The school is close to St. Mary’s Cathedral and St. Paul’s High School
Alumni /Heartians
Dr. Htin Kyaw (Physics) Younger Twin First in Burma in the Matriculation of 1957
Dr. Htin Aung (Physics, GBNF) Older Twin Sixth in Burma in the Matriculation of 1957 Taught and supervised students at a Japanese University Also worked for NHK.
U Tin Htut (Harry, M69) Author : Mon Yu Hobbies : Tai Chi, Music
U Tin Aung Win (Oscar, M69) Volunteer / organizer of 69er gatherings with U Aung Min (M69)
U Tin Aye (Abdul Rauf, EP69, GBNF) Succumbed to Covid in 2021
U Win Boh (Robert, EC69) Australia Hobbies : Guitarist, Vocalist, …
U Tin Aung Win (Oscar)
Sayas
U Nyunt Maung Also taught at SPHS
Mr. Cecil D’Cruz Also taught at SPHS Passed away in Australia
Mr. Lazarus
Comments
I was an EC member (Treasurer and later Vice Captain) at RUBC (Rangoon University Boat Club). Saya U Thein Aung (Mickey Tan, SPHS59, RUBC Gold, GBNF) coaxed some sayas from the Physics Department (including the Twins) to try out Rowing.
Oscar provided the names of his sayas who also taught at SPHS.
Before 1958, there were no female engineering students. The first female student Ms. S Begum studied Architecture, but she left for India before graduation.
In the early 1960’s, there were a handful of female engineering students. In 1961, five female students graduated : Tin Tin Ohn (T61, GBNF), Julie Han (T61, GBNF), Yin Yin Kyi (T61, moved to Australia), Mi Mi Lay (T61) and Pauline Reynolds (ChE61, moved to Thailand).
Pauline Reynolds
In November 1964, there were about 100. Several stayed at G-Hall (which was formerly assigned to young sayas.)
Thazin Hall became the second hostel for female students.
In the past few years, part of the A – E Block now houses young female students. It was a topic for Ko Myint Pe’s cartoon.
Nan Khin Nwe
Nan Khin Nwe
She is from the 83 Intake. Since the schools were closed for three years, she graduated in 1992. Many alumni lost three years of their precious lives.
She volunteered as a Fund Raiser for SPZP-2012 and SPZP-2016. She then became a major Fund Raiser for (a) RITAA (including YTU Library Modernization) (b) SDYF (c) Intake of 83 (including provision of equipment and medicine for cancer patients)
Nan Khin Nwe
She helped with the selection for Scholarships awarded by NorCal RITAA. In the group photo she stood in the back row along with the seven young recipients. To her surprise and delight, Nan Khin Nwe was mistaken by some viewers as a young YTU student.
She compiled Kabyars and some prose for the Second G-Hall Thu Reunion.
G-Hall Thu Reunions
The first G-Hall Reunion was held on 28th January 2018. The backdrops were providedby Khin Maung Kyi and the photos were taken by Eric Foo.
The second G-Hall Reunion was held on 24th November 2018. There was lots of food and fun. Posters displayed short stories and poems written by G-Hall Thu’s and their admirers.
Second G-Hall Thu Reunion
The Second G-Hall Thu Reunion is not only for G-Hall Thu but friends and admirers.
In response to Nan Khin Nwe’s request, several G-Hall Thu and some admirers submitted poems and short stories to be displayed (and possibly distributed as mementos) at the Reunion.
Despite the jokes and cartoons about “Pone Ma Lar Yoke Soe Gyan Daw Myo”, many G-Hall residents are “Madee Chaw”.
Over a dozen — including a couple of males — have composed poems about G-Hall. Some prefer to ink their feelings as prose.
Khine Khine Win
Young RIT alumni in Singapore (including Khine Khine Win) are trying their best to help their alma mater.
Many alumni feel sad about the decline of the Education System in Myanmar and about the attempt by the Adhamma regime to destroy the Swel Daw Bins and the indomitable RIT (Swel Daw Yeik) Spirit.
Our alma mater may not rank high in the academic world, but the tradition and culture (e.g. SPZPs, paying back the metta and cetana of the mentors) remain.
Vedana stands for feeling. There are pleasant feelings, unpleasant feelings, and not-pleasant & not-unpleasant (probably neutral) feelings.
U San Lin (Maung Lu Pay, M87)
U San Lin (Maung Lu Pay, M87) has consolidated the postings by Nan Khin Nwe and me.
Editor’s Notes :
RIT has produced Ah Nu Pyinnya Shins in general, and Laureate Poets (such as Tekkatho Moe War, Maung Sein Win [Padeegone]) in particular.
We appreciate the excellent Kabyars from the G-Hall Thu Myar. They can
be displayed as wall posters, flyers and may be even booklets at the
forthcoming G-Hall Reunion.
G-Hall Thu
G => Gorgeous girls (at their prime) – H => Highly intelligent and creative (decades after graduation) A => Ambitious, articulate L => Lively rebuttals to the jokers and cartoonists L => Love me dearly OR “Beware, our T-square”
T => Talented poets H => Home of the Belles U => Union of five Balas : Kaya, Nyana, Bawga, Meikta, Caritta
Tazaungdaing
Thanks to sayas and alumni for sharing the photos from the G-Hall Tazaungdaing.
I went to the University Central Library (UCL) on Tuesday and managed to get scanned photos from the Eng Student Annual Magazines for the academic years 51-52, 52-53, 56-57 and 60-61. Photos include photos of Sayas and students of that year. From these when can know about the Sayas at that year. We can also identify the students at that year.
