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St. John's University, Shanghai

January 01, 1970

St. John's University (SJU) was a Christian university in Shanghai. It was founded in 1879 by American missionaries.

St John's University
聖約翰大學
Motto
學而不思則罔
思而不學則殆
Motto in English
Light and Truth
TypePrivate university
Active1879–1952
AffiliationAnglican
PresidentFrancis Lister Hawks Pott
Location
Shanghai
,
China
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese圣约翰大学
Traditional Chinese聖約翰大學
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShèng Yuēhàn Dàxué
Wade–GilesSheng Yüeh-han Ta-hsüeh
IPA[ʂə̂ŋ ɥéxân tâɕɥě]

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Communist government closed the university in 1952. Most of its faculty members, students and library collections were transferred to East China Normal University. Its board of governors moved the university to Hong Kong, founding Chung Chi College, a part of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Its former campus at Shanghai is now the urban campus of the East China University of Political Science and Law.

History edit

Foundation as St. John's College edit

 
St. John's College on Jessfield Road

The university was founded in 1879 as "St. John's College" by William Jones Boone and Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, by combining two preexisting Anglican colleges in Shanghai. The architect for the college's original quadrangle of buildings was Newark, New Jersey architect William Halsey Wood. The first president was Yen Yun-ching (Chinese: 顏永京, 1838–98).[1] During the early period of St. John's College, Lydia Mary Fay (1804–78), a missionary of the Protestant Episcopal China Mission (or the American Church Mission), helped to set up Duane Hall, a secondary school which later became part of St. John's College.[2]

St. John's began with 39 students and taught mainly in Chinese. In 1891, it changed to teaching with English as the main language. The courses began to focus on science and natural philosophy.

St. John's University edit

 
St. John's University in 1905
 
A bookplate of the university library

In 1905, St. John's College became St. John's University and became registered in Washington D.C. in the United States. It thus had the status of a domestic university and American graduates of St. John's could proceed directly to graduate schools in the United States. As a result, the university attracted some of the brightest and wealthiest students in Shanghai at the time. It was the first institution to grant bachelor's degrees in China, starting in 1907.

The university was located at 188 Jessfield Road (now Wanhangdu Lu), on a bend of the Suzhou Creek in Shanghai and was designed to incorporate Chinese and Western architectural elements.

In 1925, some academics and students left St. John's and formed the Kwang Hua University. In 1951, Kwang Hua was incorporated into East China Normal University.

Chinese Civil War and disestablishment edit

The university survived World War II and the Chinese Civil War. However, in 1952 the Communist government adopted a policy of creating specialist universities in the Soviet style of the time. Under this policy, St John's was broken up. Most of its faculties were incorporated into the East China Normal University. The medical school was incorporated into Shanghai Second Medical College, which became the School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2005. The campus became the site of the East China University of Politics and Law.

After the Cultural Revolution in mainland China, the surviving personnel of the original St. John's University Medical School administration decided to recognize the students who were mandated to transfer and subsequently graduated from Shanghai Second Medical College with a St. John's University Medical School degree; the diploma was signed by their original president of St. John's.

Notable alumni edit

See also Category:St. John's University, Shanghai alumni

Administration edit

  • Francis Lister Hawks Pott, president of St. John's College 1888 to 1896, president of St. John's University from 1896 to 1941
  • William Z.L. (SiLiang) Sung was the vice president of St. John's University under Francis Lister Hawks Pott and later the first Chinese-born acting president during WWII. He was accused of collaboration with the Japanese after the war, imprisoned, and later acquitted. He was helped lead the first two delegations from China to the 1932 and 1936 Olympics. He emigrated to the US and became a priest in the Episcopal church, working as a chaplin with the Diocese of California. He was an undergraduate alumnus of St. John's.
  • William Payne Roberts, instructor and acting president in the absence of Pott (needs verification)
  • David Z.T. Yin, rector of the university, was a distinguished Chinese scholar who had represented the YMCA in Shanghai at the turn of the century.

Institutions with names that commemorate SJU edit

To keep the school's traditions alive, SJU alumni (called Johanneans) have founded three academic institutions bearing the same name:

  • in Tamsui District, Taiwan, St. John's University was established in 1967;
  • In Vancouver, St. John's College at the University of British Columbia was established in 1997,[5] and
  • In Shanghai, St. John's College at the East China Normal University will open its door in 2016.
    [6]

See also edit

References edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ Wickeri, Philip L. (2015). Christian Encounters with Chinese Culture : Essays on Anglican and Episcopal History in China. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, HKU. ISBN 9789888313259. OCLC 911961991.
  2. ^ Wickeri, Philip (2017-02-02). Strong, Rowan (ed.). "Anglicanism in China and East Asia, 1819–1912". The Oxford History of Anglicanism, Volume III. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199699704.001.0001. ISBN 9780199699704.
  3. ^ Hevesi, Dennis. "Dr. Thomas Dao, Expert on Treatment of Breast Cancer, Dies at 88", The New York Times, July 25, 2009. Accessed July 26, 2009.
  4. ^ "Founder of China's private Minsheng Bank dies". Reuters. 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
  5. ^ Yang Wu. . University of British Columbia. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  6. ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-10-23.

