我们六人——美国人三、华人三、其一是本刊的编辑孙约西——拟在烟台山东省立烟台第二中学（原为益文商专的南校园）郭显德纪念堂前树立一座花岗石雕成具有三面的纪念碑。每面有二百一十字，将以下三位在烟台传福音及办教育的先驱亦即创始人的事迹作简单的追述，以励后人，并垂永久。
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郭显德美国宾州人大学卒业后入普林斯顿获博士学位他偕夫人于一八六三年自纽约乘船经南非澳洲菲岛海上历时一百六十五天次年一月抵烟台去登州习中文一年返回烟台先住珠玑村后移西南河向毓璜顶庙的主持买进东北坡农田与建筑设小学男校文先女校会英后两校合并取名会文十余年后设中学旧制四年郭显德助夫人设诊所及毓璜顶医院他一生在胶东创学校四十间光绪帝明令嘉奖颁给双龙勋章一座郭显德逝于一九二零年葬在毓璜顶北麓美国公墓享高龄八十五岁次年会文书院与实益学馆合并取名益文 |
( 1835 — 1920 )
Hunter Corbett, a native of Pennsylvania of the United States, and a college graduate, earned his D.D. degree in the Princeton Theological Seminary. In 1863 Hunter Corbett and his wife sailed from New York across the Atlantic via South Africa, Australia, the Philippines and Shanghai. After a journey of 165 days, they arrived in Chefoo in January, 1864. They then proceeded to Tengehow to study the Chinese language for one year and finally returned to Chefoo.
They took lodgings in Chu-Chi village and Shih-Nan-Ho. He contacted the high priest of the temple on the hill-top and was able to purchase a few plots of the terrace fields on the northeast slope of the hill. On these plots he built school buildings for both boys and girls. About ten years after the merger of both schools, he built new school buildings for a middle school arranging to have a four-year term under the old system. The school was named Hwei Wen in Chinese or the Hunter Corbett Academy in English. Mrs. Corbett, assisted by her husband, started a clinic, which preceded the opening of a hospital- The Temple Hill Hospital. In his life time he established altogether 40 schools more in the eastern part of the Shantung province. By an official decree, Kwang Hsu, the emperor of China, granted him a Double Dragon medal, the highest civilian honor. Hunter Corbett passed away at the age of 85 and was buried in the Temple Hill Cemetery. In the following year the Academy had a merger with Shih Yih – formerly the Temple Hill English School and was renamed Yih Wen School.
（一） 一九二零年，我是一年级生，刚进入信义小学，那是郭显德博士创文先、文英，后改成会文书院，交由中国人自办的延续，其中学部并入实益学馆合称益文，同时成立真光女中．是年郭显德逝世，我是进入毓璜顶长老会堂（不久改成中华基督教会）到他棺前瞻仰遗容的学生之一．这间礼拜堂也是本校的礼拜堂．是日参加葬礼者中西宾客及市民在千人以上，遍及毓璜顶山下一带．这三间学校设毓璜顶北及东北坡，山上有美国公墓．该墓已于五十年代被掘、被砸，今已不存。益文北校园也非旧观。益文商专是我的母校。
（二） 幼年，鲁东各地有个流传，它始自一九零零年义和团之乱的以前：“洋人不杀郭显德，中国人不杀赵斗南。”这句话当加阐明：洋人可杀，但不可杀郭显德；中国信徒可杀，但不可杀赵斗南。后者为平信徒，是一位传道人，后来立为牧师。关于赵斗南的事迹未加考，故不详。郭显德传福音的足迹及兴办的学校遍及福山、栖霞、牟平、莱阳、海阳、即墨、胶州等县。
（三） 郭显德的长女范妮生于烟台，长成后返国读书，在大学读书期间从一位瑞士移民学得织花边的技术，卒业后和一位神学院毕业生结为夫妇，同来中国，在登州（今蓬莱）和烟台各工作四年，将技术教授妇女们。于是鲁东各地生产花边的手工业于焉创始。有了花边才有了结发网和绣花台布的生产，至终，成为烟台市主要输出品，直到珍珠港事变。
（四） 我五岁时，因有耳疾，入毓璜顶医院将扁桃腺割除而愈，住院三天。那时该院病床仅九十，今日已发展至七百。八十年代自烟台地区医院旧称改回原称，并在一九九四年发行了一本《烟台毓璜顶医院志1914－1994》长达409页，将本人列为顾问的首名。此书衷所根据的早期史是摘自我在八十年代写的《烟台教育发展史话1865－1945》和《烟台毓璜顶医院和护士学校》，都是非卖品。此医院的前身是毓璜顶诊所，为郭显德夫人手创，先是为了学生及家属，后来惠及市民，终于一九一四年设立了病院。
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韦丰年纽约州人安慕赫士大学纽约联合神学院毕业一八九四年夫妇抵烟台助郭显德理教务创博物院督建筑工程助设德智体为宗的青年会他募款兴建英文馆于一八九七年成立他自编讲义请西教士夫人担任义职并向美国同道呼吁终有毕维廉夫妇前来相助时优等生赴英读海军清华考试留美十年之间成绩斐然一九零九年北方霍乱病倡獗不幸韦丰年与夫人同年逝世先后下葬毓璜顶美国公墓韦氏天性勤奋乐友睦邻温厚忠恕诲人不倦市民感其德集资立四柱石坊于其墓 |
(1867-1909)
George Cornwell, a native of the state of New York, graduated from the Amherst College and Union Theological Seminary. He and his wife arrived in Chefoo in 1894. He became an assistant of Hunter Corbett in establishing the museum and supervising construction works. He assisted the Chinese in establishing the YMCA which held the slogan of Morality, Wisdom and Good Health (or: High Moral, knowledge Seeking and Physical Well-being), He perceived that within the local community there was a lack of knowledge on both English and commercial subjects. His concept was