Bulletin Vol. 1 No. 3 Sep 1964

DELEGATES FROM ABROAD Y e a r o f F o u n d - U n iv e r s ity Delegate a tio n 12th C. U n iv e rs ity o f O xfo rd S ir W illia m H ayter 1636 H a rva rd U n iv e rs ity Chu Seu Heung, Esq. 1701 Yale U n iv e rs ity H eyward Isham , Esq. 1746 P rinceton U n iv e rs ity W . M a llo ry-B row n e , Esq. 1754 U n iv e rs ity o f C olum b ia Prof. A . Doak Barnett 1821 George W ashington M rs . M a rq u e rite S. U n iv e rs ity B ordw e ll 1821 M c G ill U n iv e rs ity R. K . Thom son, Esq. 1827 U n iv e rs ity o f T o ro n to Prof. W . A . C. H . Dobson 1836 U n iv e rs ity o f L o n d o n S ir L ind say Ride 1853 U n iv e rs ity o f B u rin Wongsanguan, W ashington Esq. 1866 Carleton College M rs. Thom as B. H itch cock 1868 U n iv e rs ity o f C a lifo rn ia W illia m E. Forbes, Esq. M rs. E dw ard H . H e lle r U n iv e rs ity o f C a liforn ia D r. Vernon 1. Cheadle (Santa Barbara) 1873 U n iv e rs ity o f D r. L . L . Pownall Canterbury 1891 S tanford U n iv e rs ity Prof. Lym a n P. V an Slyke 1904 U n iv e rs ity o f Leeds D r. J. V . Loach 1908 U n iv e rs ity o f Dean Vicente Abad P h ilip pines Santos 1911 U n iv e rs ity o f S ir Lind say Ride H o n g K on g 1913 Association o f Comm on- S ir Sidney Caine wealth U niversities 1925 C larem ont G raduate Stephen Uhalley, Jr., School and Esq. U n iv e rs ity Center 1955 U n iv e rs ity o f Saigon Prof. Pham B ien T a m 1959 U n iv e rs ity o f Malaya D ato S ir A lexander O ppenheim 1961 U n iv e rs ity o f Sussex S ir John S. F u lto n 1962 U n iv e rs ity o f Singapore D r. C heongW eng-Eang 1962 U n iv e rs ity o f K eele R. N . Rayne, Esq. THE MACE OF THE UNIVERSITY T h e B ird o f the South, ‘feng’, g ilt in gold and topped on a sphere and a wheel on a redwood shaft o f three feet long is the U n iv e rs ity Mace o f T h e Chinese U n iv e rs ity o f H o ng K on g . T h e base o f the Mace is enveloped w ith golden lotus leaves. T h e U n iv e rs ity Mace was the w o rk o f M r. M . F. G riffith , A c tin g Senior Education O fficer, who was also the designer o f the U n iv e rs ity crest, Coat o f A rm s and m any other U n iv e rs ity documents. ‘T h e o rig in a l design o f the B ird o f the South, called ‘ ‘Feng” in Chinese, was o f the Shang period, w h ich I took from rubbings o f bronze vessels in various museums,' said M r. G riffith . W hen the design was proposed to the U n iv e rs ity D is tin c tiv e M arks and Ceremonial Dress Comm ittee, it was unanim ously approved to adopt the B ird o f the South as the sym bol o f the U n ive rs ity. ‘ "F e n g " had a close asso- ciation w ith the Southern part o f China and was a style o f b ird w id e ly sought fo r in ancient Chinese bronzes and arts. I t was also in tim a te ly related w ith Chinese in te lle c- tua l and scholarly tradition s. I t also im p lie d the immense c o n tin u ity fo r w h ich the cu ltu re o f China is so celebrated,' said A ir. G riffith . T h e design is now used in the U n iv e rs ity shield, crest, the badge o f the Coat o f A rm s, the Seal, the diplomas and certificates, and the mace. In m aking the U n iv e rs ity mace, M r, G riffith carved it on hardwood pieces before it was cast and jo ine d together. ‘T h e wheel’ " L u a n " , unde r the sphere was from a sketch I made several years ago from an o riginal dis­ played at the Lond on V icto ria and A lb e rt M useum ,' M r. G riffith said. 'T h e shaft is o f polished rosewood and the lower p o rtio n represents a lotus, seen as a base in many Chinese sculpture s .， M r . G riffith was trained at Hastings ， Sussex, and B room ley College o f A rt, K e n t, before com ing to H o ng K o n g to w o rk fo r the Education Departm ent. He is now in charge o f the A r t Section o f the Inspectorate and has a keen interest in the early sculpture and art o f the O rien t (sec p ictu re o f mace in Chinese section). RED, PURPLE AND GOLD BRAID T h e H o n g K o n g T ig e r S ta n d a r d bannered on the next day o f the In sta lla tio n Cerem ony: 'Red, P urple and G old B ra id ' and ‘D r. L i installed as Chinese V a rsity V .- C . ‘ Its sombre d ig n ity was in te rru p te d by splashes o f v iv id red and purple, or by the g litte r o f gold braid, as the procession slow ly wound its way towards its stage. ‘ . . . Dr . L i then delivered his inauguration speech in M a n d a rin— thus ending the speculation as to whether it w ould be made in Cantonese, as the local dialect, English, as the official language o f H o ng K ong, or M an d a rin , as the official language o f China'. T h e N e w L i f e E v e n in g Post, on September 11 ， called the announcement o f establishing a School o f Journalism in the Chinese U n iv e rs ity a 'welcome news' fo r local newspapers. ‘T h e establishment o f a School o f Journalism w ill con tribu te greatly to the Chinese newspapers o f H o n g K o n g and possibly to all the Chinese newspapers in Southeast Asia'. 8