Further reading edit

  • Seeds From The West : St John's Medical School, Shanghai, 1880–1952. Chen, Kaiyi; Imprint Publications, Chicago, 2001. ISBN 1879176386

External links edit

January 01, 1970
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St John s University SJU was a Christian university in Shanghai It was founded in 1879 by American missionaries St John s University聖約翰大學Motto學而不思則罔思而不學則殆Motto in EnglishLight and TruthTypePrivate universityActive1879 1952AffiliationAnglicanPresidentFrancis Lister Hawks PottLocationShanghai ChinaChinese nameSimplified Chinese圣约翰大学Traditional Chinese聖約翰大學TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinSheng Yuehan DaxueWade GilesSheng Yueh han Ta hsuehIPA ʂe ŋ ɥe xa n ta ɕɥe After the founding of the People s Republic of China the Communist government closed the university in 1952 Most of its faculty members students and library collections were transferred to East China Normal University Its board of governors moved the university to Hong Kong founding Chung Chi College a part of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Its former campus at Shanghai is now the urban campus of the East China University of Political Science and Law Contents 1 History 1 1 Foundation as St John s College 1 2 St John s University 1 3 Chinese Civil War and disestablishment 2 Notable alumni 3 Administration 4 Institutions with names that commemorate SJU 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Citations 7 Further reading 8 External linksHistory editFoundation as St John s College edit nbsp St John s College on Jessfield Road The university was founded in 1879 as St John s College by William Jones Boone and Joseph Schereschewsky Bishop of Shanghai by combining two preexisting Anglican colleges in Shanghai The architect for the college s original quadrangle of buildings was Newark New Jersey architect William Halsey Wood The first president was Yen Yun ching Chinese 顏永京 1838 98 1 During the early period of St John s College Lydia Mary Fay 1804 78 a missionary of the Protestant Episcopal China Mission or the American Church Mission helped to set up Duane Hall a secondary school which later became part of St John s College 2 St John s began with 39 students and taught mainly in Chinese In 1891 it changed to teaching with English as the main language The courses began to focus on science and natural philosophy St John s University edit nbsp St John s University in 1905 nbsp A bookplate of the university library In 1905 St John s College became St John s University and became registered in Washington D C in the United States It thus had the status of a domestic university and American graduates of St John s could proceed directly to graduate schools in the United States As a result the university attracted some of the brightest and wealthiest students in Shanghai at the time It was the first institution to grant bachelor s degrees in China starting in 1907 The university was located at 188 Jessfield Road now Wanhangdu Lu on a bend of the Suzhou Creek in Shanghai and was designed to incorporate Chinese and Western architectural elements In 1925 some academics and students left St John s and formed the Kwang Hua University In 1951 Kwang Hua was incorporated into East China Normal University Chinese Civil War and disestablishment edit The university survived World War II and the Chinese Civil War However in 1952 the Communist government adopted a policy of creating specialist universities in the Soviet style of the time Under this policy St John s was broken up Most of its faculties were incorporated into the East China Normal University The medical school was incorporated into Shanghai Second Medical College which became the School of Medicine Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2005 The campus became the site of the East China University of Politics and Law After the Cultural Revolution in mainland China the surviving personnel of the original St John s University Medical School administration decided to recognize the students who were mandated to transfer and subsequently graduated from Shanghai Second Medical College with a St John s University Medical School degree the diploma was signed by their original president of St John s Notable alumni editSee also Category St John s University Shanghai alumni Clement Chang 1929 2018 a Taiwanese academic and politician William Y Chang founder of the Chinese American Times newspaper in New York City Chen Chi lu 1923 2014 minister of the Council of Cultural Affairs of the Republic of China 1981 1988 Cheng Tien hsi 1884 1970 author and jurist last ambassador of the Republic of China to the United Kingdom Irene Chou 1924 2011 artist Cheng Youshu born 1924 diplomat and poet Raymond Chow 1927 2018 filmmaker Shelley N Chou 1924 2001 neurosurgeon U S Navy interim dean of Univ of Minnesota Medical School Eileen Chang Chung Sze Yuen 1917 2018 Hong Kong politician Thomas Dao 1921 2009 physician who developed breast cancer treatment alternatives 3 Robert Fan 1893 1979 architect Z Y Fu or Fu Zaiyuan 1919 2011 Chinese Japanese entrepreneur and philanthropist Francis Hsu 1920 1973 former Catholic bishop of Hong Kong Rayson Huang CBE 1920 2015 chemist vice chancellor of University of Hong Kong Hu Peiquan 1920 2019 engineering mechanician and aerospace engineer Wellington Koo 1888 1985 