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“...THE ORGAN OF THE CHEFOO SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION SCHOOLS A,...”
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“...A Chefoo Group at Northfield, U.S.A, Cambridge University Officers Training Corps, 1912. (See letters from Stanley Polhill). Watching a Dormitory Scrap, Northfield....”
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“...1 Trr—Vg-s g | Miss Shepperd, who has been in connection with the Schools since 1900, first as teacher at the Boys’ School, and then as wardrobe keeper at the Girls’ School, is leaving Chefoo and the work with which she has been associated so long, and we cannot but feel that her passing from so useful a sphere will cause a gap which will be hard to fill. The identity of the “ Chiel,” having unfortunately leaked out, he has bashfully declined to appear in print again, and all our readers will miss the breezy “ News of the Term ” which had become such a feature of our Magazine ; however, another bashful, but gallant, individual in the shape of “ Pepys Junior ” has taken the field, and we hope will soon win a similar esteem. Have YOU got your badge ? PERSONALS. T HESE personals are items of interest about the various Chefooites, which the Secretary has been able to glean, through personal contact, personal correspondence, or through the kindness of others. The small number of Chefooites in...”
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“...some relatives near New Haven. Ned Chalfant is located in New York, but spends most of his time “ on the road,” travelling as an advertising manager for a magazine, well-known to business men, called “ System.” Scott Corbett is also in New York City, arduously toiling away to obtain such a grade in the Standard Oil Business School as to be engaged, and finally sent out to China as a representative. I had the opportunity of visiting him for the first time;—on the 11th of August— since leaving Chefoo. He is a strapping, big fellow just through College, and grappling to make a place in the world. We had a very pleasant lunch-hour chat. He gave me to understand that to obtain a position as foreign representative for the Standard Oil is not such an easy matter as it is cracked up to be. The Cornwells are scattered all over, as usual. Laura, and those younger, are on the farm with their grandmother. They have just commenced their fall term of school. John has resumed his studies at Washington...”
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“...to the name of Chefooites. Harold has been prominent in Athletics, and I heard that the Chefoo boys were marvels on the Scccer field. Henry Fenn, Hank as he is called, is holding his own at Hamilton College. He is a Student Volunteer. Most of his activities run along literary lines, as his Chefoo friends can undoubtedly recall. At College he is writing for the monthly magazine. He won second prize in Sophomore Oratorical contest, and is also endeavouring to make the College Debating Team. Carrington Goodrich, I understand, is behaving himself unusually well at William’s College. He is another member of the Student Volunteers. His pastime is also seeking for literary honours, of which he is undoubtedly going to hold several before graduating. This past summer he has been canvassing the New England Field in the interests of his own purse, selling Chefoo hand-made silk and lace. The readers of the “ Chefoo ” know as much as 1 do about Tony Hunnex. He has not written me a good letter yet, and...”
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“...College from third year High School, and only at the age of sixteen. It is to be hoped that his career may not be influenced by his early entrance into College life. Ted tells me that Clarke has been studying for some time preparatory to taking the Entrance Examinations for Princeton. The reason the names of so few girls have been mentioned is because I am bashful—no, but simply that there are only a few Chefoo girls in America that I have heard from, and their names come at the end of the list. The next one is Lizzette Miller, a youthful lady, the product of Northfield Seminary, with a Chefoo foundation. She has still another year before entering College. She is actively engaged in literary lines at Northfield, and 1 learn is very much admired, in several ways, too, from what little I saw of her. (Now you other Northfield girls do not worry.) She is Treasurer of the Tau Pi Literary Society, and President of the Seminary Student Volunteer Band. I must not forget to say that her sister Anna...”
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“...or she will not fail to drop in on us, and we promise to give all a royal good time, as an advertisement to all other Chefooites ! Dorothy Sibley AN AMERICAN REUNION. Cottages, East Northfield, USA., Mass. Dear Fr iends, Brothers, and Sisters, N the evening of July 24th a merry group of girls and boys walked over to the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Frost (Director of the C.I. Mission in America). As we were nearing their home, we sang “ Chefoo’s burning,” one of those favourite rounds of Chefoo. We were greeted heartily by the host and hostess, and met some of their children and other guests. After we had been introduced ________all around we settle down to play “Up Jinks,” our host remarking that the quarter (U.S. 25-cent piece), with which we played, belonged to the hostess, and that she would be glad to have it returned to her after the game. Our side won the game with a very high score. ■«* We now returned to the sitting-room, where our hostess gave us a piano solo, after which...”
