| China Inland Mission "Chefoo School" (Protestant Collegiate School) | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
from Yantai to Kuling, Jiujiang | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private Boarding |
| Motto | In Deo Fidimus and Nihil Absque Labore |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Protestant Christian |
| Established | in 1881 in Yantai |
| Closed | in 1951 in Kuling, Jiujiang |
| Athletics | Football (soccer), rowing, cricket, tennis |
The Chefoo School (traditional Chinese: 芝罘學校; simplified Chinese: 芝罘学校; pinyin: Zhīfú Xuéxiào; Wade–Giles: Chih-fu Hsüeh-hsiao), also known as Protestant Collegiate School or China Inland Mission School, was a Christian boarding school established in 1881 by the China Inland Mission—under James Hudson Taylor—at Chefoo (Yantai), in Shandong province in northern China. Its purpose was to provide an education for the children of foreign missionaries and the foreign business and diplomatic communities in China.
Chefoo School was described by a former student: "On the rising ground looking out across a sleepy, sun-kissed bay, there stood a group of rambling, ivy-covered, neo-Gothic buildings...For nearly fifty years these gracious, elegant, mellowing buildings were the home of a great English boarding school...where children of missionaries from all over China and children of other foreign residents received a Bible-oriented, English 'public school' education up to Oxford Certificate level...the School survived the Boxer Rebellion, plague, tropical diseases, bandits and piracy on the China seas, but its greatest test came in the nineteen forties" during World War II.[1] During the war the Japanese army took control of the school, and the students and staff were moved to the Weihsien Internment Camp. At the end of the war in 1945, the students and staff did not return to Chefoo, although "Chefoo Schools" were established in other locations. The last campus of Chefoo school in China was in Kuling, Jiujiang. Chefoo School Kuling Campus was established in 1947 and survived until 1951 when it was closed by the Chinese communist government.
The Chefoo School called itself "the best school east of Suez."[2]
- ^ Bruce, J. W. G. (1985). "Birds in the Fowler's Nest". Weihsien Paintings. p. 1. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ Grant, Ian. "The Chefoo School at Lushan". Kuling American School. Retrieved 9 October 2021.