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“...Published by the Chefoo Schools Association The Chefoo Magazine CHEFOO r*01'SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION 2015 FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE Chefoo Reconsidered, by David Houliston 9 Recollections of the Three Hills hostel, by Miriam (Birch) Thompson 21 Recollections of Maxwell House, by Tim Reynolds 23 Crossed Laterality, a Kuling Experiment, by Ian Grant, with Kathleen Phillips 29 The Life of the Headmaster's Daughter, by Jean (Bruce) Goodwin 31 Selling Securities in the Place of Confucius, by James McMullan 35 Repatriation of Chefusians, a Summary, by Ian Grant 36 The Challenge of getting an education while Interned, by Estelle (Cliff) Horne 38 Full Table of 3 Children at the Chefoo School in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia, 1970s...”
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“...Page 2 Chefoo Magazine, 2015 Editor’s notebook A prominent, although not exclusive focus in this year's Chefoo Magazine is a phenomena that has surfaced over the past few years among a generation of Chefusians that is unquestionably unique in the history of the Chefoo Schools. Without being melodramatic, it is in fact an organized rebellion against what has, until very recently, been the fundamental experience of Chefusians, growing up separate from our parents. For the most part Chefusians and their parents took this as their lot in life, their destiny so to speak, and so they made the best of it. Some even flourished under it. Of course some Chefusians - we have no idea how many -did not like it, and rebelled in their own individual, and usually private ways, but they did not have the inclination, nor the means, to organize a protest movement against it. Over the last few years a group of former post-China Chefoo School students have formed a movement that they have named Chefoo Reconsidered...”
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“...Page 3 Chefoo Magazine, 2015 C.S.A. ARCHIVES If you have pictures or documents related to Chefoo Schools, please consider passing them on to central archival locations: • In the UK, Rebecca Mackensie will assist you to place them in the CIM/OMF/CSA archive collection at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies. Telephone Rebecca in London at 00 44 (0) 7944 393, or contact her by email at rebeccamackenzie(a)amail.com • In Australia and New Zealand, contact Marjorie Keeble by email at m.keeble(a)biapond.com. • In North America, Ian Grant will assist you to place your documents with the CIM/OMF/CSA collection at the Billy Graham Archives at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. Chefoo(a)roaers.com POST CHINA YEARS OMF HOSTELS KULING YANTAI (CHEFOO) BOOKS DEPARTMENTS CONTENTS Chefoo Reconsidered, by David Houliston OMF Letter of Apology Some Responses to the OMF Letter of Apology Is there a connection between Chefoo Reconsidered, and the Chefoo Schools Association? by...”
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“...they administered in the 1970's to solicit the views of former Chefusians, primarily from the China period. This is elaborated on in my essay, commencing on page 18, "Is there a Connection between Chefoo Reconsidered and the Chefoo Schools Association?" This culminated in the publication of Sheila Miller's OMF commissioned history of the Chefoo School, named Pigtails, Ponytails and the Old School Tie. Moving then to Model 'C', David Dyneka wrote: "There is a diversity of options now used by families, including national schools, international day schools and various forms of home schooling, including internet schooling. Each option has its own advantages and drawbacks. Boarding homes/hostels still have a place when parents choose a schooling option farther afield as the best for the child." There are Home and Field Advisors who assist parents to work out the best approach for their children, and assist older ones to make an easy transition to and from their home countries. "TCK Advisors...”
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“...Page 5 Chefoo Magazine, 2015 AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT RESTRUCTURING THE CHEFOO SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION The Constitution of the Chefoo Schools Association states that the Executive of the UK Branch also holds the executive function of the Association, named the General Council. At the 2014 Reunion in London the UK Branch formalized their decision to disband, "effective immediately." Their last act before disbanding was to unanimously pass this resolution: "Be it resolved that the constitution of the Chefoo Schools Association be revised immediately to transfer the function of the executive council of the Association from the executive of the UK branch, which is hereby resigning, to the senior positions in the remaining Association branches for New Zealand, Australia and North America." Peter Bazire, the outgoing Chair of the UK Branch, stated: "By virtue of this change in our Constitution the current General Council is made up of Marjorie Keeble, (CSA President and Secretary/Treasurer of the...”
