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“...CHEFOO SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION 1058 AVENUE ROAD C.S.A. Magazine No. 41. TORONTO, ONTARICJULY> 1948 M5N 2C6 The General Committee Notes HERE we are once again ! and naturally when Old Chefusians collect we can always add—“ All good friends and jolly good company ”. Presentation to Rev. and Mrs. Bruce. It was with great pleasure that we presented to Rev. and Mrs. Bruce, at the London Winter Reunion, a token of our admiration and gratitude for all that they have done for the Schools. Our Chairman, with a few chosen words, presented them with a cheque for £37/8/6, contributed solely by the G.B. Branch members. Rev. P. A. Bruce, or “ PA ” as he was affectionately known at Chefoo, thanked all for their generosity and said that he enjoyed every minute of his time as Headmaster although the task was not always easy. A further gift of £9/12/9 from the North American Branch was later received and forwarded to them. Magazine. Our thanks are again, due to the Editorial Staff and to all who have contributed...”
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“...eye To penetrate the densest gloom, and view the brightest sky. * Three years have passed ! Appears more clearly to our gaze The stature of the sponsor of the free. So in our island’s very heart we now upraise A lasting monument that all may see That in our hearts and minds we now enshrine till Time shall end Humanity’s great champion, and our Commonwealth’s true friend ! Edward Bromby. A History of the Chefoo Schools WE hope to publish the first instalment in our next issue. In the meantime, however, Dr. Judd is particularly anxious to hear from anybody and everybody who was at Chefoo during the following years of his own absence : 1889 to 1923 ; 1927 to 1932 ; 1937 to 1942. All official records to which he has referred are necessarily not very complete and he would like to fill in the gaps from the personal knowledge of those who were present and can report first hind. So if YOU can remember anything at all of interest to record during these years please write to him as soon as possible...”
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“...own lives and in the history of Chefoo. With the clutches of war tightening around the schools the future was a great unknown. It was just as well that we did not know then that the graduating class of 1942 would be the last to finish its course on the shores of Chefoo. But more important at the time seemed the significance. of the event in our own personal lives. “ I have reached my first great mile-stone,” one girl stated, and she was speaking for us all. That night in our speeches we all took stock of the past, summarized its effect upon us and then proceeded to delve into the great unknown future. We realized then that Chefoo had been more than a physical harbour. To us Chefoo had been a harbour which had protected us from life as it really is. As we finally boarded the steamers at Shanghai or Hongkong to cross the oceans of the world we were starting upon the great sea of life, never more to enter upon a carefree, protected life in a harbour like Chefoo. After the worst storm of orientating...”
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“...comes about after years of close fellowship —friendships that can never be surpassed anywhere else. Those certainly were memorable days— “ For we love that old school by the old China shore, And we’ll sing its praises o’er and oer ; But the Chefoo School shall be no more By the side of the sea at Chefoo.” We were once so sure Chefoo would never change. Things have changed but the God who spoke to us as we sat on the beach of Chefoo, facing the C.S.S.M. banner, is still the same. Christ is still a reality in our lives. Perhaps we are not quite such idealists as we seemed when we gave our leaving party speeches. Some of the storms of life have made us more realistic. But praise God, Christ is also more real. Having left the sheltered harbour of Chefoo forever, we can be sure our lives will never go on the rocks if our Pilot is still on board. Killing School The back of the main school building of three floors and the basement. It contains classroom, dining room, and bedroom accommodation...”
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“...Chefoo in Ruling By S. G. MARTIN “ "FIT premises in the right place ” : X1 that is what we asked you to pray for twelve months ago. That is what God has given us. From my window now I am looking down on our playing field bright with sunshine, bright with boys and girls playing “ Prisoners’ Base ”, and beyond it the mountain stream and the green opposite hill and the bright sky beyond. Two days ago as I came back with a party of boys from a picnic at a gloriously beautiful place, one of them said to me, “To think that we might still be in Shanghai now ”. The thought of those cramped months that lie behind, makes this freedom and space and beauty the more precious. Getting 140 people and more than 1,000 pieces of baggage here (desks, benches, stoves, books, beds and bedding, stores as well as personal belongings) was a gigantic task, especially when river steamers were few and the few were being requisitioned for military use. Two large parties came by river, cramped and tediously : two more...”
