05/10/2021
Back to October 4, 1956, U-hallites convened the first Annual General Meeting. With the adoption of the Constitution, this band of young men established the University Hall Students' Association. The first session of the Executive Committee by then took office.
In the 65 years since its establishment, the University Hall has nurtured among U-hallites a pursuit of excellence and dedication to serve, a desire to bring positive change to the University, to our society, and to knowledge.
Gratifying spirits and simpler moments are certainly part of life in UHall. But far more important is the honing of intellect and aspirations. Through the best of times and darkest of hours, U-Hallites build bonds and brotherhood that last a lifetime.
The first Chairman of UHSA, Professor Yeoh Kian Hian wrote in a letter with another old boy Dr. Yau Wah Hon in October 2021,
“That you and your colleagues are still trying to keep alive the spirit of UH touches me. It was this spirit which I tried to foster and grow when so many of us students from different halls in 1956 chose to find new roots in this beautiful, historic monument.”
Acknowledgements to HKU Development & Alumni Affairs Office for the research on the records related to the establishment of the University Hall, and the University Hall Archives Group, UHSA for the information searching.
Photo 1: Photo of Founding Members of University Hall, Outpost, Vol. 1
Photo 2: University Hall Chronicle, Union Magazine 1957
1956年10月4日,大學堂宿生召開第一次週年會議 (First Annual General Meeting),通過憲章成立大學堂宿生會(University Hall Students’ Association),並於會上選出首屆宿生會幹事。
成立至今六十五載,大學堂一直培養宿生追求進步的心態與服務社會的精神,期望為香港大學、身處的社會,以至學術帶來貢獻。
舍堂的生活固然有輕鬆歡樂的時光,但大學堂更講求宿生並肩鍛鍊意志和訓練思維辯材,砥礪同行。甘苦與共的生活讓大學堂宿生建立畢生難忘的兄弟情。
第一屆大學堂宿生會主席 Professor Yeoh Kian Hian 於2021年10月與舊生游華漢醫生的書信中寫道:
“That you and your colleagues are still trying to keep alive the spirit of UH touches me. It was this spirit which I tried to foster and grow when so many of us students from different halls in 1956 chose to find new roots in this beautiful, historic monument.”
特此感謝香港大學發展及校友事務部協助尋找大學堂成立的紀錄
以及大學堂宿生會大學堂檔案保存組負責資料搜集
圖一:第一屆大學堂宿生會成員舍堂合照《Outpost Vol. 1》
圖二:大學堂編年史《Union Magazine 1957》