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“...diffidence, and on the distinct understanding that the readers of the Magazine will deal gently with me, and that no parent or friend will rob me of my anonymity which is really of no value to anyone but myself. May 5th.—Term begun.—On account of the epidemics, which were still the guests of the Schools, a united opening service was out of the question. June 2nd.—An interesting cricket match, “ Chefoo ” v. H.M.S. “ Alacrity.”—For the former, Stooke and Wilson (Old Boys), Malcolm (Master), and Hollander, Clarke, T. McCarthy and Hoste played —seven out of the XI.—not bad for the School, eh ? Chefoo did not cover herself with glory, but that’s another matter, and a somewhat painful one, so I gather. The following was overheard on the field from one naval officer to another : “ Those boys play a clean, keen game.” How’s that for an unsolicited testimonial ? 72...”
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“...Miss Katie Easton announced. Up comes Frank from Shanghai with a more or less plausible story of ill-health, overwork, engagements cancelled, etc., etc. He was a healthy looking invalid to be sure, and as for engagements cancelled there was one which was planned, fulfilled, and announced. Old Boys coming to Chefoo in search of “ health ” are in future to be objects of suspicion. We are simple folk here, but we shall not be taken in twice in the same way. * * * * July \3th-15th.—Cricket match, “Past” v. “Present.”—I think I saw Short Slip, or was it Cover Point (?) writing this up, so shall content myself with suggesting that next year some of the Old ’Uns make a point of being in Chefoo for this match. All of us who are in the habit of seeing the Shanghai papers have noticed with pleasure and pride the splendid scores made by Allen Hayward this season. He plays in the best cricket—and it is good stuff, let me tell you—and it was quite expected that he would have been chosen to go to Hong...”
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“...drill was in the hands of Mr. McCarthy (Juniors), and Mr. Harris (Seniors), with splendid results. * * * * August 2nd.—Baptisms.—Duncan Hogg and Terence McCarthy this morning confessed their Lord in baptism. Such a service is ever a solemn and inspiring sight—the impelling desire to witness to the grace of the Lord Jesus, the ordeal of it, the crowds of natives and foreigners, the soft singing of the hymn, “ 0 Jesus! I have promised To serve Thee to the end/’ all go to make a picture peculiar to Chefoo. It is such evidences of God’s favour which make the work in the Schools so well worth doing. * * * * August 4th. News received of war between Great Britain and Germany. Rumour flew apace, and before long the boys were busy purveying blood-thirsty news of battles, by the side of which Water oo and Sedan would be mere affairs of outposts. The Lower School Boys were solemnly told that the Dutch were in Holland, and the Swiss navy was shortly taking the field, all of which was most certainly believed...”
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“...here, and has joined the firm of Cornabe, Eckford & Co., taking the place of Wallace Squire who is leaving very shortly. S}S }jC s}s tfc The following boys (and, as the poet said : “ we are seven ”) are passing out this term, although the movements of some of them have been much interfered with by the war in Europe, which makes the Siberian Route impossible, and the Suez Route undesirable at the present time. But if it is found that Britannia still rules the waves the boys will launch out from Chefoo without delay :—■ Percy Hollander .. Francis Dickie Terence McCarthy John Green Alfred Horne Duncan Hogg Trueman McCrea .. * * to India for a time, to Scotland for further study, to Canada later. to Glasgow for business, to Shanghai to Scotland later, to United States later. * * I see that I forgot to mention that John Green was the winner of the coveted conduct watch, with Percy Hollander a very close second. That’s a prize worth winning if you like. Pepys Junior. 75...”