Saya U Sein Hlaing (Professor of Electrical Engineering) was a final year student in 1951-52 and became an A/L (Assistant Lecturer) starting 1952-53.
Saya U Tin Swe (Lecturer, EE Department) was a student in 1951-52 and 52-53. He was a member of the Eng Student Union and the victorious Prome Hall football team.
Ex-Burma Selected Footballer U Chan Tha (Chief Engineer, Roads, Rangoon Municipal) was the Captain of the football team.
U Khin Si, husband of RIT Finance Officer Daw Yin Yin Htway and part time lecturer Textile, and his brother U Tin Si were also members of that victorious team. The brothers were also outstanding tennis players and excelled at the Doubles event. Their partnership won RU as well as national championships.
The 1956-57 magazine contains photos when the new Leik Khone Engineering Buildings were inaugurated in 1956 Nov by HE U Ba Swe, Prime Minister at that time.
In the 1952-53 magazine I found out that Mr. Robert Hole (ex-EE, Highways, PWD,PWC,CC; uncle of Percy Maung Maung and uncle Bobby to me) was the English editor. I called Uncle Bobby and requested him to write something about his engineering student days, his teachers and fellow students. He agreed and asked for about three weeks time.
I need to go back and to the UCL to get more info from the RIT handbook 1966-67 and photos from the Hlyat Sit Sar Saung.
Saya U Ba Than (Professor of Mechanical Engineering) has donated some of his Engineering College photos to the MES library and I need to go there to check up on the photos.
Best wishes SP (Saya U Soe Paing)
U Soe Paing
HMEE Project
HMEE-2012 Team
Notes
HMEE BookCD Supplement
An academic usually spans two years. To save space and time, I had loosely used the end year instead of the start year and end year. Using that notation, Saya U Sein Hlaing is from the Class of 52; Saya U Tin Swe and U Chan Tha are from the Class of 53; U Aw Taik Maw is from the Class of 54.
In the early days, there were no Instructors (but only Assistant Lecturers) for the Faculty of Engineering. They are Gazetted officers.
Some of our sayas (Saya Dr. Aung Gyi, Saya U Min Wun, Saya U Maung Maung Than, Saya U Khin Aung Kyi, Saya U Aung Khin, Saya U Thit, Saya U Thein Lwin, Saya U Soe Paing) applied for “States Scholar” before graduation.
Some (Saya Allen Htay, Saya Dr San Hla Aung, Saya U Htin Paw, Saya Dr. Ba Lwin, Saya U San Tun, Saya U Tin Hlaing) joined the faculty and were selected to do post-graduate studies.
Grapevine says that the Halls would aggressively seek outstanding athletes (footballers,…)
U Chan Tha is also Past Captain and Gold of RUBC Gold. He attended RUBC Regattas (including the 90th Anniversary of the Founding of RUBC). I was a contributing editor for the commemorative issue.
Ko Percy Maung Maung and his younger brother Ko Hugh Maung Maung are old crocs. Ko Percy is a class mate of Saya U Soe Paing at SPHS (St. Paul’s High School) and Stanford University.
Ma Gilmore Hole, daughter of Mr. Robert Hole, was a sayama at UCC, DCS and ICST. Due to declining health (and some loss of memory), Mr. Robert Hole could not fulfill his promise to write about RUESU and the olden days.
Saya Dr. Yan Naing Lwin (Emeritus Professor of Physics at Western Illinois University) e-mailed me a copy of the “Burmese state scholars in ’54”. The list was published in one of my early updates. The list includes Saya U Sein Hlaing, Saya U Tin Swe, …
Ko Benny Tan (M 70) used to have two copies of the “RIT Handbook”. One was loaned indefinitely by an alumni. I published the list of permanent and part-time sayas and sayamas from that handbook in one of early “RIT Alumni International Newsletter” updates.
Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War, EE) may have old copies of “Hlyat Sit Sar Saung”, RIT Annual Magazines, commemorative Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saungs for SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007 and SPZP-2010, commemorative Swel Daw Yeik Magazines for Shwe YaDu and SPZP-2016. Saya served as Chief Editor and/or Publisher for the above mentioned publications.
Saya Charlie Kaw (Tex, GBNF) is believed to have brought along with him the projects of his final year students when he migrated to the USA.
“History of University Engineering Education in Burma/Myanmar” was published in time for SPZP-2012. Due to resource constraints, there were inadvertent errors and missing names/captions for the photos. Ko Ohn Khine (M70) translated Section 1 and summarized Section 2 in English. The translations were provided in the companion CD compiled by Ko Ohn Khine and yours truly.
Saya U Aung Hla Tun (Met, National Literary Award winner) headed the team (see attached photo). Saya feels that the younger generation could/should “correct” the book and enhance it.
Methodist was founded as a “revival” movement of the Church of England.
Methodist became a Protestant Denomination, and spread world wide.
Burma had three kinds of Methodist Churches and schools:
English Methodist
Burmese Methodist
Chinese Methodist
MEHS
MEHS stands for Methodist English High School. MEHS was rebuilt after the War with the donation from the American Methodists.
MEHSA is an alumni association. The web site has a “validation process” to vet members.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi attended MEHS before she left Burma to accompany Daw Khin Kyi (her Ambassador mother). She is seen in the group photo provided by Dr. Richard Yu Khin (MEHS 61)
HlaMin 