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“... have not come our way, neither unfortunately have a large number of their dollars.
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The Best Proverb competition, details of which were announced in our last issue, is now closed, and no more entries can be received. As none have yet been received this news will we trust be taken calmly.
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Ab we go to press a welcome cover from Australia arrives, with all the latest news. Would that we all were aB energetic as our secretary ‘down under’.
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The usual essay competition for the Schools has unavoidably had to be postponed till the spring. We much regret the necessity for this, but trust that our youthful journalists will be none the less enthusiastic in spite of the delay....”
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“...Settlement match. The Settlement beat the School.
May 15th-31st.—Boys School Tennis tournaments were played off to see who would get in the six for Foundation Day. The six settled were Pote-Hunt, Palmer, Weatherhead, Best, Moore and Gardiner.
May 20th.—A notice giving names of captain and vice of boating was pinned on the notice-board. They were respectively Moore & Best.
May 21st.—In the afternoon we had the Empire Day celebrations. There weTe various races. There were races for the different schools in Chefoo. The most interesting races were between the school and the Settlement For these races there were points. The Settlement beat the School by 36 to 27 points. The Settlement Competitors were A. P. Dowglass, R. A. Eckford, H. B. Hobart-Hampden, A. R. Hogg, W. Y. Jones, W. Malcolm, J. Me Mullan, J. V. Porter, R. Trendel. Those who ran for the School were L. Andrew, S. Best, E. Bevis, W. Dorval, C. Fairclough, F. Gardiner, C. Luttrell, P. Moore, J. Pote-Hunt, C. Stark. At four o’clock tea...”
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“...but this is only an expression of my experience, since I have left Chefoo and gone out into the world, as a tender shoot ’mid the storms that sweep around. And as the article by ‘Sir Galahad’ on ‘Foundation Day’ lies before me, I realize afresh that temptations have met me of which one never dreamed in the old sheltered school. How sad indeed that many Chefooites have fallen from the simple faith of their Childhood. O that it might truly be said of us. That the old Boys and Girls of the Chefoo Schools are known not only for their successful careers in life, and their loyalty to their Alma Mater, but also for their loyal testimony to their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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