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“...resulted in the former winning by six points. The third game was played between Eleanor Goold and Hollander and Grace Taylor and Hoste, in which the former team reached thirty points against their opponents’ twenty-six. Then a game of twenty points was played, Marget Rinell and Elsa Logan v. Fanny Wight and Mona Pilcher, and the victory was secured by the former by the scanty margin of one point. As often as items “ Old Boys u. Present Boys ” are inaugurated, so often do they become annual events in Chefoo, and the final tennis match was between the Old Boys, represented, as was the case last year, by W. Squire and C. Wilson, and the Present Boys, represented by Hollander and Hoste. The game was up to fifty points, and great was the excitement when the score reached forty-five all. There was no keeping the boys in at that juncture, and they “ collared ” the remaining five points, thus winning gloriously.. I hear that our (O.B.) representatives are to be put on to learning Tiddley Winks, in the...”
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“...chcpcc AN AYLESBURY REUNION ON AUGUST 3rd, 1914. WAS in London, unexpectedly, the week-end during which everyone was wondering whether Britain was going to war or not. I was told that Mr. and Mrs. Hunt were kindly awaiting old Chefooites to a reunion at Aylesbury, on Monday, and that they had extended their invitation to those whose only intimation was the “ Chefoo Magazine,” I had been to more than one Scotch Reunion, but never an English one, so I was very glad to go. I missed the train, but that was because the ticket office was closed, having chosen an August Bank Holiday to do so. However, I got there, which was the main point. The first thing I saw when I got there was a large photo of Olive Grainger’s (I mean Mrs. Callis’) wedding group, which had been taken a couple of months previously at the Mission House in Newington Green, but it only partially prepared me for the sight of her frisking about for the first time, much to our consternation, without her keeper. We were slightly...”
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“...from Wellingborough, I think she told me, but I forget in which direction. Mr. and Mrs. Lea were there, and as they were two of the latest from “ the field,” we heard a good deal of the latest Chefoo news. I have not yet forgotten a story about Mrs. Lea’s small daughter, a soldier, and a bonnet 1 Margaret Cameron was down from London, wearing one of Miss Soltau’s bonnets as a preparation for a future halo, and Dora Clarke, who is a nurse in the London Hospital. She saw the first batch of three hundred wounded men brought in from the Front, and will probably, alas 1 see a good many more. Laura Clarke was also there. She is teaching in Ivybridge, South Devon, about twenty minutes’ walk from Dartmoor. Among the men were Mr. Lea, George Rendall, Horace Hunt, John Hayes, and Douglas Polhill. The latter has been working in one of the poorest parts of London. John Hayes has left Oxford, where he has been studying for the last few years as a Rhodes scholar, and was going to Edinburgh to work in...”
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“...in the second game, when the reds were on the point of winning, the blues treacherously threw down their mallets and said they had to go and catch a train ! I still burn to avenge the day. We partook of some tea, more conversation and Chefuscian reminiscences. Before we left we tendered our heartiest thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Chiltcn and Mr. and Mrs. Hunt for their kind generosity and the ripping time we had had. As at Chefoo, we used to wish Christmas came every month, so I wished we could have a Chefoo Reunion every month. Then we went and caught our trains. LIST OF CHEFOOITES PRESENT: Margaret Cameron. Dora Clarke. Laura Clarke. Olive Callis. Mr. Hunt. Mrs. Hunt. John Hayes. Mr. Lea. Mrs. Lea. Douglas Polhill. George Rendall. JOHN OLDBOY. T had been a peculiarly successful trip up the tortuous Peiho. The large German steamer had brought about the undoing (literal) of several small native craft, two sampans had been swamped, whilst a third laden with hay and a baby atop had been forced...”
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“...TprrcQ iR-a''''? “ I see, and a bit rough on you,” he chortled. “ Not at all,” I made quick to reply.” I was on Escort duty, in which case the rougher the better ; it may sound brutal, but you know ‘ Sick children play no pranks.’ There are times when even a rough sea has its blessings, so to speak, and now what of yourself ? ” “ Oh, fair,” he made answer ; “ the work’s not bad, the Chinese are a nuisance, though I am getting them into my ways, but I wish I were back at dear old Chefoo. Ah ! if only I had—” “ Please, don’t ! ” I interrupted, “ I know—they all say it—but you wouldn’t have.” He gave a wan smile and sighed heavily, he seemed plunged in melancholy ; I had interrupted the unloading of a heavy cargo, and was doomed to pay the penalty. He quickly determined on a course of self-justification and continued : “ Of course there is precious little one ever learnt that really comes in useful. Look how I slaved at that Latin ; it hasn’t brought me in any dollars yet, and 1 don’t see...”