received favorably by local gentries and businessmen. He successfully raised the required donations for starting the Temple Hill English School in 1897. He compiled his own handouts. He requested the housewives of the Presbyterian Missionaries to be volunteer teachers and made an appeal to his friends in the United States to provide the school with a full-time teacher. Eventually, William Booth and Mrs. Booth arrived. After ten years or so, successful results appeared: many graduates were qualified to study further in England and others went to the United States under the Tsing Hua Project. Unfortunately, when cholera plagued North China in 1909, George Cornwell and his wife both died and were buried in the Temple Hill Presbyterian Cemetery. He was respected and was widely recognized as being helpful, friendly, gentle, magnanimous and willing to advise. All of those high qualities were engraved on a marble arch erected in front of his tomb with the money raised from the local Chinese community.
（一） 益文商专的北校园是我读初、高中的地方，其主楼命名[思韦堂]，由美国长老会的慈善家和烟台市民各半出钱完成的，来纪念韦丰年牧师创设了英文馆。
（二） 韦丰年在本校创始以[智仁勇]为口号及目标的童子军。多年后市内各中小学群起仿效。
（三） 韦丰年设计并监造毓璜顶长老会堂，型式中西合参，屋顶宫殿式，作八角形，门窗及内部西式，迄今百年，坚固异常，今日为烟台市行政区及官方档案的保存所。
（四） 他偕同工创设博物院，搜罗出土的文物，各地的矿石，动植物的标本，以海产最出色。予我最深刻的是盘在梁上的一条两市丈长巨蟒和玻璃柜中摆着的一个初生的双头小牛。此地乃是清末民初开启民智与至高情趣之所。因此这条马路取名博物院街，直到北伐（一九二七）后才改称市府街。
（五） 他能联合地方仕绅和各宗教人士支持他的工作，短期内成立中学、博物院和以德、智、体[三育为宗]的青年会。自开办到珍珠港事变，半世纪以来，它们是基督教和异教徒、社会人士们接触的媒介，也是东、西方文化交流的桥梁。
（六） 他将美国盲人使用的凸字器材介绍并赠给烟台的盲童，采用英文拼音法改成中国字的拼音。
（七） 幼年家居四合房，前面有自种的小菜圃。记忆启蒙时感到自种的番茄其页茎都有异味，问起来才知这种植物名叫[洋柿子]。先父告：韦牧师从美国寄到一包种子，鼓励中国人试种多吃其果子，说是有预防伤风感冒之功。那时自种的番茄不是红的，是桔黄色，其形状及颜色确实像中国的柿子。
（八） 韦丰年夫妇逝于我出生前六年。幼年常常听见长辈们述说他生前的事迹。我曾进入美国公墓，见他夫妇的幕前树有一白色大理石小型牌坊，横匾正中是[道范同钦]，左右为[忠义][良善]，竖联正中是[砥德砺行虔心而事主][扶穷济危实惠以及人]，左右为[险阻备尝传天道][殷勤不倦作神工]。予他的称赞并非过誉，因为出钱给他树坊的不是以基督徒为主，乃是社会人士，他的学生，学校同工，再加信徒。
我自入社会，六十多年来，换居三个洲，八个不同地方，迄未见到一位牧师，社团领导人或老师堪当如此称赞。
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毕维廉芝城大学商学硕士一九零三年到烟台任英文馆副馆长六年后韦丰年病故他任馆长民国肇造学校易名实益学馆一九二一年与会文书院合并成立益文学校八年后设商专同年他卸任校长职于中国人罗希嘏林求源汪祥庆直到沦陷珍珠港事变日军查封校产为止时他公赴青岛被拘入集中营次年即一九四二年俘虏交换返国毕氏一生致力教育达四十年实在劳苦功高他为人善良有爱心富感情市民学生无不敬爱之晚期任兼理财政和校董会事宜加上担任功课无不全力以赴一九六九年毕维廉逝于加州享遐龄九十一岁 |
(1878 – 1969)
William C. Booth, a graduate of the Northwestern University and later the University of Chicago with a Masters degree, arrived in Chefoo in 1903 to become the assistant principal of the Temple Hill English School. However, six years later when George Cornwell died, he became the principal. As China became a Republic in 1911, the school was renamed Shin Yih. In 1921, the merger between Shih Yih and Hwei Wen Schools took place and a new name was given: Yih Wen School. Eight years later when the school was well established as a commercial college, William Booth decided that a qualified Chinese should take over his work. The first Chinese principal was Esi-Koo Loh, followed by Chiu-Yuan Lin and then Shiang-Cheng Wang. After the Pearl Harbor Incident, the school property was seized by the Japanese military. It just happened that William Booth was on a business trip to Tsingtao when he was interned by the Japanese. He was repatriated back to the United States in 1942 under the Internees Exchange Program. William Booth dedicated himself for almost 40 years in Chefoo, toiling hard to achieve remarkable results. He was kind, compassionate, sincere and full of love for all. Not only his students but also the people of the city gave him the respect that de deserved. In the latter period, in addition to his teaching, he was responsible for the matters of finance and the school Board of Directors. In 1969, he died in California at the age of 91.
