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“...C.S.A. MAGAZINE NO. 45 JULY, 1950 The General Committee Notes AS I write these Committee Notes I look back on the wonderful times we used to haves during May, June and July at Chefoo. The beautiful early summer days and evenings, when the sky would be cloudless and during the day the sun would be shining brilliantly. The trees all in blossom, the lilac on the hills behind the Schools, the lovely colour of the tranquil sea rippling along the sand and the continuous grinding sound of the cicadas. Chefoo was truly a beautiful spot. Many no doubt have nostalgic memories of Empire Day, with its sports, ice-creams, cakes and other untold pleasures which came with a “ whole ” holiday, also Foundation Day in Jdne with its rowing, not forgetting “ Bump ” supper, cricket, and concert in the evening at the Memorial Hall built by funds contributed by Old Chefusians as a memorial to those who laid down their lives during the 1914-1918 war. The older members will not remember that Memorial Hall, but...”
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“...criticisms or anything which might benefit the C.S.A. as a whole. May you all have well-earned holidays and happy reunions. DAVID BARLING, Hon. Gen. Secretary. Treasurers Notes Accounts for the Year 1949. A summary of the audited accounts appears in this issue. General Fund. The surplus on this account will help to meet the cost of a C.S.A. Address Book which the General Committee has decided to publish this year. We have not yet been able to make arrangements for an annual C.S.A. prize for the Chefoo Schools as we are still awaiting suggestions from Ruling. All three Branches unfortunately showed a decrease in membership in the year—-four each in Great Britain and Australia and twenty-five in North America. Magazines Account. By securing reductions in printing costs we have been able to show a surplus of£7 on this account in 1949. This will now allow a margin for new blocks when they are needed. Great Britain Branch Account. A copy of this account will be on view at the next Reunion and will...”
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“...CHEFOO SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION Balance Sheet at 31st December, 1949 (Incorporating General Fund and G.B. Branch Accounts) ACCUMULATED FUNDS REPRESENTED BY THE FOLLOWING ASSETS GENERAL FUND— t £ Cash Balance at Bank, P.O. Savings a/c £ £ Surplus at, 1 /1 /49T 22 and in hand 180 Add : Surplus's for year 1949 15 Stock in hand on Colours a/c 7 ■' — 37 Debtors : N. America Branch 13 MAGAZINES A/c— Australia Branch 1 Surplus for year 1949 7 Sundry 4 _ ig COLOURS A/c—(G.B. Branch)— Surplus at 1/1/49 18 205 Profit for Year 1949 Less : Liabilities— — 19 Subs, received in advance 39 GREAT BRITAIN BRANCH A/c— Life Subs.—G.B. Branch 78 Surplus at i/r/49 15 Creditors—N.Z. Branch ... 1 Surplus for year 19*49 2 Sundry 7 ------- 17 ------- 125 £8° £80 GENERAL ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 1949 GENERAL FUND Expenditure £ Income £ Sundry Expenses, post, etc. 4 Branch Levies at 6d. per member— Surplus for the year ... 15 Great Britain 310 members ... 8 North America...”
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“...C.S.A. MAGAZINE A History of the China Inland Mission School at Chefoo, China By DR. F. H. JUDD IV 'T’HE following year, 1909, was on the A whole less eventful. Miss Apiin, after nine years’ valuable service, went on furlough, her place in the Girls’ School being taken by (?) Miss I. Craig. On her return to China she was engaged in work among the Chinese in Shansi and later in Ninghai, near Chefoo, till her death on October 7th, 1925. Miss G. M. Unwin in March joined the Preparatory School Staff, remaining till she returned to England in November 1915- The average attendance in the School this year was 100 boys, 70 girls and 93 “ Prepites In this or the preceding year a passing visit was paid by the Chapman-Alexander Mission, accompanied by Mr. G. Davies of the Million Testament League. Their brief ministry was very much appreciated, and nice pocket New Testaments were later sent to those who desired to have them, on the usual conditions. Brief mention must be made of the opening of the...”
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“...Missions and denominations, with a sprinkling of those from business and other families who probably had no church connection at all. Daily morning prayers were, as a rule, conducted by the Principals of the Schools, and briefer evening prayers by the teachers on duty. On Sundays, usually in the afternoon, a service, primarily for the scholars, vm held in the boys’ schoolroom, and later in the Memorial Hall. This was attended by all three departments, and vacant seats were filled by friends from the missionary and general foreign community. Sunday School classes were frequently conducted by persons not connected with the school. Bible study classes and prayer meetings were held from time to time, some led by members of the staffs, others by senior scholars among themselves. In Chefoo there were only two places of worship for foreigners ; the Church of England and the Union Church. As previously mentioned, scholars whose parents were connected with the former attended that church ; and, if...”
