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NANCY

DON'T YOU THINK OUR TEACHER IS WONDERFUL.?

NAW --- SHE'S

A PAIN IN

THE NECK!

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 18, 1940.

By Ernie Bushmiller

--- AND YOU'RE GOING TO SIT THERE TILL YOU TELL ME

WHAT YOU WERE

FIGHTING

ABOUT!

Kung

Hai

Fat

Choy

REVOLT

"Chips," as Chipping, the Latin master at Brookfield School, was called by his pupils since his marriage to a young and beautiful girl after 20 years of bachelorhood, had, under bis wife's understanding tutelage, conquered his pupils' anti- pathy and become friends with them. He and his wife gave Sunday toas for thom; he cracked jokes in class, and could fake one on himself. On April Fool's Day, his class prepared a joke that was really meaningless knowing he would ap- preciate it, but in the midst of their shouts of "April Fool!" a late comer arrived, and whispered that Chips' wife and her new-born baby were both dead.

TWENTY years passed. Queen Victoria had died and a King sat on the throne of England, Bleriot had spanned the Channel in contraption that flew,

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Chips, his hair now grey, his face lined with wrinkles, did not appear to be an old man, perhaps because of the humorously redoubtable look in his eyes.

He had become a bit of an eccentric, u personality, al- most a legend of Brookfield School.

It was autumn call-over in the Quadrangle at Brook- field. The boys as they walked past Chips called their names.

The last, a husky lad of 13, omitted to identify him- self.

"You, boy!" said Chips

sharply. "Haven't you got

a name?"

"Yes, sir," replied the

youth.

"What is it? Is it at the delivery boy. "What's!

secret?"

"Morgan,

Morgan."

sir-Derek

"A Morgan, eh? I might have known. Trousers too tight. Morgans always grow out of their trousers." While the boy stared in embarrassed surprise Chips tucked up his gown briskly and turned away abruptly, all but colliding with a tall prefect who told, him that the Headmaster wished to see him.

As he walked

briskly toward the Headmas- ter's house, he heard the crush of a bicycle falling in the street, execrations in boyish voices.

Around the corner he came upon a Brookfield boy and a "Townce", a greengrocer's deli- very boy, for various vegetables were scattored about the fallen bicycle.

'The youth's nose was bleed- ing. He doubled up his fist and socked the school boy. In the eye.

"Oh, you beast! I'll kill you for that!" cried the infuriated Brookfieldian, and lunged at the delivery boy's jaw.

Chips grabbed them both by their coat collars and wrenched them apart. "A disgraceful exhibition P

no

He addressed the youngster in Brookfield garb. "Did one ever tell you to keep your hands up? I wonder both your eyes aren't closed! New, aren't you pu

"Yes, sir," panted the boy, still exchanging glaring looks with his recent antagonist.

"You're a Colley, aren't you?"" "Yes, sir."

That's a familiar name, atļ Brookfield." angegaa

"Yes, sir. My grandfather's Sir John Colley, chairman of the School Governors" "r

your name?"

Perkins, sir."

"I gather, Perkins, you are in Do the retail vegetable trade. your duties include brawling in the street?"

Goodbye, Mr Chips

From the Novel by

JAMES HILTON

Adapted from the M.-G.-M. Picture by LEBBEUS MITCHELL,

the whole "Slovenly.

" Chips went you say?" asked : Chips, hewildered by the mute veland and fall down," was the burst.

pinion of a third boy."

gown

"Yes. Look at that

I happen to you are wearing. know that it's a subject of amusement to the whole school. Town-A-year-ago-1-told-you-I-wanted-

the new style of Latin pronun- ciation taught--and you totally ignored it."

̄ ̄ ̄”'"E" "called ́ ̄ ̄ ̄me Cheese," said Perkins hotly.

"Well, he said I was a stuck- up nob," said Colley.

"A Town Cheese! That was ill-mannered of you, Colley. The fact that you wear a school hat and what passes for a clean collar doesn't entitle you 10 sneer at hard-working fellows like Perkins. And you, Per kins, just because Master Colley may happen to have a nodding acquaintance with some of the simpler Latin verba, doesn't necessarily imply he's short on intestinal fortitude. Come now, shake hands. No more of this nonsensel Come, shake!"

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80,

"Oh, that! Nouschse in my opinion! What's the good of teaching the boys to say 'Kikero" when for the rest of their lives they'll say 'Cicero'?. Instead of vicissum you'd make them say we kiss 'em!" Chips emitted a deep chuckle.

"Get rid of Chips!" cried a

try! other. "He'd just better If he says another word to Chips, i'll-I'll kill him!"

Chips got to his feel. his face barely under control. his voice faltering

Sir John-gentlemen .. Bat his voice failed and he scowled to hide his emotion. "it's good of you, John--good of all of you to take this trouble -IN-the ante-room-for-m-old-man, Sir John. of Sir John Colley's placed a hand on Chips's arm, office several im and that gesture of affection portant looking steadied the old Master. "But people waited in before I nvail myself of your patiently to be ad- confidence I should like to be mitted, but an able to persuade the Head that attendant said something im in these times Brookfick has portant had arisen to demand need of both of us." Sir John's attention.