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“...Page 6 Chefoo Magazine, 2015 Norman Austin, Tucson, Arizona I was watching that PBS show last night, Roadshow. Various people bring their treasures from their attics and have them examined and evaluated by experts. Last night was shown a silver ink stand, with a dedication inscribed, which might be referring to Nelson's mistress. It had two globes on a silver tray, one globe for the ink, another for the sand, for drying the ink. The silver tray (the whole piece was silver) was mounted on two "dolphins." The evaluator admitted these didn't look like dolphins, but that's what they're called. To my surprise, these two sea-beasts looked exactly like that sea creature who is our totem for the Chefoo Schools (see front cover of this magazine). I remember way back in Toronto, someone, maybe Margaret Bunting, said almost exactly what this expert said: 'It isn't really a dolphin, but that's what we called it." I think whoever designed our Chefoo totem was referring back to what was recognized as...”
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“...Page 7 Chefoo Magazine, 2015 Chefoo (both born in 1932) and went through the whole of the Japanese occupation. Alf lent me his copy of the book, 'From China Seas to Desert Sands', published last year by Onwards and Upwards Publishers, and available from Amazon. Yesterday I started to read it and I found it so fascinating that I just kept reading all day until I finished it. Jean and her (now late) husband Stewart Goodwin, also in Chefoo at the same time, have done medical work in six countries around the world. I have just sent Alf an email and asked him if he would do a review of the book for the 2015 Magazine (see page 34), as I am sure there are many who would enjoy reading it as much as I. Alf Binks' parents were missionaries with CIM in mountainous Yunnan in a little village which he was unable to find when he went there, due to the change of spelling of the name. However, his son took a group of adventurers to Yunnan and they found the village, including the Church with furniture...”
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“...Page 8 Chefoo Magazine, 2015 of Mary Taylor. She was the school teacher for about five of us, all at various ages. We came home to Australia for furlough, and from that point I stayed home to complete my schooling. Mum and Dad returned to Japan, but this time to the Northern Island, and Dad was accountant/secretary. During that time Keith went to the school at Nanae. When they came home Dad became secretary for Australia for the next 8-9 years. When I finished school, I went to Teacher's College and qualified as a certified Infant Teacher. That was a 3 years course, then I taught for three years before going on to Bible College, sensing God was calling me to missionary service also. I had met my husband-to-be at our church, and he entered Bible College during my final year of teaching. We were married on May 2nd. 1964, and went out to Japan for missionary service in October with the Central Japan Pioneer Mission. The mission closed down in 1969 and we came home to see what God was wanting...”
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“...Chefoo Magazine, 2015 CHEFOO SCHOOLS IN THE POST-CHINA YEARS CHEFOO RECONSIDERED By David Houliston Introduction It was unprecedented. An OMF Director General was apologizing to a group of some seventy Chefusians and their companions for the mistakes made by the previous leadership, which had had a profound and negative effect on the lives of those who had been to Chefoo in the past. Where we sat was what had once been a boy's dorm -where we once laid in bed at night after lights out, our hearts aching for our mums and dads and homes many miles away. Once again night had fallen. For many of us this would be the first night at Chefoo in forty to fifty years. Patrick Fung spoke of his heart-felt regret at what had happened and said he understood the pain of separation which he had similarly experienced when his daughter had had to return to Hong Kong from Pakistan for study for some years. After reading out the OMFs "Open letter to adult TCKs" he asked that we might bring ourselves to forgive...”
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“...decLbiony.” Am/OyOfy Most of us had similar experiences. Some were placed in OMF hostels - places which were no substitute for home and a loving family. One such person was Andrew Lane who had started at Chefoo a year or so after I had left. In February 2013 he felt an overwhelming desire to return to Chefoo in the Cameron Highlands, and with financial support from his wife Sandy was able to do so. Arriving at the gates at the bottom of the long drive up to Chefoo he says he was overcome with emotion and broke down in tears, an emotion shared by many of us on coming back to Chefoo. I had done so myself some years previously, in 2000, finding myself walking around the school groups feeling stunned as waves of memory from the past engulfed me. Having finally closed shortly after my visit in 2000 Chefoo has now become a Methodist conference centre. Andrew booked in for a stay in one of the old classrooms, now converted into living accommodation. There, on his own, in the beautiful jungle setting with...”
