https://ln.omeka.net/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Szto%2C+Wai+%28Chinese%2C+1899-1961%29+%3D+%E5%8F%B8%E5%BE%92%E8%A1%9B+%28Chinese%2C+1899-1961%29&output=atom2024-03-28T18:36:57-04:00Omekahttps://ln.omeka.net/items/show/206Right before the armistice, the Japanese were poised to advance into the Taitsuen area. Mr Szto Wai wrote, 'We were instructed to evacuate northern Kwangtung. Mr. Yeung and I decided to stay behind. I love Taitsuen too much, its huge camphor trees, cool weather, thirty kinds of bird, charming wild flowers, and swaths of rice fields. I am simply in awe of the aesthetics of the surroundings.'
After the Japanese occupied Kukkong in January 1945, all staff and students dispersed while the university prepared to move to a new campus 175 miles further north, but fortunately the war ended before the autumn term began.]]>2022-02-08T03:56:34-05:00
]]>https://ln.omeka.net/items/show/205The Union Theological College became affiliated with Lingnan University in 1929. It was relocated to Taitsuen as well during the war.]]>2022-02-08T03:56:34-05:00
]]>https://ln.omeka.net/items/show/204The Lingnan students gave more than a dozen drama performances in Swasey Hall. Two or three major concerts were also held here. This was also the place for Sunday church service.]]>2022-02-08T03:56:34-05:00
]]>https://ln.omeka.net/items/show/203I strolled up to the library, a veritable treasure trove of knowledge. Everyone there is engrossed and quiet, making the best use of time. Students come and go while the library staff shuttle back and forth from the circulation counter to the stacks. Everyone’s busy doing something important.]]>2022-02-08T03:56:34-05:00
]]>https://ln.omeka.net/items/show/201Around 2,000 took the entrance examinations but when term started, we admitted only 300 students, some from the University of Hong Kong.]]>2022-02-08T03:56:34-05:00
]]>https://ln.omeka.net/items/show/199Mr Szto Wai wrote on the back of this sketch, 'This is the archetype of all the buildings'.]]>2022-01-03T03:49:00-05:00
]]>https://ln.omeka.net/items/show/198The original 1914 Blackstone Lodge was built for Dean Chung Wing-kwong (Dr). Mr Szto Wai sketched this painting from memory, highlighting its distinctive turret.]]>2022-01-03T03:49:00-05:00
]]>https://ln.omeka.net/items/show/197The new buildings on the Taitsuen campus were named after buildings on the Canton campus and constructed to reflect the architectural features of the original. The original Graybill Hall was named after Professor Henry B. Graybill, who served from 1903 to 1926. He was principal of Lingnan Middle School and is best known to Lingnanians for creating the English lyrics of the school anthem. The melody of the anthem is from a ballad by H. S. Thompson in the 1850s. It became the anthem of Cornell University in 1870 and has since been adopted by numerous universities, including the American University in Beirut and Washington and Jefferson College. The song was translated into Chinese by Mr Chan Tsap-ng.]]>2022-01-03T03:49:00-05:00