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“...w W~ : r.- 7 CHEFOO REUNION, 1914. 3 ■<£ of absen HEFOO reunions are the fashion nowadays, to judge from the reports in our deservedly popular Magazine, but to only a favoured few is it given to enjoy a reunion in Chef00 itself. This year the reunion on July 30th came as a climax to three very enjoyable school entertainments, where we Old Girls and Boys sighed over lost youth, and rejoiced over the fine appearance and finer achievements of the present generation. To one of the very ancient ones, the changes that had taken place in eighteen years ;e were rather overwhelming. In fact, the only things that seem to have defied change are Chefoo appetites, and the old school chairs, which still stick to one’s back in the good old-fashioned way 1 But the Bluff, and the bay, and the hills still look the same, so it was appropriate that the reunion should take place out of doors. At the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy, about thirty of us assembled at the Second Beach, despite a pouring rain...”
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“...golden glory, and reminded us that, like all else, even Chefoo reunions must come to an end. Hearty cheers were given for Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy, and Howard Stooke acted as spokesman for us all as he reminded them of the continued interest we Old Boys and Girls maintained in the school, and extended to Mr. Murray our good wishes for his coming trip to England. Then, with the singing of “Auld Lang Syne,” we wended our various ways homeward, having added one more pleasant memory of Chefoo to the many stored away. The following were present : — Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy. Mr. Murray. Mrs. Hayward. Mr. and Mrs. Wells. Louise Corbett. Dr. Heimberger. Mrs. Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stooke. Mrs. Charles Corbett. Miss Copp. Ruby Copp. Helen Elterich. Ida Pruitt. Daisy Tomkinson. Katie Easton. Bertha Cassidy. Sam Mills. Roger Mills. Cecil Wilson. George Sears. Jack McCarthy. Ray McCarthy. Tim McCarthy. Brian McCarthy. John Green. Ernest Hardman. Wallace Squire. Frank Parry. Leonard Tomkinson. Bertha...”
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“...by train before day-break yesterday, and arrived about 10.30 last night. Quite a pleasant journey. At each station we were effusively welcomed by the crowd waiting, but they all wanted and begged for our shoulder and cap badges, “ pour souvenir.” It got quite boring after a time. I must have refused quite eighty young ladies the right of wearing my badges ! However, they did obtain some, for I saw one girl with five or six different ones on her blouse ! (To be continued.) JSA- NEW HOSPITAL AT CHEFOO. In July, the American Presbyterian Mission opened a magnificent new hospital on Temple Hill. Fifty beds are ready for immediate use, and there is accommodation for fifty more. The two operating rooms are fitted with the latest apparatus, and the staff will consist of three Foreign and two Chinese Physicians and ten Nurses. 90 I*...”
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“...Thursday, OMay 21st. This event should certainly be chronicled in the Annals of Chefoo, so a short account is sent herewith by eyewitnesses of the same. The knot was tied at St. Augustine’s Church, Highbury, London, N., by the Rev. John Callis, uncle of the bridegroom. By 2.30 p.m. a goodly number of friends were assembled in the church awaiting the arrival of the wedding party. Their expectations were realized when the bride appeared on the arm of Mr. Marcus Wood, who acted for her father. Her sister Rhoda was her bridesmaid. At the close of the ceremony the Rev. J. Callis gave a helpful address to the newly-married couple. After the signing of the register in the vestry, which seemed a lengthy business to the waiting ones outside, the bridal party reappeared, and the strains of Mendelssohn’s Wedding March pealed through the church. The bride was simply and very prettily dressed in white Chefoo silk trimmed with Chefoo lace, and her veil was fastened by a brooch set with “ second beach cat’s...”