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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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“...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 be sent...”
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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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“...their lives testified to the genuineness of their promise. The mefnory of his visit will long be cherished.” Reference might appropriately be made here to the religious side of the school .life. As in the China Inland Mission, the scholars come from families connected with various Protestant 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...”
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“...Kiangnan Arsenal in Shanghai, the husband of an Old Girl, Jeanie Weir. The year 1916 was for the school an uneventful one ; but on April 9th a special Intercession Service was held.for the Old Boys on Active Service in the Great War —ninety six up to that date. At this Mr. H. Stooke gave the address, and Mr. McCarthy read the letter of greeting which he was sending them. The departure of Mr. and Mrs. E. Murray for Amoy, on January 13th, 1917, was a severe loss to the schools and compound. He had faithfully served the schools for twenty eight years and she for 7...”
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“...in the school. At the first presentation of these in July, Fred Dreyer won all three, though he was beaten by one mark by Bernard Rhodes for the Challenge Shield. Changes in the staffs this year included Mrs. P. Knight becoming Principal of the Girls’ School, and Mrs. A. Preedy releasing Mrs. Clinton, housekeeper for the boys, for furlough. Miss L. Blackmore succeeded Mrs. Urquhart as Principal of the Preparatory School. During the Autumn an extensive epidemic of influenza spread through the schools. On October 23rd, seventy of the boys were down with it, and by October 28th all but. four of the Prepites had been in bed and some of the staff. Meanwhile Dr. Hogg developed a serious attack of typhoid fever and was ill for several months, faithfully cared for by Nurse White. Dr. Malcolm, the Port doctor, kindly rendered valuable assistance through the winter. Dr. F. H. Judd, returning from furlough, carried on the medical work till Dr. Hogg was able to. resume it in the autumn. A large walnut...”
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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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“...s 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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“...see, hear, and enjoy the company of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Taylor and each other. The date will be a memorable one for all who attended the reunion. After everyone had eaten the meal of his choice, Dr. Taylor told us sorpething of what he and Mrs. Taylor had done since leaving Chefoo, of his speaking all over Britain, and of his plans for the year which he is spending on this continent. Then indeed the floodgates of memory were opened wide. Old boys and old girls told tales of former days in the schools by the sea. Exploits and escapades, incidents in school and out of school, brushes with authority and successful circumvention of rules, the personalities of teachers and comrades ; one led to another with Dr. Taylor often filling out the story from the master’s standpoint, till the room rocked with laughter, as time, for a space, stood still and we found ourselves once again amidst the familiar surroundings of our earlier years on the Chefoo shore. When, as it must, the present returned to us...”
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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...”
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“...any Chefusians who come our way. Spiritually we are having a time of real blessing following a Youth Mission and a visit from GORDON WELCH, who also came down for a day with his family in the Christmas holidays. My daughter (Elizabeth) is at school at Wadhurst College, where other pupils are ANN HOSTE (daughter of DIXIE HOSTE and NORAH EVANS) and ROSEMARY BEAUCHAMP. I am a member of the Chelmsford Diocesan Board of Finance, and the Diocesan Missionary Council and a Diocesan Inspector of Church Schools. I was until recently a member of the Executive Committee of the Essex Association of Parish Councils, and as such had lunch at the House of Commons with our local M.P.s last autumn ”. JEAN TAYLOR writes : “ I was at a “semi-Chefoo” wedding on April nth. JOHN ROBERTSON married Inge Drechsler, and five Chefooites were there— John’s two sisters, CATHERINE and MOLLY, ISOBEL (HARRIS) AITKEN, JOAN YOUNG and myself. DONALD GIBSON is engaged to be married ; so is MARGARET WEBSTER—now nursing in Aberdeen...”
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“...King’s County Hospital, which is one of the largest and most outstanding hospitals in the world. She is extremely popular and highly respected by the student nurses, just as the incomparable Mr. McClaren was in camp. Needless to say the first thing we did was to converse in the little Chinese we still remembered. Then we reminisced of school days in China while looking through an album of Miss Kauderer’s snaps of the Chefoo school buildings and some of the athletic and other activities of the schools. She gave me several issues of the C.S.A. Magazine, which I thoroughly enjoyed, as it brought back some pleasant memories of school days in China. The magazines brought me up to date on the doings and whereabouts of the Chefoo friends I made in camp. My previous source of news was letters from Joy Welbourn and Alan Myler who spent a week with us in New York last April. I should very much like to hear from anyone. My address is 167 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. Maybe some of the “ Weihsien Chefusians...”
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“...Chefoo Schools Association Presidents : M$. F., McCarthy. Rev. P. A. Bruce. Vice-Presidents : Miss L. BlaCkmore Bishop Houghton Mrs. L. Clinton ' Mr. H. G. Judd Miss I. A. Craig Mr. J. B. Martin And the Headmaster of the Chefoo School : Mr. S. Houghton. GENERAL COMMITTEE (Acting also as the Committee for Great Britain Branch'). Chairman : Mr. W. D. Mudditt, Monkswood, Forest Way, Woodford Green, Essex. General Secretary: Mr. D. S. Barling “Testwood”, 66, Chipstead Valley Road, Chipstead, Surrey. Treasurer: Mr. H. F. Joyce, Brook Cottage, Scrase Bridge, Haywards Heath, Sussex. Editor : Mr. J. S. Hirst, 7, Summerlee Avenue, London, N.2. News Editor : Miss D. Rouse, 36, Grovelands Road, London, N.13. Secretary for Great Britain Branch : Miss E. Preedy, “ Norbury ”, 24, Woodlands Road, Redhill, Surrey. Mr. J. S. Green. Miss G. Bobby. Mr. C. Fairclough. NORTH AMERICA BRANCH. Chairman : Professor L. Carrington Goodrich, 640 West 238th Street, New York City, U.S.A. Secretary : Miss Margaret Bunting...”