Soochow University - Annual Yearbook (Taipei, Taiwan)

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Ward Hall CChapel and Libraryb CEE- 'ij Academic Building CEE E ij Student Center CE2i?gE1n1::,Q,.J With the interior sections bearing the names related to the principal donors: Auditorium Cm E EJ Hsien ch'en T'ing East Wing C195 5: EJ Yu T'ang T'ing West Wing CH Zi EJ Kong Yu T'ing Diningroom C-,gp ji EJ T, ai Yu T'ing . . . . , Soochow University has been fortunate in obtaining the services of leading scholars to teach all branches of Chinese and comparative law, and such other subjects as economics, political science accounting, Chinese language and literature, and foreign languages and literature. - . . , In laying plans for the future of the institution, the Board of Trustees of the University, and the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church in New York, Jointly conducted a survey of the university in its entirety as a basis for an evaluation of the resources of the institution in relation to the scope and direction of its development. The Survey Team was made up of three distinguished educators, two from the .United States-a Chinese professor and an American educational administrator and one Chinese professor from Taiwan. Alarge part of the month Of JUIY, 1962, was fspent on the 'campus for ' an intimate look at theuschool with its various functions, and with its legitimate needs. Out of this came a Survey Report addressed to the two Boards, with analyses and recommendations. This was followed in turn by a final review in November 1962, by the University Board with the visiting Bishop and Mission secretary. This resulted in formulating an Agreement for the two-year period 1963-65, covering proposals for financial appropriations, buildings. land, curriculum, educational standards, faculty a11.d'S'Caff personnel, and Christian activities and emphases on the campus. This first agreement was somewhat exploratory in purpose. ' , The Second Survey will be conducted in the fall of 1965 by the same three Christian scholars and this will be more nearly determinative in establishing an Agreement for a IQHECI' PS1'10d, beginning with the new academic year, 1965-66. All of this is directed toward the elevation of standards and the broadening of the local financial base, on the assumption that witin a fewyears the institution will proceed with the addition of the remaining three departments requisite forthe status of a full-fledged university, and thus regain the position it occupied in the community Of Christian unversities on the mainland of China. , , ' The Trustees are even now laying plans for a second academic building, most probably to be known as Nance Hall, which is needed to relieve the pressure for more classroom space. This in turn will call for more land appropriate to the needs of a growing institution. 9 , , The Soochow University alumni have extended their association by organizing local clubs of alumni in various cities in Taiwan, as there are many hundreds of graduates. from malnland d3YS here now in Taiwan. During the winter of 1961 and -the spring of 1962, the alumni conducted an active financial campaign, which they hope may be the beginning of a Living Endowment Roll call each year. All alumni are invited to' answer the roll call bycontributing someting to the annual budget of the university. g 2 - I I On June 16, 1960, the anniversary of the founding of the University on the home campus in Soochow was duly commemorated in a special convocation ,held in the new aud1tor1um.01'1 the CHPIPUS in 'Wai Shuang 'Hsi. This was attended not only by students and local friends, and by large numbers of alumni residing in Taiwan, but 'also by other alumniincluding several well-known scholars and professional men from overseas, who were in Taiwan for a visit. , On March 16, 1965 the sixty-fourth anniversary was commemorated in like manner, this time with Bishop, Hazen G., Werner, serving as the principal speaker. The ,address was inspiring throughout: it highlighted the significant' chapters in the University's past careerg it affirmed with faith the role awaiting the-University in the -futureg andit called on -,both the American Churc and the Chinese constituency to meet with courage the challenge of this difficult but hopeful hour. Let the university-gird itself for the progressive' 'fulfilment ofvits founding DurPOSe, HS It Serves the generations of youth today and tomorrow, in this bleoved land of our free Republic. . With the history and-the heritage of the institution' thus reviewed, the Methodist church, the Alumni, the Administration, and all Friends of Soochow can the more resolutely address themselves to the ongoing development of the university in the years to come. ' A May, 1966 J. W. Dyson

