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“...C.S.A. MAGAZINE, No. 71
DECEMBER, J963
IN DEO FIDIMUS —
NIHIL ABSQUE LABORE
by Joseph H. Liver sidge, Chairman General Committee, Chef00 Schools Association
THE mottoes of the Chefoo Schools, as also their objectives, have always been both divine and down to earth. This is as it should be, for we neglect either part to our own loss.
With the retirement of Howard Joyce whom we so highly esteem, one feels that an era is passing in the life of C.S.A., and so there is a suitable opportunity to consider the future and to review the reasons and objectives of our association. Without any desire to fill my desk with unnecessary correspondence it would be of real interest to know what constructive ideas others may have on this important subject. A few basic observations from me, may serve to start the ball rolling.
The greatness of a school lies not in what is said about it but in what its sons and daughters achieve in life. The C.S.A. can through its magazine and by its reunions publish these ...”
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“...Joseph Liversidge closed with prayer.
Summer Reunion, 1963 Maxwell House
For the first time since these reunions have been held at Maxwell House the weather was not fine enough to sit outside and enjoy the garden, but that in no way dampened the spirits of all who gathered. The younger ones, and all who felt sufficiently able-bodied, partook in a treasure hunt which took them all over the grounds and house. Those who managed to finish discovered that their clues spelt out the words “ Chefoo Schools’ Association ”. Tea, held in the sitting-room, was followed by the Epilogue taken by Mr. Arnold Lea, just home on furlough. After singing the School Anthem and “ The Lord’s my Shepherd ”, we dispersed to our various homes, wishing that we did not have to wait for another six months before meeting again.
Winter Reunion
Those present at the Chinese Chow included:
David Anderson ; Olive Botham ; Pauline, Margaret and Joy Broomhall ; Margaret and Roy Gray; Oswald Guinness ; Janet Greening ; Geraldine...”
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“...C.S.A. MAGAZINE
present at the meal, came in later to greet some of her contemporaries.
Those present who had attended the Chefoo Schools during Mr. Bruce’s term as headmaster were:
Janies Larson ; Joan (Croft) Ward ; Gordon Savage, and his wife Nora (Slade) Savage.
The others present who were at Chefoo during earlier periods included:
Cathie Nicoll ; Betty Hewitt ; Olive Joyce : and Edith (Hutson) Thirkell.
TORONTO February, 1963
There was a sound of revelry by night, When China House had gathered there The men and women trained at old Chefoo. And loud the clacking chopsticks clattered And the tongues, as all who there were
present
Greeted each other, and recalled With laughter or delighted smile The far-off days of long ago.
The metre limps a bit, but the enthusiasm did not on the evening of Saturday, February 23rd. The Toronto Chefusians were out in almost unprecedented force, augmented by a number from varying distances: Eleanor (Gonder) Richardson from Peterborough, Ontario (75 miles);...”
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“...Park-stone, Poole, Dorset. Bishop Houghton is occupying his time writing and preaching. He is preparing a book for the C.I.M. Centenary, 1965. Mrs. Houghton says she keeps busy retiring !
MRS. STANLEY HOUGHTON continues to teach in Tunbridge Wells. JOSEPHINE has been enjoying a house job in the Children’s Ward in St. Alban’s city hospital. She has enjoyed making friends with a number of Chinese nurses. There is great scope for Christian work among these girls, many of whom have been to mission schools in Malaya. STEPHEN, in Marsabit, N.F.D., Kenya, has now been joined by Dr. Graham Fraser. He continues to find a great deal of scope for evangelism, and opportunities for working with the local African Church. FELICITY had a most interesting trip this summer to the U.S.A. and Canada, in connection with her plans to begin work among Chilean University students. She expects to be living in Santiago, and to work in co-operation with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students.
GODFREY HIRST...”
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“...asked if the China Inland Mission sign at the end of the lane had any connection with the Chefoo Schools. I replied that it did, and how did he know about Chefoo ? He answered that he was a product of the Chefoo schools . . . had been there nine years, and thought there wasn’t
a better school in the world. We compared dates and found that we hardly overlapped. . . . He left in 1950 and I in 1929 . . . poles apart ! RALPH EISEN-STADT was his name. His father was the dentist for the Chefoo schools after Daddy Faers stopped doing teeth. RALPH is now head of the languages department in Hatboro High School, not far from here, and is coaching the soccer team in the school, and a specialist in swimming and life-saving. Shades of the Chefoo beaches. His wife was charming and friendly and told me that there had hardly been a day go by but RALPH had told her something more about the wonderful Chefoo Schools.
As for our charges here, three of them graduated from high school this year and have all gone...”
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“...Chefoo Schools Association
President:
Rev. P. A. Bruce
Vice-Presidents:
Bishop F. Houghton Mr. H. F. Joyce
Mrs. L. Clinton Mr. J. B. Martin
Mr. W. D. Mudditt
GENERAL COMMITTEE
{Acting also as the Committee for Great Britain Branch).
Chairman:
Rev. J. H. Liversidge,
Northcote, 26 Woodside Park Road, Finchley, London, N.12
General Secretary:
Mr. A. R. Parry,
“ Ardennes,” Avenue Road, Bray, Nr. Maidenhead, Berks.
Treasurer:
Mr. D. F. Parry,
107, Southdown Avenue, London, W.7.
Editors:
Miss K. J. Pearce Maxwell House, Chislehurst, Kent
Mrs. Elva M. Nicholson {nee Cook),
16 Newlands Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
News Editor:
Dr. J. B. Houghton
14a Calverley Park Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Secretary for Great Britain Branch:
Miss R. Lea
39 Dunbar Avenue, Beckenham, Kent Miss D. Rouse Dr. T. P. Welch
Miss E. Prf.f.dy Miss G. R. Lyall
NORTH AMERICA BRANCH
Chairman:
Professor L. Carrington Goodrich,
640, West 238th Street, New York City, U.S.A.
Secretaries:
Miss Margaret Bunting (News and Magazine...”
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