（一） 毕维廉是我们初期的校长。北伐完成后，为适应情势，让地位与中国人。他是校董之一，兼管学校的财政，是益文商专真正的保姆。同时也担任商专的几门功课，经年忙个不息。
（二） 骑一辆脚踏车，他跑遍全市。凡市民青年以上的人，无人不知益文的[老毕]。他和任何人都可交谈，丝毫没有优越感。
（三） 同学中南自广东，北到黑龙江沿海各省的学生都有，他对方言的辨别力非常出众，不必再问第二句，便做答如流。他的记忆力特强，凡在他授课下的学生，多年后若见了面，仍可喊出姓名来。
（四） 自从一九一七年俄国大革命以后，继续有自东北各省流亡至烟台的白俄青年到商科做插班生，经常在十至二十名之间，其中不乏经济艰困的，毕维廉便加资助，并代寻觅工作。他对商科毕业生也是如此。每届毕业礼前后必有前往请他代觅找业的。毕维廉对外的联系很广，本地的进出口商行，华北各口岸的三大石油公司——美孚、亚细亚、德士古、英美烟草、胜家缝衣机、子内门（英国化工染料及肥田料在华总代理），各国领事署，海关等。他对某些品学兼优但家中贫寒，无力自费的寄宿生准予[工读]，助教员抄写或打字，印讲义，饭厅、宿舍的清理，按时打钟员，运动场上器材的管理工作。每天上午十时休息十五分钟时间，他领导全体做健身操。对捣乱的学生，他不记过，只是劝说，脸能红到脖子，甚至流泪。凡经他劝说的无不软化。一九三五年冬，学生自治会和校长林求源发生冲突，双方僵持不下，两败俱伤，学校因学生罢课而停半年，校长也去了职，不幸时届他返国期。同学中无不相信，若毕维廉在校，问题必迎刃而解，事件绝对不会发生。
（五） 珍珠港事变，他适因公前去青岛，在该地与其它盟侨同被集中于湖北路英领事署及住宅内。我应邀前往，在日宪监视不到的后墙外交谈，并薄有赠送，以备急需，他交给我七封信，着我封固、付邮，内容全是为了学校交待的事，其责任心之重可见一斑。
（六） 二次大战胜利后，许多美籍过去在中国大陆的传教士不得返回，又多年老不堪再事工作，即无退休的养老金，也不是社会安全金的受益人。毕维廉有见及此，遂与我的前期同学当时仍居住巴西的徐铭信合创一间养老院WESTMINISTER GARDENS，于南加州的DUARTE市，由徐君出资一百万美元，完成于一九五零年。初旨是予以前曾在中国工作的基督教人员优先机会，妥予照料，但近几年逐渐放宽限制，今日住着一百三十九名退休老人。
基于实情，我们感到在母校的校园里树立一座纪念为主工作的恩师三人的纪念碑具有重大意义和历史上的价值。
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曲君文中所介绍的三位传教士堪称基督徒的精兵。他们在美都有高深学历，但都愿奉差遣，往那时辽远落后异语的中国。当时他们都是乘机帆船在太平洋上惊涛骇浪漂泊五、六个月才能到达。到后，言语隔阂，生活习惯也和他们本国迥异，且遭华人的歧视和排外，况且去农村地方更是鄙陋肮脏。像本刊第二期所介绍领导翻译圣经的狄考文，就因夏季染阿米巴痢疾，缺乏有效药而病逝青岛，时年75岁，何等可惜。但他们只因神的爱，不顾一切，惟知肩负神给他们的使命，到底在中国将福音传开了。此外，他们又兴办学校、医院、孤儿院和教授平民织作手工艺品出口，惠及民生，这都是上帝的祝福。
我也常听先母讲他们这些传道人的故事，她特别提到韦丰年在烟台西南河向那些骡马夫传福音与他们同吃同喝，因此和他爱妻同染霍乱而亡。我幼年也常走过那些地方是许多骡马店会集之处，环境十分肮脏。先母又常讲郭显德的唯一代步爱马某日竟遭人将马尾全部拔毛，好像猪尾，使郭显德痛心哀泣一场。他们实在是热心爱主爱人，才能如此将己生命完全献上。至今仍是我们传福音的表率。