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“...compound in Shanghai, till it was safe for them to return. Their daily exercise consisted of a walk, “ crocodile ” fashion, along the streets of Shanghai ’ Meanwhile Miss Trudinger and Miss Unwin had twenty seven Prepites for about two months in the C.I.M. house in Chinkiang under the care of Dr. and Mrs. Cox. In Chefoo about fifty children who had spent their winter holidays there, with a few northerners who had already returned, carried on as normally as possible. The Prepites were brought inside the compound. Twenty times round the hockey field after breakfast, and three times round the boys big playing field were the recognised forms of daily exercise. The gates of the Chefoo Mission compound were closed for three months. None were permitted to enter or leave except the postman, the buyer, and the very few who had to attend to necessary business. These wore masks and their clothing was thoroughly disinfected on their return. A cordon was drawn round the compound and members of the staff...”
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“...departure of Miss Rhoda Angwin towards the close of the year. She had been connected with the school for about twenty-two years, chiefly as the boys’ ward-robe keeper. “ Her scrupulous care and almost rigid discipline . went a long way to augment the reputation of the Chefoo boy ” and “ her efficient service engendered the admiration of everyone ”. She gave eight years further service in the Mission’s Headquarters in Shanghai and then retired in 1923. Many years later at a Chefoo Reunion in London, when Miss Angwin was present, the Old Boys staged an “ Inspection ”. For this they filed in with their clothes in various states of untidiness to receive her reproof and perhaps bad marks. Miss B. Warren and Miss G. M. Unwin also left Chefoo after several years service in the Prep. School, and did not return to China. The installation of electric light in the compound at this time was a great boon and economy, especially as paraffin oil had risen in price during the war. It had however caused much anxiety...”
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“...held in grateful remembrance.” After teaching in Amoy in connection with the English Presbyterian Mission for five years Mr. and Mrs. Murray retired in California where he died in April 1943. Mrs. Murray still continues to maintain a keen interest in the School and in its Old Scholars. Mr. H. A. H. Lea, who with Mrs. Lea had come to the Boys’ School in 1906, was this spring given a commission in the Chinese Labour Corps and went to France —a serious loss to the Chefoo Staff of two valuable workers. In 1920 he returned to Chefoo to be Chaplain in the port for two years. It was probably this year that Mr. H. Stooke’s Sunday Class was re-formed under the name Senior Chiistian Bible Class. Only avowed Christians were eligible ; an opportunity was thus afforded for making definite profession. The names of applicants were brought before the masters’ meeting for acceptance. This term there were sixteen members. An additional stimulus was given to sports in 1918 by the presentation of three small...”
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“...were the first three in the Senior race. All the sixteen runners in this hard race deserve credit : they are well keeping up the Chefoo tradition for hardiness. 4 A week later came Easter, and we returned to the Church of the Ascension which we are allowed to use for services, though in the winter the unheated building cannot be used. On Good Friday we had a morning service there, and in the afternoon a big choir sang Stainer’s 4 Crucifixion with great delight for all who listened and all who sang. On Easter Day the church was gay with daffodils and other spring flowers : it was a happy day, and Mr. Brailey conducted a .fine service. 4 Then Sports training for boys and girls began in earnest. The effects of bad weather were manifest in complaints of stiff muscles and ankles that wobbled and knees that ached. Some of us thought of the rainless spring days in Chefoo, when nothing interrupted Sports training (except jading South winds). But most boys and girls were keen. You would have found...”
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“...C.S.A. MAGAZINE liitcMUke to Australia li To stretch the octave 'twixt the dream and deed, ah ! that's the thrill." 'THE idea of “ adventure ” has always -*■ appealed to me, so when chance gave me six months to spare between demobilization and going up to Oxford, I decided to try and “ hitch-hike ” to Australia. I joined the Youth Hostels Association, bought a sleeping bag, collected a passport, a certificate of vaccination, and travellers’ cheques and French francs to the tune of twenty pounds. Into my pack I stuffed khaki shorts and slacks, underclothes, shirts, socks, tie, shoes, toilet gear, razor blades, shaving cream, soap, washing soap, darning outfit, iodine, first aid kit, penknife, mug, knife, fork and spoon, anti-mosquito cream, cold cream, torch, atlas, writing case, pencils, a few books and the New Testament. I was joined by an Army friend—Oliver Tod, and on April 13th, 1949, we embarked on the cross-channel steamer, Dover to Calais. After passing the Customs at Calais, we...”
