Chips

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Our Motto is: Education, Discipline and Bright Future

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Careless About Himself

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Helpless To Get Joys of Life

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Internal Sorrows Were Great

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Polite At Heart

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Severe Broken Hearted Person JAMES HILTON

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Early Life:

-Mr. Chips: (Central Character) -Mr. Chip’s Real name: (Chipping). -School: Brookfield Public School. -Mr. Chip’s Residence: Mrs. Wicket’s home. -Mr. Chip’s Doctor: Merrivel. -Mr. Chip’s Birth: 1848. -Completed Education: At the age of 21. -University: Cambridge University. -First Job: Melbury School. -Joined Brookfield: In 1870. -Worked in Brookfield: As a teacher. -Headmaster in 1870: Whetherby. -Advice of Wetherby to Chips: Maintain discipline in the classes. -No of students of Mr. Chip’s class: 500. - Mr. Chip’s attitude at beginning: Very rude and aggressive. Marriage with Katherine:

 Remained becholer: Till 48.  Rowden: Mr. Chip’s friend (Fellow teacher also).  Visited District Lake: 1896.  Met Katherine: On the Great Gable.  Katherine’s age when they fall in love: 23 Years.  Place where they married: London. Influence of Katherine:

 Good Influence

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Chips’ was:-

Before Marriage

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Sad. Bad disciplined. Dull teaching. Conservative.

 After Marriage

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Happy. Better discipline. Interesting teaching. Broad Minded. Became social. Improved his life standard. Became friendly in the classes. Became jolly with his colleagues.

Incident after 2 years of Marriage:

 Katherine died in 1898.  Effects on Chips of Katherine’s death: He became worried, alone, serious, gloomy & careless. Headmasters: Whetherby, Meldrum became the the headmaster.   After the death the Mr. Whetherby, headmaster.   After the death of Mr. Meldrum, Mr. Chips became an acting headmaster.

 Mr. Ralston became headmaster in 1900.  Mr. Ralston (Young man of 37 years, Disciplined and strict, Wanted newness in the school) Chip’s Quarrel with Ralston:

 Chips don’t like the attitude of Ralston.  Ralston was also against Mr. Chips.

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Cause 1  teaching, lake of discipline, Chips was an old  Chip’s bad habits, his old methods of  teaching,  fashioned person. person.

Cause 2  Ralston was a man of modern ideas, wanted new teaching techniques, wanted to have discipline in the school.

Cause 3  Chip’s old age, old ideas and methods of teaching.

Cause 4 continue his teaching at  Board of governors favoured Chips & allowed him to continue his the School Brookfield.

Chips’ Resignation:

1913: Chips resigned at the age of 65 years. years. 1913: Fall seriously ill. 1913: The school gave a grand party to Chips. Visit to Germany: 

He went to Germany for medical treatment.

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Sep, 1913: Came back from Germany.

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Disease: Bronchitis.

Rented Room at Mrs. Wickett’s House:

 Rented room after returning from Germany.  Used to visit the School Brookfield and work for it.  Now feeling happy & healthy.  Passed his time in reading, novels writing articles, meeting old Brookfield boys, watching games at the school’s play ground.

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Employed again: 1916: First World War. 1916: Chips gain joined Brookfield. 1917: Chatteris became seriously ill & Chips became acting headmaster. 1918: Chstteris died & Chips continued as acting headmaster. 1918: First World War came to an end.

Chips’ Life after second retirement:

 Remained home most of the time.  Used to entertain the old students of the School Brookfield.  Used to remember his past as a teacher and his wife al so.  1930: Chips made his will. Chips’ Death:

November 1933: Seriously fell ill. Became unconscious.  At last died remembering remembering his:-

 Katherine Bridges.  Old students.  Fellow teachers.  Brookfield School.  Other past memories.

MR. M. YOUSAF Kharian College of Commerce Kharian

TYPED BY : SAMI ULLAH (SP & CR of I.COM 2)