Lingnan University papers

Lingnan University (formerly known as Christian College at the time) was founded in 1888 by a group of American Presbytarian missionaries. The first president of the college was Andrew Hopper. In 1893, the college cut ties with the American Presbytarian Church, and was then governed by a board of trustees in New York. In 1900, following political instability and anti-foreign sentiment during the Boxer Rebellion, the college temporarily relocated to Macau, a portuguese colony at the time. In 1904, the college returned to Guangzhou. In 1926, nationalist policies led the college to create a Chinese board of trustees and change their name from Canton Christian College to Lingnan University. The university continued to grow in size, resources, and prestige, however, that came to an end in 1952 as higher education reform merged the univeristy with other colleges under the title, "Yat-sen University." A group of alumni, beginning in 1967, were later able to reestablish Lingnan University. The college continues to run today, offering a liberal arts education that ties in Chinese and Western culture in Hong Kong.