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But Soochow hadnot come to an end. In 1951 Soochow was reactivated in Taipei, the capital of the Republic of China, and opened its doors in rented quarters in the mid-town business section at No.- 15 Hankow Street, Section 1. It became an unregistered school known as the Soochow Preparatory School. In 1954 this school was recognized as the Soochow University Law College, thanks to the active interest of many alumni lawyers in Taipei and other Taiwan cities who .had ' fled the mainlandand who were resuming their practice and their old lives of usefulness and influence. A constitution was drawn up for Soochow University and submitted by he Board- of Trustees to the Ministry of Education. This constitution was approved by the Ministry. In 1956, largely through the influence and hard work of 'the late Methodist Bishop Ralph A. Ward, -the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church in New York, N. Y. , U.S. A. , voted an arrangement whereby Methodist- funds could be contributed to the work of Soochow University. The board also appropriated USS15,009. 00 which was used to help purchase a new campus north of Taipei. Since the old days in Soochow and Shanghai, there has been a merger of three principal Methodist bodies in the United States so that there is no longer a Methodist Episcopal Church, South., Thatlbody has been' merged with the others into the new Methodist Church and it is this latter' body whose mission board has now expressed a renewed interest in Soochow University. In 1957 the university acquired a new 37.5 acre campus in Shih Lin, Wai Shuang Hsi, a beautiful valley that has since been designated for development into a cultural center for Taipei area. In the fall 'of 19581 the institution was able to transfer all day classes to the new campus, using the first building, the academic building, for both administrative and instructional purposes. The Hankow Street property was retained temporarily for the exclusive use of the evening classes in law. 9 In the summer of 1961, a major change in the operation of the university was effected by the removal of the Law Department from Hankow Street, to the suburban campus in Shih Lin, thus concentrating all administrative and academic work in one place. .I The new academic building is a large three-storied structure of reinforced concrete, containing twenty large classrooms, three small ones, and nine for office and administrativ'e uses. In front tof this building and on the lower main level portion of the valley are the athletics grounds: a large soccer field, volley ball court, baseball diamond, and eight tennis courts. A second building, the Student Center was planned and the main central Cauditoriumy section brought to completion in 1959, financed entirely by funds contributed by alumni and friends and well-wishers in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other centers of Chinese population. A war-like gesture by the Chinese communists, in that same year, brought the project to a sudden, though temporary standstill, to await a more stabilized international mood for completion at some future date. In the period, 1959-61, three other buildings appeared on the campusg a men's dormitoryvof 36 rooms, and a women 's dormitory 'of 40 rooms, with a combined capacity of 380 students and a small though very commodious structure known as Kuang Tao T'ing, Cjfggtigiy to be 'used as a small chapel for the less -formal religious programs, and for certain social and music activities connected therewith. Attached to the west end of this building is the clinic room, which is staffed by the Water of Life Clinicof the Taipei Methodist Church. During the summer of 1961 residences were constructed for the president of the university, plus an initial six families among the faculty and administrative' staff. ' A third major buildin-.g program was initiated in the spring- of 1964, which was just ten years after the school's registraion with the Ministry of Education. This represented the resumption of work for the completion of the Student Center, .after an interruption of five years, ,and the culmination of the plans for an appropriate memorial to the late Bishop Ralph A. Ward. The Student Center, which with equal reason could be called Alumni Hall was designed at first so that the second floor could- serve botlras auditorium and gymnasium. The dining room and kitchen occupied the ground floor. In 1961 the expanding needs for space necessitated the removal of the library collection from the main classroom building to the auditorium where the space was sharedfor more than two years. This in turn brought to an end the former practice of using the place for gymnastics, which there-after were' assigned to the athletics field. It was doubly welcome, uilgggefore, when Dry Stone announced in the spring of 1964 that the Hong Kong alumni had contributed money enough to complete the Student Center Center, which had been left unfinished since The addition of the wings , as planned originally, has made possible severa new offices, the dressing rooms offfstage, the postoffice and projection booth, a sizeable conference room, the remodeling of the kitchen, the enlargement of the dining room, and the provision of a wide stairway leading up from the main entrance to the auditorium. V Several years prior to this time, December 11, 1958. Bishop Ward had passed away rather suddenly in Hong Kong. This unexpected, news was met by a spontaneous 'contribution of funds from friends in America for a memorial to his missionary career in China. This was to be a part of the University, since his latter ,years were dovoted so tirelessly and with such vision to the transplanted-institution which was evolving hopefully in its new island home. Later it was agreed to build a chapelf since there was no memorial more fitting as a tribute to Bishop Ward's life, than 31 place of worship- on. a college campus. In the end Ward Hall was designed as a dual-purpose structure, .with one part as a temorary library - the symbol of the. educated mind - and the other part, 3 Chapel 7 the symbol of the aspiring spirit, - the building being so .located that all who came into the Wai Shuang Hsi Valley could' see and recognize the tower and cross, as the symbolic representation of the nature and centrality of the Christian faith in the scheme of Christian higher education. 4 W In the summer of 1964 the campus underwent a renovation as to electric power lines, drainage system, and water mains, including the erection of a new 'water tower uphill and the sinking of a new deep well along the bank of the creek which forms the boundary of the athletics field on the campus. Now, all buildings are connected by walks, cement ramps, or steps, including the areasqof the dormitories and the faculty residencess. . On December 1, 1964, at the time of the dedication of the new chapel by Bishop Hazen G. Werner, all of the buildings were included in a dedication to Christian education, and the main Structures were officially named: '

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