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“...C.S.A. MAGAZINE Kuling School View of (a) the Officers’ Academy and Library (in the background) ; (6) the C.I.M. School. A stream runs down the valley, separating these two sets of buildings has got back to Chefoo) reports that some of our boats are still extant within our own Boat House. Never mind : we shall continue to observe June 14th as Boat Race Day, even as we did in Weihsien. You will see that we still call ourselves Chefoo School : we argued Chefoo stood for something more than a place ; in minds all over the world it stood for a tradition of education Christian, rigorous, athletic, and that we mean to continue here or wherever. At present we fill these buildings : in the autumn we expect fifty^more children and some extra staff to match. So this is the next matter that demands your prayers. We can expand into various staff houses around : they will meet the need for the coming year. But after that we shall continue to grow, and there is need of a long-term policy, which is difficult...”
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“...Shanghai (19th May) : In Ruling there has been for many years the Fairy Glen Hotel, a big place with over sixty well furnished rooms, and about ten cottages. This place in its large grounds has been given to us as a present. It is about seven minutes from the school, has been completely refurnished from New York since the Japanese were there. We hope to buy the very nice (American) School buildings. They are quite insufficient, but with this place, and a big sum given in memory of a boy (not Chefoo) killed in the war, for a new memorial building, the way seems fairly clear. That is if the Reds don’t cross the Yangtse ! Postscript—We have since heard that the Fairy Glen Hotel is being used as the C.I.M. Language School. Staff Training By MARGARET OLESEN EVERY employer wants as good a team of workers as he'can get. In the days when labour, and particularly juvenile labour, was plentiful a good employer could pick his team and the youngsters grew up as apprentices to the trade. Success was...”
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“...likely to come in for a bit of both. If you like people why not try a personal job ? The personal department in any big firm has occasional vacancies for people of all ages ; school leavers, university graduates, people with clerical or administrative experience. For the trained personal manager the sky’s the limit. The first class jobs command a salary of well over a thousand a year, but these require, of course, first class administrative experience. For my part I am just a Staff Trainer ! Chefoo Fund O.C.’s who have prospered may like to contribute towards this fund, the purpose of which is to assist British children of the C.I.M. to complete their education. At present the fund is making grants to four or five O.G.’s who are completing their education in this country after being interned in China during the war. Mr. Gordon Welch is the Treasurer, and his address is c/o China Inland Mission, Newington Green, London N. 16. 8...”
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“...The Customs officer lived close to where we landed and when he saw Mrs. Taylor at his door he was delighted, and gave her a hearty welcome. Both he and his wife insisted upon their staying with them, and eventually would not allow them to go elsewhere until they left Chefoo in December. Who could have conceived that on that eighth day of May the C.I.M. was entering upon a very important part of its history, as the port of Chefoo provided a sanatorium for its missionaries and a school for their children. “ God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform : ” “ He treasures up His bright designs and works His sovereign Will.” “ What about Chefoo now ? ” asks the Adversary. Our Father who allowed the Communists to enter Chefoo and do so much damage to our property .has something better for us, and for the time being has provided for the immediate need. “We shall see what we shall see ” was Hudson Taylor’s frequent reply to enquirers after the future. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The two blocks of the photos...”
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“...first stop on the Australian National Airline happened to be Sacramento, as a storm prevented us from landing at San Francisco. I remember asking the hotel shoeshine boy whether he had a car yet, and in an aggrieved tone he told me that his father would not let him have one till he had taken his High School Cert. The next hop was to that cosmopolitan pleasure island, Honolulu, populated by Chinese, Japanese, Samoans, Phillipines and Americans but hardly any Hawaiins. Everybody attends the same schools and the system seems to work very well. The Islands are now so prosperous that the biggest sugar refinery was closing down as the cost of labour made cane cutting uneconomical. 12...”
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“...was a Major on Lord Louis Mountbatten’s Intelligence Staff during the Burma war. He has since returned to China. Edgar' Matthews was up in the Mt. Isa district of Queensland. Once looking out of ’the plane it was literally like travelling over a vast sheet of brown paper with a fine straight line across it from top to bottom. That was the Trans-Continental Railway, and I was travelling across the desert from Adelaide to Kalgoorlie. At Kalgoorlie I met Gordon Scott Edgar who was in my year at Chefoo. He is now a mining engineer, a geologist and a metallurgist, or nearly so. Gordon has had considerable experience in gold mining. During the War he was with the Forces up in Marble Bar, the hottest place in Australia. Once the temperature was over 100 continuously for 56 days. Our Corporation controls the Kalgoorlie Electric Light and Power Company which supplies the twenty-four hour demand for juice in most of the mines of the famous Golden Mile. You could never miss our power station from...”
