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“...Published by the Chefoo Schools Association
The Chefoo Magazine
2003 Issue
FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE
The Impact of Chefoo and Weihsien: Students ’ Perspectives, by Christina Spink 4
Escape from Weihsien. by Laurence Tipton 19
How we Got the Mistletoe, by Bruce Clinton (reprint from 1979) 23
Recollections of Weihsien. by Marjory Jackson, and Mary Previte 23
Norman Cliffs report on his 2002 visit to Chefoo 30
Bottle Rock is No More, by Theo Jordan 31
Ruling Journal, by Gordon Allen 32
Full Table of Contents 3
A NEW EDITOR, AND A NEW FORMAT
Q
ince no one else has stepped forward to take the place of Dorothy (Cox) Chadborn, I am happy to step into the breach. I am honored to join the ranks of some very fine editors over the years, the most recent, in my memory being the late Isabel Taylor, Rob Joyce, and Dorothy Chadborn.
We are all very grateful to Dorothy for the fine job she has done since 1991 having stepped forward when a change was necessary.
Dorothy is to be commended for all the many...”
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“...leaving Chefoo at 16 in 1937. Under the guidance of Mrs. Bagire he loved music and won the school music prize for that year. He furthered his education at the City of London School before going to Reading University where he began a degree in history. War put an end to his studies when he joined the RAF in 1940. He was sent to Rhodesia to train as an air gunman and in due course landed up in the Middle East. He completed his full quota of air sortes around the Mediterranean and then was returned to the UK where for the rest of the war he was an instructor. After his discharge all thoughts of returning to Reading University had vanished as his desire to become an architect grew. He joined a top firm of London architects, combining his studies with his daily work. Yvonne was one of the young ladies in the firm and they were married in 1950 - a marriage that was to last happily for 53 years. It was atthattime that he became the Great Britain Secretary of the Chefoo Schools Association, holdingthe...”
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CHEFOO SCHOOLS
The Chefoo School was established in 1881 by the China Inland Mission at Chefoo (Yantai) in Northern China to provide an education for the children of missionaries, and the business and diplomatic communities. The school operated at various locations in China until 1952, then left China to relocate in South East Asia (see column to the left on this page). The last Chefoo School, in Tanah Rata, Malaysia, was closed in June 2001.
THE CHEFOO SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION
The Chefoo Schools Association was founded in 1908. Its purpose is to operate an association for all former scholars and members of the staff of the Chefoo Schools; to sustain interest amongst its members in matters concerning the Schools and in one another; to afford means whereby its members are kept in touch with one another; and to promote friendly relationships between all persons in any way connected with the Schools.
MEMBERSHIP OF THE ASSOCIATION
All former scholars and members of staff of the Schools are eligible...”
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