Newspaper articles about Snowpine Liu and Chung Chi College (August 26, 1956)

Item Information

Title:
Newspaper articles about Snowpine Liu and Chung Chi College (August 26, 1956)
Description:
There are two newspaper articles from The South China Sunday Post-Herald on this item. The article on the right discusses Snowpine Liu's (刘雪松) then-recent promotion to head of the physical education department at Chung Chi College, which was founded five years earlier. In the article, it says Snowpine graduated from Springfield College in 1932, while in fact he was a member of class 1931. The article on the left talks about Sir Alexander Grantham's wish for Britain to invest in Chung Chi College, which is the college that Snowpine was working at. This article is probably from a earlier time when Chung Chi College was still under construction. Snowpine Liu (刘雪松) earned his BPE from Scochow University and his MPE from Springfield College (class of 1931). After graduating, he entered the University of Southern California (Los Angeles) and earned his master's degree in 1934. While studying in the United States, Liu had several articles about athletics in China published in the American Physical Education Review. During the 1932 Olympic Games and 1936 Asian Games, he served as an attaché for China. After Liu's return from the United States, he worked as physical director at Hangchow Christian College and the University of Shanghai. Just before World War II, he began serving as dean of the Canton Provincial Physical Training College. In 1949, he moved to the New Territories (one of the three main regions of Hong Kong) as a Nationalist refugee from the mainland and continued to teach physical education. The New Territories were leased from Qing China to the United Kingdom in 1898 for ninety-nine years in the Second Convention of Peking (The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory). Upon the expiration of the lease, sovereignty was transferred to China. While in the New Territories, Liu took over the fundraising and operations of the Nixon Library, which was dedicated in 1954. During this time, he asked Nixon for help in obtaining a visa to the United States. While there is no known response to that request, Nixon's office corresponded with Liu over the next decade. Sir Alexander William George Herder Grantham, GCMG (葛量洪 1899–1978) was a British colonial administrator who governed Hong Kong and Fiji. Chung Chi College was founded in October 1951 by the representatives of Protestant Churches in Hong Kong to fill the need for a local institution of higher learning that would be both Chinese and Christian. In 1955 it was formally incorporated under an ordinance of the Hong Kong Government. The South China Sunday Post-Herald, now known as the South China Morning Post, was the first English-language Hong Kong newspaper. On the paper which the newspaper clips are attached to, there is a stamp says "REC'D SEP 24 1956", probably indicating that the newspapers were received on Sep. 24, 1956.
Creator:
South China Morning Post
Date:
August 26, 1956
Format:
Documents
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Student Files
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Springfield College--International
Grantham, Alexander, 1899-1978
Liu, Snowpine (Class of 1931)
Chinese University of Hong Kong. Chung Chi College
Newspapers
International students
Education
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
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Publisher:
South China Morning Post
Language:
English
Identifier:
liu-snowpine-letter-newspaper-1956