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“...victim proceeded to fulfil his or her forfeit, blushing violently and thus adding colour and life to the already bright company. The climax of the afternoon was the presentation to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce by Mr. Mudditt.. Deeply moved Mr. Bruce Reunion Reports thanked us all and told us how much he enjoyed his fifteen years as Headmaster. This was followed by the screening of a number of Dr. Hoyte’s most interesting photos of Chefoo. Amid continual exclamations of joy and surprise we were shown numbers of old friends and familiar views which reminded us of the good old times at Chefoo. To close a most happy Reunion Mr. Bruce led prayers which was followed by the singing of “ Lord of All Power and Might To God be all the Glory for He has done great things for us. Once again our thanks are due to the committee and especially to David Barling as General Secretary for a most successful and wise planning of the whole programme. S.M.H. Among those present were : John and David Barling, Rev. R. V. Bazire...”
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“...about the table sitting, Blissful were their shining faces As with chopsticks made of bamboo Chinese chow they ate with gusto. Many tales of deeds forgotten And of- happy days in Chefoo Filled their lightened hearts with laughter. Forthwith from the table rising, Chefoo games they played with laughter ; At “ brother are you there ” they battled. As the fighters were contending Neither winning, neither losing, Then upon one knee uprising, Hakon poised his wad of papers, Sharply whacked it down triumphant On the head of Howard Hatton. Stunned he lay there on rhe carpet By the guests around him seated, Ached his tender head so fiercely— Ah, the stinging wad of papers ! But the noble heart of Hakon Throbbed and shouted and exulted As he sat upon his victim. And they sang of far off Chefoo, Sang the beating tunes of Chefoo, Sang the school song and the anthem. | Sidney Best then rose among them, He the traveller and the talker, He the marvellous picture taker, Showed them pictures full of wonder...”
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“...wen very quickly and with some new games, and a competition etc. All too soon the call came that supper was ready ; not that we regretted the good things, but “ Supper ” meant the evening was nearly over. Once more we joined in singing the 23rd Psalm, after which Alex Entwistle led us in prayer. Someone in the house, who spent the evening upstairs, remarked that the singing in parts was “just beautiful”. I am quite sure that the faithful staff, who laboured so hard to teach us how to sing at Chefoo, will be interested to hear this. And now we eagerly look forward to October 2nd, the date fixed for your next Melbourne Reunion. Those present were : Con (Knight) and Helen Amos, Ruth (Porteous) Bailey, Dorothy Boxer, Dr. Jack Burgess, Mrs. Briggs and Phyllis, Chrjs (Porteous) Calcutt, Mrs. Draffin, Vern and Keith Draffin, Jim Cunningham, Huston and Kitty (Waters) Edgar, Eric and Doris Embery, Alex Entwistle, Beth (Herbert) Eaton, John and Marjorie Herbert and three children, Eileen and Faith...”
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“.... We also had CALVIN COOK down for a night during the Easter vac. when James was home. He seems to be enjoying Cambridge and doesn’t find England ‘ so grim ’ after all ! JAMES is at O.C.T.U. and spends a good deal of time playing hockey, for which he has two medallions. He has also gained a boxing medal, and came fourth out of 85 in an O.C.T.U. crosscountry run. He hopes to go to Oxford to read Modern Greats when he comes out of the Army. JEAN, now sixteen, has just been on a Youth Hostel Association cycling tour with EILEEN FRASER. Jean won a prize last term at school for History and Scripture. Clarendon School has now moved to a vast ancestral mansion at Abergele, North Wales.” HILDA BRISCOE was expecting to leave England on the 29th May for Amsterdam, whence she hoped to sail for Peru, arriving there about the beginning of July. During her enforced wait, she has rendered very valuable service at the new C.I.M. Home in Boyne Park, Tunbridge Wells. EDWARD BROMBY is now a lecturer in Economics...”
