Huachung University

Huachung University (Chinese: 華中大學; pinyin: Huázhōng Dàxué; literally: "Central China University") was a Christian university in Wuhan, in China's Yangtze valley, originally called Boone University, was founded by the union of several Christian universities in 1924 and renamed Huachung in 1929. The university expanded until it was forced to retreat during the Second Sino-Japanese War, but returned to Wuhan in 1945. It was incorporated into the national university system in 1951.

The Bishop Boone Memorial School, a boarding school, opened in Wuchang in Sept., 1871, with three students. It was named after Bishop William Jones Boone, the first Episcopal Bishop of China. It became Boone College (文華書院 Wenhua shuyuan) in 1905, graduated its first class in 1906, and was incorporated as a university in 1909. It comprised preparatory and college departments, a theological school, and a medical school.

The university was formed in 1924 by the union of existing Christian schools and colleges. These included' Wesley College in Wuchang (sponsored by the British Methodists), the Griffith John School in Hankow (sponsored by the London Missionary Society), Lakeside College in Yochow (sponsored by the Reformed Church in America), the Yale-in-China, or Yali, institution in Changsha, and Boone University in Wuchang (sponsored by the American Episcopalians).

There was controversy, however, about where to locate the school, and the political unrest and nationalistic agitation, which led up to the Northern Expedition of 1925, delayed the opening of Central China (or Huachung) University until 1924. Sparked by the Nanking Incident of 1927, a student committee took control of the campus. The left-wing Wuhan Government could not protect the city from invading armies, and students prudently left and returned home. The school came back together in 1929 on the western part of the Boone compound in Wuchang. The buildings were gradually restored, including Ingle Hall, the Administration building, and part of St. Paul's Divinity School. Only eight students graduated in 1933, but the relative stability of the next few years led to a growth of new students.

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