TO SERVE, NOT TO BE SERVED: MOTTO OF CHINESE SCHOOL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 99, 24 September 1948, Page 7

TO SERVE , NOT TO BE SERVED: MOTTO OF CHINESE SCHOOL

(Contributed by the Ministers’ Association) Following is a translation of a Chinese article in the “Sun Yat Sen Daily News,” a Canton newspaper : • Have you ever been to Sai Chuen? As you leave Sai Wa Road and cross the railway line, you will find a well paved concrete road, which leads on to Sai Tsang Road. There a quaint but harmonious picture meets the eye. If it were not 'for the sign “Union Normal School” over the gate, you would think it was a public park or a private garden and mansion. Here, besides the peace and beauty, you will find an atmosphere of dignity—the dignity of learning—a palace of learning. • When you enter the campus, this is your first strong impression, “Reverence for learning.” If you are not well educated, you will be spurred to learn more. If yon are already well educated, you will be compelled to think of the golden days of your youth, when the chance of learning was so precious. Although the buildings here are not so grand and gorgeous as some, there is an atmosphere of peace, orderliness, beauty and harmony which is the typical characteristic of a hall of learning. It is said that most of the buildings have been contributed by friends who are interested in education. Altogether there are ten buildings. The biggest are the Bigelow Hall and the American Presbyterian Hall. The best looking from the front is the Patton Hall. The Hip Woh Hall is the administration building. Then there are the Canadian and United Brethren buildings. The Hancock-Lowery Foundation and New Zealand buildings are used by the primary school, while the Stewart Hall houses the kindergarten. The school’s colours are jred and white. Red means courage; white stands for truth and' purity. Courage is essential to the success of y'outh. Truth and purity are what . one should strive at. Hip Woh students are bred under the influence of these ideals. The school has been able to produce a distinct type of personality. Some people may „think that Hip Woh is too religious, but fortunately it is not too old-fashioned. It really is undef the fine influence of the Spirit of Christ. Its motto is: “To serve, not to be gerved.” Not only has this spirit been emphasised in the school, but its graduates have been able to carry this spirit of service into society. That is why they are so much resp'ected. This is what really accounts for the school’s successful and glorious Tiistory.