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“...Gay, Grave and Great Moments at Chefoo By WALLACE GOFORTH, Chefoo, 1911-16 J7 VERY worthwhile human institution must stand the test of friendly criticism, even of gentle satire, and the Chefoo Schools are no exception to this rule. Chefoo has sometimes been blamed for stifling—under a harsh regime of mental, moral and physical discipline—the latent talents and potential leadership of those boys and girls who passed through its halls. Other critics have referred to the “ stubbornly English ” atmosphere which was maintained through several generations. From the vantage point of thirty-four years after, neither of these comments on Chefoo carry much weight with me. The discipline was indeed as severe as any I have known in the Navy and Army during two world wars, but it was a clean, healthy and creative type of discipline. Under its traditions of under-statement, rigid honesty and anonymity, few Chefusians have attained to the heights of fame and fortune, but there are fewer still who have...”
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“...that our brief term of years there was Ghefoo’s golden age, yet—by all we hear from both the older and the younger crops of students—Chefoo appears to have changed little from decade to decade. Each produced its special nucleus of notable personalities, its cycle of hobbies—silk-worms, grass snakes, white rats, “ BB ” breeding boxes—and its varied round of games, studies, “ gating ” ; of “Jolly Rover” and “War Arrow” secret gangs ; of Register Holidays and Foundation Days. It was on one of the latter that we listened—in the moonlight of the quadrangle—to the great soprano voice of Mrs. “ Schneider ” Taylor, while we munched contentedly on our special extra ration of “ Sunday cake ”. Her rendering of “ My Rosary”, that night, ranked her, in our youthful minds, above all the celebrated Melbas, Butts and Tetrazinis of her day. Those of us who were at Chefoo during 1911-1916, were privileged to know several school-mates who later walked what Sir William Osler calls “ the thorny path of toil...”
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“...Reunion by Hitch-Hike TTAVING covered many portions of J--*- Ontario and Quebec, and some ten States, from Chicago to Montreal, from Sudbury to Philadelphia, over a period of years, it occurred to me to utilize my summer Holidays ip mid-October, to hitch-hike over new routes to Philadelphia and New York, and look up as many Chefusians in the area as possible. Armed with all the Chefoo photos I could muster, excerpts from the November 12th, 1918 Chefoo Daily News and a Jolly Rover badge in lead, I set out from Toronto, at noon October 15th and made for Niagara Falls, where my Canadian army discharge paper was as good as a passport at the Rainbow bridge. Taking a route so as to skirt Buffalo on the East side, I reached a small town some fifty miles from there by dark, and put up at a small Hotel for the night. Sunday I covered only 125 miles by 3.15 p.m., but my next lift took me right to School Lane in Germantown, Philadelphia, some 200 miles. I was kindly received at the C.I.M. Home, and...”
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“...of Cathay in that country. He was at Chefoo for the eventful ten years before and after 1900, as were most of his brothers and sisters, sprung from those honoured veterans, Dr. and Mrs. Parry of Chungking. Of these Herbert •died in the “ chicken pie ” tragedy (in 1902, I think) and Frank was very ill but miraculously recovered. Thereafter he regarded himself as Saved to Serve. ' We became fast friends and on register holidays hiked away to the highest peaks and most mysterious caves around Chefoo, and twice spent glorious summer days at Chiu Long Ch’i. Though perhaps “ no scholar ” his uncurbed vitality in sports established the records of those days, the 100 yards sprint, and in the swimming at the Second Beach. His great quality which he never lost, was stick-to-it-ness. He could hold his breath under water for an incredible time, appearing yards beyond the spot where anxious officials glued their eyes, fearing the worst. His collections of Chefoo insectivora were prolific and exhaustive;...”
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“...paths, sheer drops, roaring torrents. ... A place with thousands of Lisu Christians and scores of places where Services are held, all self-supporting and self-governing ”. How he admired these apostles “ behind the ranges ” ! “ Katie and I scramble for miles and miles over these wonderful mountains^ Next week we start back to face the unknown future. . . .” Splendid lad, Frank ! No more reliable, painstaking, courteous, cheerful, loyal friend ever lived, standing no nonsense withal. The Best that Chefoo has produced, of whom we are all proud. It has been said of Gordon that he was passionately concerned to bring peace and happiness to the people of Africa—to achieve this he said, “ I would gladly give my life ”. I know Frank would have said the same for China. W. R. O. Taylor. ***** As everyone who attended the boys, school will remember, each boy on entry was given a number which he carried through his school life. This was promptly attached to every piece of clothing, every book, every tennis...”