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“...Sadly the path was in poor repair. A team, led by David Collard, the son of a former Chefoo headmaster, did a sterling job in clearing the path and re-cutting some steps on the bungalow end of the path. The evenings were devoted, for the most part, to fun events. We shared funny things which happened during our school years, were intrigued by mysteries - what happened to the Thai Silk entrepreneur, Jim Thompson after he disappeared one evening on a pre-dinner stroll? Was King, the German Shepherd dog we had all loved, really eaten by a tiger? On another evening we gathered in what used to be the gym to sing the old community songs we sang as children. Andrew Lane thoroughly enjoyed himself belting out favourites like "My Grandfather's Clock" on the piano, accompanied by Vicar Mark Salmon on his guitar. On a more serious note, we took time to remember those who had died in the years since we left Chefoo. Also included were the pre-school aged children who had been killed in the terrible...”
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“...get-together Andrew spoke and used the metaphor of the Japanese practice of Kintsukroi - where a broken bowl is restored with gold, making it stronger and more beautiful. Nearly everyone came up and spoke about what the week had meant to them. Like myself, quite a few had already visited Chefoo on their own one or more times: This is my sixth visit back to Chefoo - always loved the place -always beautiful, and so on. But, the other element and dimension of meeting you makes the whole school come alive, and not being empty like a shell, and the relationships and the people are the important thing, the treasure to cherish, and I'm glad to be in touch again. For others, this was the first time back at Chefoo... If I had come back before you wouldn't have been here, and it wouldn't be the magic place I remember, so that's been brilliant! For some, arriving in the Cameron Highlands was not at all what they expected, but by the end of the week they knew they had come home! On the first night I...”
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“...Page 13 Chefoo Magazine, 2015 after the cars as they snaked their way around the long drive towards those all too significant gates. What is the next step? People had come for different reasons: some to meet up with their old Chefoo friends, some to go back and relive the memories they had has a child, others to wrestle with the demons of Chefoo with which they had been wrestling most of their lives. For many of us, this was just the start of a process. As Andrew wrote in his blog, recording his first visit back to Chefoo at the start of this process: "My hope and prayer is that what I have been able to achieve here in these last two weeks, and what I hope yet to achieve in the few days left to me, might bring the very personal resolution that each of us seek, indeed need, a little closure." The hurts and trauma of the past were not something to be "got over" in a short week. The healing, from what had been difficult and painful, and the rediscovery of the rich heritage that had made up...”
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“...Page 14 Chefoo Magazine, 2015 '...--^1 NtERNATIfONAL An Open Letter to OMF Adult TCKs Over recent years OMF leadership has recognized past hurts and ongoing heartache for children and parents who went through the mission schooling system in the past. While one generation may think that they are doing the wisest thing possible, a subsequent generation is dismayed at their action. The first Chefoo School was established in the late 19th century, with the goal of providing children of the CIM with a good education that would fit them to take their place in their parents' culture. This was seen as far-sighted at the time but the emotional effect on children of lengthy separations from parents was not given appropriate consideration. After the expulsion from China, a new Chefoo School was established in the Cameron Highlands of Malaya. This seemed an ideal provision at the time - secure, with an equitable climate and relatively close to parents. However, the new school only operated at primary...”
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“...Page 15 Chefoo Magazine, 2015 SOME RESPONSES TO THE OMF LETTER OF APOLOGY All but one of these comments are extracts from responses in the Chefoo Reconsidered web site, and all the authors agreed to their use here. Murray: My personal recognition of past life issues hit me around ten years ago and I have been dealing with it ever since through periods of emotional instability and counselling. I had spent many years trying to help others and 'put them right' without acknowledging my own needs. Many of you will know that I lost my Dad on the mission field, just before I was born, so growing up without any male care or role model, followed by successive periods of abandonment from the age of four and a half, left me independent but hardened to intimacy and emotional honesty. Chefoo and Maxwell House in the UK had a part to play in that, but as far as Chefoo is concerned, I am very ambivalent. It's very much a case of agony and ecstasy and I have blanked much of the memories out. Coming to...”
