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172: 121:(later renamed United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia), Yale-in-China., as well as prosperous local families. After several years of disruption because of political instability, it reorganized in 1929. The disastrous Yangzi floods of 1931 destroyed many buildings, but by the onset of war in 1937, the campus had not only been rebuilt, but many buildings were added. After the Japanese bombings of Wuhan in 1938, the university moved successively to 212:
the Boone Library School. For many years it was the only library school in China. The two-year course was roughly the equivalent of the first year of work in an American library school. Graduates became librarians all over the country. The China Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Culture in charge of the Boxer Indemnity Fund gave financial support, including scholarships for students.
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could not protect the city from invading armies, and students prudently left and returned home. The school came back together in 1929 on the western part of the Boone compound in Wuchang. The buildings were gradually restored, including Ingle Hall, the Administration building, and part of St. Paul's
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trained a generation of Chinese bibliographers and librarians. In 1909, Wood began organizing the college library to train librarians and bibliographers. She arranged for Samuel T.Y. Seng and Thomas C.S. Hu to go to the United States for professional training. Seng entered the Library School of the
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Wood and the two American-trained Chinese librarians developed a curriculum of library science at Boone University, starting in January, 1920, making it the first institution in China to have a professional course. In 1929, it became a separate undergraduate school of Chunghua University, known as
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Description and photos of the historic buildings, including Boone University College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, The School of Theology, James Jackson Memorial Gymnasium 翟雅各健身房, Boone University female dormitory building
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After the January 16, 1951 decision of the Ministry of Education to nationalize Christian colleges, Huachung was joined by the normal college of Chung Yuan University to form National Huachung University. It was later renamed as
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The university was formed in 1924 by the union of existing Christian schools and colleges. These included' Wesley College in Wuchang (sponsored by the British Methodists), the Griffith John School in
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from "An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians," Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.
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There was controversy, however, about where to locate the school, and the political unrest and nationalistic agitation, which led up to the
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Divinity School. Only eight students graduated in 1933, but the relative stability of the next few years led to a growth of new students.
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The Bishop Boone Memorial School, a boarding school, opened in Wuchang in Sept., 1871, with three students. It was named after
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Professional schools were an important part of the university's mission. The Boone Library School, under the leadership of
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of 1925, delayed the opening of Central China (or Huachung) University until 1924. Sparked by the
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arranged for them to give demonstration lectures in ten cities to promote public libraries.
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The university operated in Wuhan from 1924 to 1927, receiving help from, among others,
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excerpted at "Descriptions Of The China Christian Colleges And Universities" (
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Boettcher, Cheryl (1989). "Samuel T. Y. Seng and the Boone Library School".
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in 1914, where Hu enrolled in 1917, followed by H.Y. Hsü, librarian of
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Faculty and the first class of the Boone Library School, 1921
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of 1927, a student committee took control of the campus. The
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and relocated to a new campus, leaving the old one to
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Index

Chinese
pinyin
Wuhan
China
Yangtze
Second Sino-Japanese War
Bishop William Jones Boone
Hankou
Yale-in-China
Northern Expedition
Nanking Incident
Wuhan Nationalist government
Central Office of the China Union Universities
Hengyang
Guilin
Kunming
Dali
Yunnan
Huazhong Normal University
Hubei University of Chinese Medicine
Mary Elizabeth Wood § Early library projects
Mary Elizabeth Wood § Boone Library School

Mary Elizabeth Wood
New York Public Library
St. John's University, Shanghai
Tsing Hua College
New York State Library School
National Committee of the Chinese Y.M.C.A.
David Z. T. Yui

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