McTyeire School explained

McTyeire School
Native Name:	中西女中
Motto:	LIVE, LOVE, GROW 積中發外，智圓行方
Established:	1892
Type:	Private
Gender:	All-Female
Principal:	Xue Zheng
Streetaddress:	Edinburgh Road
Province:	Shanghai
Country:	China

McTyeire School was a private girls' school in Shanghai.

It was established by Young John Allen and Laura Askew Haygood in 1882.^[1] Its namesake was Holland Nimmons McTyeire.

History

The school had seven students in 1855 and more than 100 students in 1900.^[2] Multiple missionaries of the school lived in a building across from it.^[3]

In 1952 it merged with St. Mary's Hall into Shanghai No. 3 Girls' High School.

Demographics

Most of the students originated from Shanghai. The school for its entire history catered to high socioeconomic status families and accordingly drew most its students from them. Citing Qianshi jinsheng (前世今生, "The previous generation and life today") by Su Su (素素), Wang Zheng, author of Women in the Chinese Enlightenment: Oral and Textual Histories, wrote that "parents spent fortunes to make social connections that would help their daughters enroll" at McTyeire due to its prestige.^[4]

The Christian Advocate in 1908 stated that, according to Shanghai District presiding elder J. H. Young, 50% of entering students were Christians but that by graduation all students in a class were Christian.^[5]

Notable alumni

• Grace Zia Chu (graduated in 1918 and later taught at McTyeire)^[6]
• Pearl Ing (Yin Mingzhu)^[7]
• Soong Sisters (Soong Ai-ling, Soong Mei-ling, Soong Ching-ling) - Ai-ling and May-ling began attending at age five while Ching-ling began attending at age 7.^[8]
• Me-Iung Ting^[9]
• Li Yuin Tsao
• Pauline Woo Tsui^[10]
• Wang Yiwei (王伊蔚) - She faced difficulties at the school as she had a northern Chinese background and was unaccustomed to Western education. She transferred to Jinshi High School in Beijing.^[4]
• Cecilia S. L. Zung, lawyer, theatre writer, UN delegate
• Zung Wei-tsung, journalist and YWCA leader
• Jin Zhang (artist)
• Georgette Chen, Singaporean Pioneer artist^[11]

Further reading

• Book: Haygood, Laura Askew. McTyeire Home and School. Life and Letters of Laura Askew Haygood. Publishing house of the M.E. church, South, Smith & Lamar, agents. 1904. 275. - Chapter 13
• Book: Su, Su. Qianshi jinsheng. zh:前世今生. The previous generation and life today. Yuandong chubanshe. Shanghai. 66–67. - The author's Chinese name is 素素 and the publisher's Chinese name is 上海远东出版社.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marker Monday: Birthplace of Bishop A. G. Haygood and Miss Laura A. Haygood. January 13, 2020. Georgia Historical Society. March 26, 2020.
2. Book: McTyeire Girls' School Starts Campaign for $250,000. The Far Eastern Republic. 40. March 1920.
3. Book: Women's Missionary Friend. June 1918. 194.
4. Book: Wang, Zheng. Women in the Chinese Enlightenment: Oral and Textual Histories. University of California Press. 1999-07-05. 9780520922921. 246.
5. Personal and Other Notes. J.B. M'Ferrin for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Christian Advocate. 1908-10-30. 69. 1388.
6. Web site: Grimes, William. Grace Zia Chu, 99, Guide to Chinese Cooking. The New York Times. 1999-04-19. 2020-04-30.
7. Web site: Wei, S. Lousia. Pearl Ing. Women Pioneers Film Project. Columbia University. 2020-04-30.
8. Book: Pakula, Hannah. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China. Simon and Schuster. 2009-11-03. 9781439154236. 18.
9. Web site: Me-Iung Ting x1916. Mount Holyoke College. 2020-04-30.
10. Web site: 2019. Pauline Woo Tsui. 2021-05-18. Maryland Women's Hall of Fame.
11. Web site: Georgette Chen: Artist Extraordinaire . 2023-02-14 . biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg . en.