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PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH NANKING CHINA BAND OFFICIALS 1916
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PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH: Inscription on the back; "MEETING OF LEADING OFFICIALS - GENTRY, DOCTORS AND MERCHANTS OF NANKING....1916 ORGANIZATION OF THE ... PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION, OFFICERS CHOSEN;......" This photograph is from the collection of Ambrose Swasey, for whom Swasey Hall, Canton Christian College was named. A short history of Ambrose Swasey and the Canton Christian College can be found below our photos. 11 1/4" x 4 1/4". Wear to extremities, curled at right edge, very good condition. We will be listing several other lots of antique photographs from the Canton Christian College, students and faculty, as well as some building blueprints. Winning bidder to pay postage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ambrose SWASEY (19 Dec. 1846-15 June 1937), mechanical engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist, was born in Exeter , N.H. He served as apprentice machinist (1865-69) and met Warner WORCESTER , with whom he formed a partnership in 1880 to build and sell machine tools. The business eventually became the WARNER & SWASEY CO. of Cleveland. Swasey held several patents on gear-cutting machinery and, influenced by his partner, became a designer of astronomical instruments, for which their company became world-famous. He was a founding member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1880 and served on several government agencies, including the National Research Council during World War I.LINGNAN UNIVERSITY Andrew C. Happer was among the earliest proponents of establishing a Christian college in China . He and his wife taught classes in rented temporary quarters on the south side of the Pearl River beginning in March, 1888, but he had difficulty finding land to buy for a campus and was not convinced that the Canton area was the best location for a Christian college. In 1890 the illness of Happer and his wife caused their school to close, but in 1892 Canton was approved as the preferred location of a Presbyterian college in China , and the Rev. Benjamin C. Henry of the Canton Presbyterian Mission was appointed President of the institution for a term of two years. In 1904 the College took possession of land on Honam Island, on the south side of the Pearl River close to the village of Honglok - 2 ½ miles from the eastern part of the city of Canton. Two large wooden bungalows were erected to house the institution, one bungalow housing the students and Chinese faculty, and the other housing the Western faculty and classrooms. Visitors stayed in a hired houseboat anchored in the river. The first permanent building was completed in 1907, a three storey structure novel in the area for its red brick facade and reinforced concrete floors. This building was originally called East Hall but the name was later changed to Martin Hall to honor Henry Martin of Cincinnati . When Charles K Edmunds became president in 1908, t was an acute need for additional dormitories. Funds for these building were raised primarily in China , with innovative fundraising techniques. A system of subscription books was inaugurated, each headed by a donor. President Edmunds and a Chinese professor at the school made calls on parents and high officials accompanied by Mr. Kong Ha, the father of one of the boys, who had a wide acquaintance and was highly respected because he had won the third literary degree. They issued invitations to come to a public meeting at the College, to be conducted by the students. The response was so great that a dozen steam launches, four large houseboats, and many smaller craft were needed to convey the hundreds of parents and other guests, among who were twenty-three high officials. Completed in 1912, the main administration building on the campus was named Grant Hall after William Henry Grant, a member of the Board of Trustees since 1895. A bachelo...
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