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“...Him, and we would very much value your prayers on our behalf. RUPERT HOYTE, who is here studying for his Inter B.Sc., is also a keen supporter of our Union, and MARY HOYTE comes to the college as a part-time student. Dr. Stanley Hoyte was our most recent speaker at the Open Meeting, and he took the subject ‘ Contacts for Christ in China’s Hospitals I quite often see ERIC HOYTE, and during the winter RUPERT and I used to play hockey for the college—needless to say, with 18.18% Chefoo in the team, we won almost all the matches we played ! During my spare moments, I help in running a Boys’ Covenanter Class at our Gospel Hall ; FRANK MUDDITT is the leader of the class, and Rupert Hoyte the organist. We have an attendance of about eighteen ; two of the boys surrendered their hearts to Christ only two weeks ago. We would value the prayers of any who are interested in this most important work for our Lord.” David has met the JORDAN family, and also ALAN LESTER, who has just flown home from Iraq...”
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“...studying for his B.Sc. in Agriculture in October, 1949. Starting this September he is spending a year on a farm in Norfolk. MARY obtained her Matric. last December. She is planning to study Radiography at Middlesex Hospital, starting this September. She spent a fortnight in Belgium this May. JOHN is going to Forest School, and won a boxing trophy. He sits for his School Cert, next year. ELIZABETH is enjoying life immensely at school. Livingstone College is co-operating with the Medical Missionary Association at Chislehurst, and Dr. Hoyte will be Joint-Secretary. The whole family is moving down to Chislehurst this September, where DICK VINDEN, JOHN STURT and EDWARD WYATT are living. The family has frequent visits from THEO BAZIRE, who is studying to do research in wireless, and DONOVAN CHALKLEY, who is working in an engineering firm. JESSIE JENNINGS is on the staff of the Paoning Hospital. She recently had an exciting journey up to Lanchow, where her sister, MRS. WINNIFRED HESS re-joices in the...”
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“...PRICE LEWIS, whose husband died very suddenly in Germany just before Christmas, while on active service. MISS H. M. PRIESTMAN writes : “ Hull does not seem to be on the direct route to anywhere, except Scandinavia, and few Ghefusians come this way. I shall always be delighted to see or hear from anyone connected with Ghefoo. Not long ago I heard from MARJORIE RICHARDSON, who was hoping to go this spring to the B.T.I. in Auckland for training. At her request, I am sending her some old numbers of Chefoo, as apparently they don’t get it in New Zealand. If she enjoys them as much as I do, that will be saying much ! I am hoping we may have a short visit soon from GRACE HOGG, who is stationed in York.” STANLEY ROWE sends news of his engagement to a girl from Norwich, Rosa Wright, and writes : “I met her at Oxford when she was working in that division of the Home Office. (It has been known occasionally for Civil Servants to commit themselves to a definite answer !) Rosa, who has been moved to Whitehall...”
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“...our poorer schools in Glasgow, and although the work is hard, I do enjoy teaching my forty-two pupils ! “ I have left the best news to the end— that is, that my sister BETH has recently got her L.R.A.M., and hopes to go to training college next October, prior to teaching music in school.” NOEL TAYLOR has just passed his second M.B. and has started his clinical course at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. EVELYN is leaving Malvern Girls’ College (where she has been teaching) in June, and hopes to go to South Africa. At an S.U. conference at Aberfoyle, JEAN TAYLOR met BETH TAYLOR, TERRY WRIGHT and JOAN YOUNG. Joan is taking a leading part in the S.U. Branch at George Watson’s Girls’ School. Jean also attended the I.V.F. Conference at St. Andrew’s at Easter, and there met JOHN ROBERTSON who is doing chemistry research, and ELSPETH WALKER. Jean writes : “ Right now I am swatting my head off for second year medical exams., convinced I can’t get through anyway ! If only I’d had a solid Chefoo schooling...”
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“...accord with the Wheaton tradition. Myrtle and her husband will leave for Japan this summer under the Far Eastern Gospel Crusade. LAURA JEAN is attending the Hampden Du Bose Academy in Florida. ELSIE JACOBSEN, who received her R.N. in January, 1948, was married to Jack Harding on December 29th, 1947. Chefoo was well represented at the wedding. Those present were : Ruth Jacobsen, Franklin Swenson, Pearl Swenson, Joan Swenson Toft, Fronsie Beckon, Ruth Glittenberg, Ken Glittenberg, Hakon Torjesen and Kari Torjesen. As a fitting climax to the beautiful reception the Chefoo gang was asked to come to the front and close with the school-song and “ Lord of All Power and Might ”. It added the Chefoo touch to an already perfect wedding. Elsie is now doing nursing in Florida while her husband is stationed at the naval air base there. RUTH is leaving Hines Hospital, where she is a nurse, to take a vacation in California. DAVID KIDDER is studying Music in New York. He plans to remain there for further...”