diplomat former president of the Republic of China foreign minister former judge and vice president of the International Court of Justice Kwan Sung sing 1892 1960 architect father of track and field in Taiwan Lin Yutang 1895 1976 writer Liu Hongsheng 1888 1956 industrialist known as the King of Matches Liu Tonghua 1929 2018 pathologist academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Liu Yichang 1918 2018 writer Lu Ping 1927 2015 Chinese politician in charge of the return to China of Hong Kong and Macau Ma Yuehan or John Ma 1883 1966 founder of physical education in modern China Meng Xiancheng 1899 1967 educator the first president of East China Normal University Ngan Shing kwan 1900 2001 Hong Kong transport and property tycoon I M Pei 1917 2019 architect attended the university high school Qian Liren born 1924 Chinese politician and diplomat Shi Jiuyong born 1926 jurist former president of the International Court of Justice Rong Yiren 1916 2005 Red Capitalist founder of CITIC Group and vice president of the People s Republic of China between 1993 and 1998 Jiang Shaoji 1919 1995 internist and gastroenterologist in China Jing Shuping 1918 2009 graduated 1939 businessman founder of Minsheng Bank China s first privately owned bank 4 T V Soong 1894 1971 politician and businessman premier of the Republic of China brother of the Soong sisters K H Ting 1915 2012 Anglican bishop and national leader of Protestants in the People s Republic of China Tsai Cai Neng 1930 1996 psychiatrist of the Shanghai Mental Health Center and pioneer of Chinese psychopharmacology geriatric psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine Frank Tsao 1925 2019 shipping magnate founder of IMC Group and Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Vivian Shun wen Wu 1913 2008 businesswoman Yen Chia kan 1905 1993 politician former vice president and president of the Republic of China Chou Wen chung 1923 2019 Chinese American composer of classical music Zhou Youguang 1906 2017 linguist Wang Yongnian 1927 2012 literary translator Yu Hung chun 1898 1960 or O K Yui premier of the Republic of China Zhu Qizhen 1927 2014 deputy foreign minister Chinese ambassador to the US and chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Peoples Congress of China Zhang Boling 1876 1951 founder of Nankai University and the Nankai system of schools Zhang Changshou 1929 2020 archaeologist Chen Zhongyi 1923 2019 engineer academic and politician Alpha Chiang born 1927 mathematical economist Pauline Woo Tsui 1920 2018 Chinese American women s rights activistAdministration editFrancis Lister Hawks Pott president of St John s College 1888 to 1896 president of St John s University from 1896 to 1941 William Z L SiLiang Sung was the vice president of St John s University under Francis Lister Hawks Pott and later the first Chinese born acting president during WWII He was accused of collaboration with the Japanese after the war imprisoned and later acquitted He was helped lead the first two delegations from China to the 1932 and 1936 Olympics He emigrated to the US and became a priest in the Episcopal church working as a chaplin with the Diocese of California He was an undergraduate alumnus of St John s William Payne Roberts instructor and acting president in the absence of Pott needs verification David Z T Yin rector of the university was a distinguished Chinese scholar who had represented the YMCA in Shanghai at the turn of the century Institutions with names that commemorate SJU editTo keep the school s traditions alive SJU alumni called Johanneans have founded three academic institutions bearing the same name in Tamsui District Taiwan St John s University was established in 1967 In Vancouver St John s College at the University of British Columbia was established in 1997 5 and In Shanghai St John s College at the East China Normal University will open its door in 2016 This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information January 2024 6 See also editSt John s University Taiwan St Mary s Hall Shanghai Cameron Farquhar McRae born 1873 References editCitations edit Wickeri Philip L 2015 Christian Encounters with Chinese Culture Essays on Anglican and Episcopal History in China Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press HKU ISBN 9789888313259 OCLC 911961991 Wickeri Philip 2017 02 02 Strong Rowan ed Anglicanism in China and East Asia 1819 1912 The Oxford History of Anglicanism Volume III doi 10 1093 acprof oso 9780199699704 001 0001 ISBN 9780199699704 Hevesi Dennis Dr Thomas Dao Expert on Treatment of Breast Cancer Dies at 88 The New York Times July 25 2009 Accessed July 26 2009 Founder of China s private Minsheng Bank dies Reuters 2009 09 14 Retrieved 2009 09 21 Yang Wu Founding of SJC University of British Columbia Archived from the original on 4 September 2013 Retrieved 8 May 2014 Newsletter SJUAA Archived from the original on 2015 12 08 Retrieved 2015 10 23 Further reading editSeeds From The West St John s Medical School Shanghai 1880 1952 Chen Kaiyi Imprint Publications Chicago 2001 ISBN 1879176386External links editSt John s University Alumni Association Archived 2007 09 29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St John 27s University Shanghai amp oldid 1220511372, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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