward Williams).
As one rested in a deck chair after a particularly strenuous tennis set, the frequent calls of “ Fault,” “ Double,” “ Game,” seemed to lull one into day-dreams. And so one seemed to feel oneself back at Chefoo as in very similar circumstances in the days gone by.
And so all too soon the time went and we were once more...”
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“...assembled, but when the train did come in, Mr. Hunt’s kindness and tact secured for us a first class compartment in spite of the protestations of an officious guard.
The home journey was by no means dull. The " Mate ” had to be supported on the knees of four others—he was quite well, but there was no seat for him; while one and all contributed his or her quota of Chefoo reminiscences. But before we reached Marylebone Station, where we bade each other good-bye, we had decided unanimously and emphatically that the day had been THE Best Re-union we had ever been to, and so I will repeat— “ it was a glorious day.”
Douglas A. Polhill,
(Chefoo, 1896-1900.)
The following were among the party :-—
Howard H. Bagnall; Mrs. G. Scott-Challis; Miss Copp ; Miss Grace Copp; Alfred E. Copp ; Fred H. Easton ; Frank E. Parry ; Arthur H. Polhill; Douglas A. Polhill; Arnold B. Randle ; T. Hudson Smith ; W. Sydney Smith ; Miss Robina L. Thompson ; Eddie B. Williams....”
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“...THE CHEFOO MAGAZINE.
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A MANCHURIAN RE-UNION,
Newchwang, Manchuria, ist July, 1910.
AFTER an absence of from five to twenty-five years, the following “ Old Boys,” viz. : C. L. Simpson, Toto van Ess, A. van Ess, E. Edgar, C. L. L. Williams, and L. Fawcett, who had not been able to attend any of the re-unions, decided that there was a sufficient number of them to form a little re-union on their own account, and they accordingly met, at the house of a mutual friend in far away Manchuria, to exchange reminiscences of the days of their youth.
A copy of the February number of the “ Chef00 Magazine ” having been exhibited for the benefit of those who were not members of the Schools’ Association, an attempt was made to sing “ Remember Chefoo ” as a round led by C. L. Simpson, who will be remembered by the boys of the eighties as having a particularly mellow voice. The pathetically emotional display of the gathering, however, prevented this from being a success, but “ Three Blind Mice ” and “ Who’ll...”
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“...Fighting the world ; but how ?
Some have gained fame on a far distant shore,
Some have grown rich, some have grown poor,
Some have no virtues, but others a score.
Where are they, where are they now ? (Cribbed, I’ll bet!)
Inherent modesty has prevented any of these little boys from sending an account of their meeting to the Magazine and I am not sure that any of them will be pleased to have their pictures shown to the Chefoo world.
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BOYS* SCHOOL BOAT RACE.
[For the first time for many years Foundation Day has not been observed, owing'to the three Schools being isolated with measles, and the Boat Race was the only reminder of that glorious event, all other ceremonies being postponed.']
NDER ideal conditions, this annual contest took place on Tuesday evening, June 14th, 1910. A large number of small boats were in attendance, adding affectiveness to the scene, conveying sightseers to the winning post. The innovation introduced last year of racing two crews picked as evenly...”
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At 5.10, Mr. McCarthy fired the gun and the two boats shot away. It was obvious that the “ B ” were a far heavier crew than their opponents, but the explanation lay in the fact that three out of the five occupants were new to the race, whilst all of the “ A’s had passed through last year’s ordeal.
The start was a good one for both boats, but Foucar had his men nearly half a length to the good in the first half dozen strokes, pulling two to the minute faster than Wilson. By St. Peter’s College he had slightly increased the lead, but this was not to last long, and the “ A’s ” began now to come up hand over hand, so that at the Prep. School they had drawn level. Amidst intense excitement the “ A ” Captain called for a spurt, and with quickened stroke they were a couple of yards ahead at the Raft. The Raft is the Barnes Bridge of the Thames, and the leading crew here can scarcely lose, yet so it was. It was “ B’s ” Cox that took upon himself to yell to his boat for “...”
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“...10
THE CHEFOO MAGAZINE.
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A DISCIPLE OF EUTERPE AT C.LM.B.S., CHEFOO.
HE musical standard of Chefoo has always been of the highest, says the flattering speaker on Exhibition Day, with warmth of feeling, but “ almost ” bordering upon a hypobolical panegyric.
May I be permitted space to recount the musical
course of one who unfortunately did not contribute towards the maintenance of that standard ?
One Summer evening after prep, a youngster wended his way to the West boot-room to undergo the metamorphosis of slippers for boots. As he listlessly pushed one boot off with the toe of the other, he heard down the corridor the dulcet sounds of a mellow voice blended with the accompaniment of a piano. The musical notes discovered in Jones a devoutly sympathetic soul, which with th<. swelling music rose and soared from things mundane to the ineffably sublime regions where the goddess Muse Euterpe exercises supreme sway.
Timidly he approached from whence these sublime sounds emanated; then opening...”
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each disciple of Euterpe has to render before the whole school and staff the endowments the Muse has bestowed upon him during the term.
The scene is the 2nd music-room, the coming evening to witness the triumph or downfall of Euterpe’s pupils; the atmosphere is laden with coming excitement. Three characters, Jones (our hero), Taylor X. (hard to remember), and “ Soap ” minor.
