Victoria University Honours its Chinese Missionaries

Vic in China

The Senate of Victoria University  conferred honorary degrees - DD (Honoris Causa) to a number of the College's graduates who had served the Methodist Church of Canada and the United Church of  Canada as West Chinese missionaries.

 

1919 Rev. J.L. Stewart

1920 Dr. O.L. Kilborn 

​1921 Rev. Edward Wilson Wallace

1927 Charles Rupert Carscallen

1928 Rev. William John Mortimore

1933 Rev. Richard Orlando Jolliffe

1942 Rev. James Gareth Endicott

 

Members of Council, Chengtu, October 1907 Credit: Kilborn / Walmsley Family.

Members of Council, Chengtu, October 1907 Credit: Kilborn / Walmsley Family.

Chengtu China Missionaries. 1909 or 1910 Credit: United Church Archives.

Chengtu China Missionaries. 1909 or 1910 Credit: United Church Archives.

Forward Movement, Missionary Conference, Chengtu. January - February 1908 Credit: United Church Archives.

Forward Movement, Missionary Conference, Chengtu. January - February 1908 Credit: United Church Archives.

Chengtu [Boys] School,  possibly 1920 Credit: Johns Family.

Chengtu [Boys] School, possibly 1920 Credit: Johns Family.

Union Bible Training School - Hart Memorial College, Chengtu. 1920 Credit: Victoria Archives.

Union Bible Training School - Hart Memorial College, Chengtu. 1920 Credit: Victoria Archives.

Medical faculty of the West China Union University, Chengtu, October 1923. Credit: United Church Archives.

Medical faculty of the West China Union University, Chengtu, October 1923. Credit: United Church Archives.

Kindergarten Class of the First Group of Children Evacuees (Sino-Japanese War), Rongxian County, 1938 Credit: Bridgman Family.

Kindergarten Class of the First Group of Children Evacuees (Sino-Japanese War), Rongxian County, 1938 Credit: Bridgman Family.

Missionaries, [possibly 1930s]. Credit: Bridgman Family.

Missionaries, [possibly 1930s]. Credit: Bridgman Family.

Sichuan Chinese Christian Association Annual General Meeting, February 9, 1939 Credit: Bridgman Family.

Sichuan Chinese Christian Association Annual General Meeting, February 9, 1939 Credit: Bridgman Family.