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“...Newsletter. No. 11.
DECEMBER, 1934
Chefoo Schools
Association X
Great Britain
Branch.
The time has come again to wish our members and Old Cliefusians all the world over a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
As we say farewell to 1934, we shall look back with pleasure on the many. occasions when Old Chefusians have met together.
Our Reunions have again been well attended, and the Chefoo Weekend in July was another very enjoyable gathering.
Our Membership has increased from 220 to 280, amongst whom we have welcomed quite a number who have just joined us on leaving the Chefoo Schools.
We look forward to 1935 and all its possibilities. May it be a year of blessing to us all !
Our Committee. We are glad to announce that Basil Burnett has kindly agreed to act as our Treasurer. His experience in accountancy will be a great asset to us, and we hope that we may have his help for many years !
Reg. Mungeam, to our regret, has felt obliged to resign his place on the Committee. We do thank him for...”
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“...purpose will always be returned without any deterioration in condition !
Old Chefusian Colours. Please remember that ties, badges, scarves, etc., in our own colours are ideal Christmas presents for Old Chefusians ! Slip-overs and Sweaters are also available, and the prices given below are for chest measurements up to 38 inches. Larger sizes are 9d. extra. Slip-overs—Grey 7/9, White 10/6 ; Sweaters—Grey 10/6, White 17/6.
“ The Chefusian.” Any of our members wishing to have fuller news of the Chefoo Schools are recommended to enrol as subscribers for 1935.
The annual subscription is 2/6, and application should be made to the Secretary, with payment, before January 13th, 1935.
Our Summer Reunion on Saturday, September 8th, was as usual a very happy occasion. The weather was glorious, and a large number of Old Chefusians enjoyed the generous hospitality of our kind friends Mr. and Mrs. Millner Morris, to whom we give our very grateful thanks.
We regret that space does not permit an account of our...”
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“...interesting information about Chefoo was kindly given to our special representative who was sent to interview Miss D. M. Wilson shortly after her arrival in England !—
Our correspondent found Miss Wilson in the C.I.M. Nursing Home recovering from a period of teaching at Chefoo, but she nobly came to the rescue and proved to be a mine of information regarding the recent changes and innovations at Chefoo !
The principal object of the new arrangements seems to be to increase the capacity of the schools without increasing the Staff ! To this end a large new building has been erected, covering the sites of the old Prayer Room and Mr. Harris’ house, and called the Co-Education Building, where the boys and girls have combined classes. The classrooms are modern and well planned, there being special rooms for Geography, Art, Science and Crafts ; all well fitted-up for their particular functions. By this means the West Corridor in the Boys’ School and the lib Classroom and the Library in the Girls’...”
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“...first time for 22 years I
In the Boys’ School the House Shield was won by Carey House (Captain : J. Hirst), and the Conduct Watch was awarded to John Hirst. In the Girls’ School the Conduct Prize was won by Marjorie Smith and the Day Scholar Prize by Margaret Olesen.
Co-education has now started, and we cannot help feeling that this somehow marks a new dispensation in the history of the Schools. This is not the place for arguments for and against, but we would add our prayerful wishes for the success of this important change.
What a contrast with the following words taken from an article on the Chefoo Schools in the very first number of the Chefoo magazine, dated Christmas, 1908 !—“ In 1881 it became evident that the girls ought to prose
cute their studies in a separate building. The completion of this edifice brought about the desired separation and enabled the teachers in both departments to carry out with greater efficiency the curriculum most suited to each school.”
Ailsa Carr has been...”
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“...Toronto Bible College.
Eleanor Gonder and William Tyler both started studying at the Toronto Bible College this autumn.
Aileen Andrew and Olaf Sorensen are both back from their summer holidays in China. Words evidently cannot express the wonderful times they had, as we have not been able to interview either of them successfully. Both of them are continuing their studies at the University of Toronto. Edna Rist and Marjorie Moore are taking the regular stenographer’s course at Shaw’s Business Schools, Toronto.
Gardiner Taylor has bought a summer cottage on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, near the famed Christian Island where the Jesuit fathers found refuge from the attacks of the Iroquois. At present, Marion Taylor has a stenographic position at Wycliffe College, Toronto.
Harold Marshall is still living in Los Angeles and is enjoying much better health.
Hilda and Doris Briscoe, who left Chefoo in August, visited the United States and Canada on their way to England. They spent a week in Toronto...”
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