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“...pairs of chopsticks—at 116 Spadina Road on October 26th, at six o’clock ”. A Chefoo reunion is always delightful, particularly when it includes a Chinese meal ; and those who met at the Bible College on this occasion were not one whit disappointed. While our appetites, already keen by the crisp fall air, were still further whetted by the odours from the delectable kitchen, we had opportunity to revive old friendships and meet Chefusians known only by name and reputation. After an excellent meal with a variety of tasty dishes, Bill Tyler showed pictures of the Ruling school and some old favourites of Chefoo. Though the contrast of the two places may be great, it is easy to see that the children in Ruling, while without the delights of boating and sea bathing, enjoy swimming and sports to say nothing of hikes in one of the beauty spots of the world ; and that the traditions and customs of the old Chefoo schools are being carried on in Ruling. Of particular 22...”
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“...Pruitt, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Taylor, and Lloyd Francke—who had come to know the Chefoo schools from the Weihsien Prison camp. Joe Dunlap. Melbourne. 1st April, 1950 Despite the tram strike 29 Chefusians gathered at the C.I.M. Home. This is the largest number we have had for some years. We missed those who were unavoidably hindered from coming. With a goodly number of friends, whom we were so happy to have with us, we numbered 47 in all, some coming from as far afield as ioo miles away. What sounds of merriment there were as Henry Lack ably conducted the games ! Later in the evening most folks went out to the lawn while the sitting-room was turned into a studio for a group photo of all the Chefusians present. Having played some old-timers outside (so reminiscent of “ games nights ” in the winter hols, at Chefoo) we grouped together under powerful lights while cameras clicked. And why a group photo at a Chefoo reunion ? We hope to send a photo so that other members of the C.S.A. can see us...”
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“... 1950. At 6 o-clock fifteen Old Ghefusians met at the Tai-Ping Cafe for a Chefoo Chow and Chat. 'Space was limited, but we managed to crowd round one large table and had a very jolly time. We were glad to. welcome Diana Robertson (nee Wedderburn), recently over from Scotland, to our ranks, and Paul Davies back from the States. Those present were : Jean Gardiner, Diana Robertson, Catherine Warren, Joy, Frances, David, Andrew and Ben Hayman, Paul Davies, Alf and Armis Pike, Neil Yorkston, Ray Hollings, Tom Binks, Faith Led-gard. Kweiyang. October, 1949 Kweiyang has been most fortunate, in that there are a large number (considering that it is only a smallish town) of Chefusians resident here. At the time of writing the following are here : Mrs. Butler (Alison Pike) Mr. and Mrs. Robertson (Mr. Robertson is here building a new guest house for the C.I.M.), Mr. Cyril Edwards, Dr. John Hayes and myself. The first Chefoo reunion was held in October of last year during the annual C.I.M. provincial...”
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“...Mother, and is beginning to feel she knows a little about the country and its people. They live in a town in the South only twenty minutes across the Sound to Elsinore and Hamlet’s Castle. Joy does all the domestic work at home, takes meetings, writes letters and talks to folks. She writes : “ HENRY and MARY (nee TAYLOR) are in Nanking and have had a wonderful year of opportunity since they were ‘liberated’ at Easter 1949. Their work is limited in some ways—they cannot take classes or meetings in schools or colleges—but they have more to fill their days than they can well manage, so there is an unlimited aspect, and a marvellous response from the students. Their little son Oswald, now eight, is at Ruling. He enjoys life vastly ”. DONALD HAY left the Petty Officer’s School at Corsham in June of last year and after seven months in H.M.S. Newcastle on the Mediterranean station was appointed to H.M.S. Stalker at Londonderry where he is in command of a reserve group of submarines. GODFREY HIRST is...”
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“...students from 5 different countries. The next two Bible Schools are planned to be in Switzerland ”. JIMMY MURRAY was married in February to Maisie Nursaw and is living in Newport Pagnell, Bucks. PETER is in training at the G.I.M., London. FRANK E. PARRY was Called Home on April 8th in Kunming, Yunnan. Our sympathy is extended to his Wife and Family, and all who have been bereaved. News has since come that MRS. PARRY {nee EASTON) is returning to England. DAVID and ROSALIE PARRY are happy to announce the arrival of a brother for Stephen : John Robert was born on March 15th. ARTHUR PARRY will be married this summer to Yvonne Calcoen, a Belgian girl whom he met in his office. CAROL PARRY takes her finals in Domestic Science this term, following which she expects to take a post at a Brentford School. DR. and MRS. ROBERT C. PARRY are finding much of interest in their new sphere of service among the lepers of Uganda ; but he finds that Chinese comes more readily than the local African dialect...”