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“...THE ORGAN OF
THE CHEFCO SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION...”
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“...with friends with whom one had perhaps lost touch, or those who had been contemporaries, or those with whom new friendships were started with the common tie of all being Old Chefooites.
The purely local pleasures are of course impossible to reproduce adequately in England. A trip to Beachy Head from Eastbourne, for instance, cannot be the same as a trip to the Bluff in the same company. But there are Old Chefooites in England who have lost touch with each other, there are contemporaries at the Schools who have not met for many years, there are Old Chefooites who have never met each other, and there are old members of the staff who look forward eagerly to any opportunity of meeting Old Chefooites.
And so it has been suggested that we do what we can to make that meeting possible. We may be some thousands of miles (and in some cases a good many years) from Chefoo, but the fact that we were once there is a tie that will (or should) always bind.
The suggestion actually is that the C.S.A. should...”
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“...j I
Toronto is one of the largest cities in the Dominion, and boasts a population of half a million. Opportunities for anybody contemplating a commercial life are numerous, and embrace all the usual lines of business. Its educational facilities are of a most efficient nature, with business colleges, correspondence schools and universities affording a wonderful chance for the furtherance of education at a moderate cost.
Then as to climatical conditions. Contrary to the opinion prevalent, we are not snow-bound for twelve months in the year, but enjoy a climate very similar to that at Chefoo. Weather from May to September is as warm as can be desired : December to March is certainly cold, but there is a dryness about the atmosphere that makes the keen air a delight, and not a menace to health. For the rest, we have the usual spring with all its life and sunshine, and the autumn with its glory of fall days...
Then again, the average Canadian loves his sport. Rugby, rowing, tennis, cricket,...”
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“...Chefoo Schools ,/lssociation.
(In connection with the C. I. M. Schools,
Chefoo, North China.)
President :
MISS APLIN.
MISS BLACKMORE.
MISS WILLIAMSON.
Pice-Presidents :
mr. f. McCarthy.
MR. F. MARCUS WOOD.
MR. CECIL POLHILL.
LIEUT.-COL. J. WINN, R.E.
Members of Committee :
W. D. MUDDITT (Chairman). H. W. HUNT.
h. j. McCarthy.
D. A. POLHILL.
MISS A. G. WILLETT.
MRS. SCOTT CHALLICE. MISS C. R. WILSON.
MISS M. I. WILSON. MISS B. M. STARK.
MISS C. M. GREENING.
Editor:
HOWARD F. JOYCE, 15, Crediton HUI, Hampstead, London, N.W.6.
List of Hon. Secs.:
AUSTRALIA:
RONALD DAVIS, "Amberley," Grandview Road, E. Malvern, Melbourne.
CANADA :
S. OLSEN, 347, Dovercourt Road, Toronto.
CHINA :
E. F. HARDMAN, c/o Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews, 7, Peking Road, Shanghai.
ENGLAND :
MISS E. B. HAYWARD, 44, Newington Green, London. N.16.
SCOTLAND:
HUGH JAMES, 13, Hampden Terrace, Mount Florida, Glasgow.
U.S.A.:
J. CORNWELL, Kenarder Lodge, Wooster, Ohio....”
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