In his private office. Sir John his face purple, strode angrily about, while a man sented by his desk, watched him in agita tion.

Impossible! Italston must be mad! Raving mad! Sir John stopped to ring furiously for his secretary. "Get Mr. Martin at once! I'll resign, Hendur- gon. before I stand for this!"

"Exactly what I said!" ob-

"The man's) served Henderson. out of his min:!”

"That's very generous of you, Chips," said the Foreign Secre- tary

"But will it work?" asked Colonel Morgan.

"I shall see to it that it does. I'm even going to teach my La- in class to say Kikero! A few years of that and I'll have to re- tire!"

TO-MORROW Realisation

There you are! You hold one opinion and I another. But 11 happen to be Headmaster here: I'm trying to make Brookfield | an up-to-date school and you in- sist on clinging to the past. The world is changing. Parents to day expect something more for The boys did

rather their school fees than « few sheepishly. “If you've managed scraps of a dead language.” to knock any sense into ench

know the world's chang- other, then the afternoon hasn't ing. Mr. Ralston. I've seen tho been wasted."

old traditions dying, one by one RALSTON, the race and dignity and feeling "Can you imagine Brookfield) Headmaster, played for the past. All that matters without Chips? Why, hang it, nervously with a here today is a fat banking ne- Jim, he's thrashed us both for You're trying to run the stealing cherries!" He stopped paper knife #scount. Chipping took the school like a factory-for turn for a brief colloquy on the tele- chair he indicated. ing out money-male, machine- phone. "Martin's boy heard

'Then he plunged made snobs. You've raised the the whole row, Jim. Martin's T.N.T. Factory Wrecked into the matter in hand.

fees and in the end the boys who wired to Morgan at Aldershot! "Mr. Chipping, have you ever really belong to Brookfield will We'll call a meeting of the Board thought you would like to re- be frozen out. Modern methods! of Governors. I'll wire Grant- Intensive training! Poppyecek! loy and Howson, By Gad, I'll tire?"

scuse of humour call on the Foreign Secretary Chips looked at him,

Give a boy a 019-

and he'll stand up to anything. Forrester's n Brookfield boy 1" tonished.

THE "No, I've never thought about I'm not going to resign and you

Governors can do what you like about it!".

held a council and went to Brookfield. Gathered about the long table in the Masters* common

it."

"Well, the suggestion's there for you to consider. I'm sure the governora will be prepared to grant you an adequate pen- sion."

"But, I don't want to retire. ernced to consider

I don't.

H

CHIPS

whisked his tattered gown?

und about him

strode from Rus

ton's study with a

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By Explosion GIBBSTOWN, N.J., Jan. 17 (Router).The explosion of 6,000-pounds of nitro-glycerine

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The explosion, which at Arst was believed in be an earthquake, shatter- cd windows 15 miles distant in the suburbs of Philadelphlo,

Two persons were killed and one room, they all faced) was injured by the explosion.

determined flourish. Chips, acated at one end. Sir

Police and the F.B.I. have alrendy

holding comrnent on rumours sabotage.

A boy outside John Colley expressed the senti- started investigations, but are with Headmaster's office had: over- ment of all of the Board: "In that case things are go-heard enough of the talk bo- ing to be a little difficult." tween Ralston and Chips to un-

"Difficult? Why difficult?" "Do you want me to be quite He ran breathlessly to fellow

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LONDON, Jan. 17. teater) Following the reports that a docu ment has been issued to the railway warning them

of sabotage, the Ministry of Transport announced:

As part of the general precaution

Armada

£120,000,000 To Train Dominion Flyers LONDON, Jan 17 (Acator) ——It is stated in London, that the

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derstand what was in. the wind. fleld wouldn't be the same with- Argentine Air Force fary measures before the war, Instruc- 600,000 Empire Ale Training Scheme

ing methods are old-fashioned, "The Hond told Chips he's your personal habits are sloven got to resign--and Chips said ho "He was a scrapper, tootly, and you ignore my instrucwouldn't.” Caned him more than once for tions in a way that in a younger I should think not1 Chips has

nk not 1. man I should regard as rank been here hundreds of years, it. Do the same for you anν time you need it He looked! Inaubordination.".

He used to cane my father."

"The Governors don't want you to rosign, Chips, Brook-

out you-and they know it! You can stay here until you're a hun- dred if you feel like it-and we hope you will!",

Hear! Hear cried, several

A

voices.

"Certainly T paid

Colond Morgan. "We'ro, all agreed.".

BUENOS AIRES, Jan, 17 (Nouter). War, General The Minister for Marquez, has decided to prolong the stay of the US Army Ale Corps Mission, which has been instructing the Argentine Alt Force since 1938.

The American : aviators will now rémals until Jund next year.

tions were latied to the various will require a personnel of at least public authoriller warning them of 30,000 almen, 4,880 oficere, nearly the risk of sabotage on

of 5,000 civilluna, amelyover 1,000 hasin

evlily-disposed the

estimate.w

These instructions were repeated tenance staff, according to a Canadia at the time of the IR.A. outrages

"In certain quarters, routine re- Nearly 70 Instructional schools will petition of these instructions has re- be needed to bring to perfection the cently taken bider."

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