Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2007

48 Chinese University Bulletin Spring · Summer 2007 Chung Chi College 55th Anniversary Exhibition I n celebration of the 55th anniversary of Chung Chi College, the exhibition ‘Surf Songs: Kit-Keung Kan’s Recent Ink Paintings and Calligraphy’ was staged from 24 April to 25 May 2007. Dr. Kan Kit Keung is the college’s resident artist 2006-07 and a Chung Chi alumnus. The works selected for the exhibition depict the images and sounds of nature and express the artist’s profound feelings for nature. United College 50th Anniversary Activities T o celebrate its 50th anniversary, United College organized a series of events from March to June 2007. They included the Budding Scholars Exchange Programme jointly organized with the University of Missouri – St. Louis and Zhejiang University; Golden Jubilee Annual Workshop; ‘Enlightening Virtues, Renewing Man: An Exhibition of Paintings and Calligraphy by Distinguished Scholars of United College’; an exhibition on ‘Fifty Years of Cultural and Educational Development in Hong Kong’; ‘The Brush Dances and the Ink Sings: the Calligraphy of Prof. So Man- jock (1921-1997)’; and ‘Recitations from Prof. So Man-jock: His Shi and Ci Poetry’. Prof. Yuan Longping, Director–General of the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Centre, and Mr. Lee Hon-ching, renowned artist, were invited to host lectures. The college also invited its alumnus and renowned writer, Mr. Ni Kuang to be the college’s on-campus writer.