Taylor is seated before the piano, thumping out Blumenlied, and trying to commit it to memory. “ Hurry up,” says Jones, “ your time’s nearly up.” “ Shut up,” says Taylor. “ You’ve
got two minutes more----time’s up! Nowthen, clear out.” “ Wait
a minute, wait a minute; just this line again.”
“ No; get out.” Jones, maddened by Taylor’s reluctancy to release the piano, endeavours to precipitate Taylor from the music-stool on to the floor. At once a contumacious strain, peculiar to the assinine species, manifests itself in Taylor. Taylor falls, pulling Jones with him. Pandemonium ensues; a heaving...”
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concert for the following day was about to be enacted ; in a corner of the quadrangle the school had taken their seats; the masters and their ladies were there, some few visitors armed with privileged invitations; and others who had dropped in promiscuously. On the front seat among the boys sat three very woe-begone figures : Butland i, Duff i, and Jones. It was obvious they were to take part in the concert, by reason of their prominent position. They were, together, to perform upon the jtiano a trio; and dreadful to contemplate, theirs is the opening piece. Butland says to Duff, “ Now don’t you try and bag my notes.” “ Alright,” says Duff, “ don’t you try and bag mine.” Jones is much too miserable to speak. At last the fatal moment arrives: the Headmaster gets up, silence reigns. “ The opening piece of the concert will be a pianoforte trio by Butland I, Dud I, and Jones.”
Butland takes the treble, Duff in the middle,' and Jones the bass. Whispered adjurations are...”
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with large masses of magnolia and plum blossom ; the pillars were lightly wreathed in ivy, with festoons of ivy from one to another, and the chancel arch and choir stalls were beautifully decorated with masses of magnolia, marguerites, lilies and plum blossom : the effect that the whole church presented was really charming.
Almost to the stroke of three o’clock the bride arrived at the Cathedral door, accompanied by Dr. J. W. Jackson, who gave her away, and came up the aisle, preceded by the choir singing “ The King of Love my Shepherd is.” The bride’s dress, a very beautiful one, was of white satin charmeuse, cut princess style and trimmed with panels of real lace. She carried a bouquet of carnations, roses, and real orange blossoms, and her only ornament was a diamond star brooch, the gift of the bridegroom. She was attended by three little bridesmaids—Miss Doris Lavers, who wore a pretty white muslin and lace frock, white satin sash and white lace hat, and carried...”
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CORRESPONDENCE.
General Hospital,
Brisbane, Queensland,
July 10th, 1910.
Dear Mr. Randle,
My desire to belong to the Chefoo Schools’ Association and to receive the Magazine is in the superlative degree. For the last three-years I have been having an adventurous career in the Brisbane Hospital, and am now a nearly full-fledged nurse. I sit for my final examinations in October. The thought dismays me—for the tennis court, corridor suppers, and impromptu fancy dresses are not conducive to study. We of the Brisbane Hospital consider ourselves the nurses of the Continent. Our Hospital is comparatively small—only sixty nurses and five resident doctors, but numerous Honoraries. But I’ve had such a happy time and will be sorry when this portion of my life is finished. Still there is always better to follow. Willie and Marcus are at the Melbourne University in the Medical School.
There are no other Chefooites over here that I know of. But I have come across two patients here...”
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“...THE CHEFOO MAGAZINE.
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We were much grieved to hear of the death of Mrs. Nock (nee Annie Park-hill) known to so many of us. She died on the 10th of November, 1909, shortly after the birth of her little baby. Our sympathies go out to her husband, left with two small motherless children, also to her brothers and sisters, all of them old Chefooites.
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On June 1st, at Seoul, Korea, before H. Bonar, Esq., H.B.M.’s. Consul General, and afterwards at the Church of the Advent by the Right Rev. Bishop Turner, Thomas William Van Ess, Auditor, Oriental Consolidated Mining Co., Unsan, Korea, to Rachel MacGowan, youngest daughter of the late Andrew J. MacGowan, Esq., Coldwater, Michigan, U.S.A.
OFFICERS.
1bon. Secretary? ^European $Jrancb: Arnold b. Randle. 41, Derwent Grove, East Dulwich, S.E. Cbina JSrancb: George H. Rendall, 59, Avenue Road, shanghai. Canabtan anb amcvican Wancb: C. Hamilton Fishe, C/o Dominion Bank, Montreal, Canada.
JEbltor: Horace W. Hunt, 10, Church Street, Aylesbury....”
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“...THE CHEFOO MAGAZINE.
ftbe MSbttov’s Corner,
We hope all our readers will consider the new cover for our Magazine an improvement. We draw attention to the fact that the words “The ” and “ Magazine ” have been omitted, and that it will in future be known as “ Chefoo ” only.
“All things come to him who waits.” Were it not for this thought we should have sunk to the dark depths of despair long ago. We have at present only waited patiently a-little over two years for that great influx of interesting photos and more interesting articles.
We are Still Waiting.
Boys ! where is your enthusiasm ? Girls ! where is your ardour ? Did you leave it all behind when you came away from school ?
Six good fellows away . in Manchuria found enough enthusiasm to get together and enjoy themselves, and better still, their enthusiasm asted long enough for one of their
number to write an account of their enjoyment to the Magazine. Now if one in every six of our two hundred odd members did the same thing we should...”
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