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“...Page 16 Chefoo Magazine, 2015 of the writing I had done during a period of counselling about my past—it was powerful and painful—the main thing coming through was feeling shut away from the 'real' work of saving the world, and feeling like a sacrificial lamb and bleeding, but no one saw my pain or heard my voice or cries... I can honestly say I have had much help and healing over the last years for which I am most grateful. I am much freer since the Ware day. I see that there are still ways I 'do' life that I feel are rooted in this time— particularly personal relationships with those closest to me. Although I am 55 now I am glad for 'Chefoo Reconsidered' and the 'TCK' day, the OMF letter, and reconnection with Chefoo friends and experiences as part of an on-going healing process. (another) Philip: I take this letter at face value as a first step towards reconciliation. Speaking only for myself, Chefoo and Ivyland (hostel in eastern USA) were generally good experiences, and part of that...”
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“...with the popular custom of glamorizing youth, is surely unnecessary. How can we expect young people to respect us if we don't respect maturity in our selves. I don't see how we can have it both ways. From China: A Personal World, by Claire Malcolm Lintilhac, 1977. Claire's father, Dr. Malcolm, formerly from Grey County, Ontario, was a physician at Chefoo. One of his daughters married Cornelius Vander Starr, who founded A.I.G. Insurance in Shanghai in 1919. In recent years A.I.G. was in the news when it was involved in a major scandal related to the financial crisis on Wall Street. C.V. Starr can't be blamed for that. Clair was a nurse in Chefoo for a while, and was attending nurse at the birth of Chefusian Bob McMullan in 1923, and she became his godmother. Sadly, Bob passed away on December 31, 2014, shortly after his 91st birthday. Read his obituary on page 45.*...”
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“...Chefoo Magazine, 2015 The formation of the Chefoo Schools Association (CSA) SA was formed in 1908 by former Chefoo School students in the UK who wanted to form a classic school alumni organization. It almost immediately spread to North America, Australia, and New Zealand, and even to Shanghai where quite a number of Chefusians lived and worked. It was meant to be a way for alumni to keep in touch with one another, reminisce about their days at school, and encourage one another in the development of their education strategies, careers, falling in love and raising families. While it operated separately from the CIM, current and former teachers were always welcome, both as members, and in leadership roles. This relationship carried on until the time when teachers were either too old, or had died - no doubt they are all dead now. So the CSA was a positive movement, a way to celebrate friendships, a romantic schooling in China, a love of the ocean in Chefoo, or the mountains in Kuling. Whether...”
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“...had followed in caring for and educating its missionary children. Sheila Miller: The second study, probably the most widely known, was from the research conducted by OMF missionary and former teacher at the Chefoo School in Malaysia, Sheila Miller. She and her husband, John, had been at the school for 8 years until 1979, where John was the Principal, and their son attended in his early years. Her book was published in 1981 to commemorate the centennial of the founding of the Chefoo School, and was a history of the Chefoo School over those 100 years. Its title is Pigtails, Ponytails and the Old School Tie. Much of this book is based on written responses to a survey conducted by Miller (and/or Hogben et al?) from Chefusians about the impact on their lives while growing up attending Chefoo Schools. Given the timing, we strongly suspect that Miller's book was a follow up of the Hogben report. She says: "Six years ago we circulated hundreds of questionnaires among Chefusians of bygone days, to...”
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“...Page 20 Chefoo Magazine, 2015 for she felt that her perspective was not acceptable for discussion. As with some views about the Miller book, there have been Chefusians, primarily from the Chefoo (Yantai) era, who expressed disdain for Christina Spink's study, seeing her to be an outsider. But it was very professionally researched and composed, so much so that in my first edition of the Chefoo Magazine as Editor in 2003,1 included most of the section of the dissertation dealing with the presentation and analysis of Mary and Kathleen's stories (see "The Impact of Chefoo and Weihsien: Students' Perspectives.") Based on the comments I received from those who read it, it was well received. To our knowledge Christina Spink (still a dues paying associate member of CSA) has not published her dissertation, but it can be acquired in MS form (go on-line and search for UMI Dissertation Services). Will a formal link develop between the Chefoo Schools Association & the Chefoo Reconsidered Movement? ...”