Pre-Celebrations kicked off on December 1, 2019. The celebrations continued to the end of 2020.
Former Executive Committee members of the 1958 – 1962 Tekkatho Kalaung Ah Thinn published (a) Collection of Kabyars mainly from the old University magazines (b) Magazine with hitherto unpublished articles, essays, short stories, kabyars, etc.
Several books have been published to commemorate the RU Centennial.
A book and magazine by Tekkatho Kalaung Ah Thinn
SMART Sarpay reprinted the book by Maung Aung Mon (Win Aung).
Sayagyi U Pe Maung Tin was the first native Principal of Rangoon College and the founder of the Burmese Department. Sayagyi will be honored by the Myanmar Sar Mi Thar Su in December 2109 with a bust.
The bust of Sayagyi U Pe Maung Tin was unveiled. Daw Tin Tin Myaing (Brenda, daughter of Sayagyi) attended the ceremony.
Sayagyi U Ba Toke (GBNF) who is a Phwa Bet Taw of the University of Rangoon was interviewed by a TV program. Sayagyi passed away on December 2, 2020 (the day after RU Centennial). It was several days short of Sayagyi’s centennial birthday on December 26.
Kyemon published an article about the Land marks of the University of Rangoon.
Myanmar Ah Lin published a series of articles for RU Centennial.
The RU Golden Jubilee in 1970 and the RU Diamond Jubilee in 1995 were celebrated for 2 – 3 weeks.
Albums
I have created albums. Members are requested to
add captions and comments
add photos to existing albums
create new albums (if required)
The following is a sampling:
Botany Dr. Daw Yi Yi (Mother of Okka)
Burmese (Myanmar Sar) “Khit San Kabyar” Saya U Wun (Minthuwun) See Aung Pyie (Farewell to Mya Thilar)
Chemistry Saya U Aung Khin Dr Soe Win and Daw May Saw Lwin U Nyunt Win Dr. Aung Myint Dr. Tin Win (Alan) Dr. Myint Tun (Henry Cho Tun) U Kyaw Tun U Maung Maung Gyi U Nwe Aung
Ma Chit Swe’s Autograph Mom of Hazel Kyaw Zaw (Kyi Kyi May) Friends of Ma Chit Swe
Graduation Photo taken at Bayin Ma Studio Photos taken inside Convocation Hall Photos taken outside Convocation Hall
Law U May Aung Sir Arthur Eggar (founder of RUBC) Dr. Ba Han U Kyaw Myint Sayas and sayamas LLB first batch
Mathematics Sayagyi U Ba Toke Dr. Chit Swe Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Tekkatho Maung Thin Char)
Physics Sayagyi Dr Maung Maung Kha Dr. Tin Aung Dr. Soe Myint Win Dr. Aye Thein Kyaw Daw May Su Dr. Zin Aung Dr. Saw Wai Hla Dr. Win Naing Dr. Myo Thaik
Rectors and Registrars Dr. Htin Aung U Thet Lwin
UCC Alumni UCC Gathering
Notes :
There are more photo albums.
I have posted photo essays for some topics.
1940s, 1950sand 1960s
Second World War
The Second World War started in 1939 in Europe and spread to Asia.
The University of Rangoon suspended classes for three years : 1943 – 1945.
Per Sayagyi U Ba Toke : There were some make-shift classes at the ad-hoc University in Mogul (Shwe Bon Tha) Street. Sayagyi taught Mathematics there.
1946
Rangoon University was reopened in 1946.
Saya U Tin U (C), Saya U Sein Hlaing (Professor, EE), Dr. Pe Nyun (Pediatric Surgeon) and Dr. Pe Thein (Professor, Minister) attended Rangoon University in 1946.
1947
Pinlon Sar Choke (Panglon Agreement) was signed on February 12, 1947. Some ethnic races did not attend the Pinlon Conference.
Nine Arzanis — Bogyoke Aung San, Thakin Mya, Deedok U Ba Cho, Mahn Ba Khaing, Sao San Htun (Mong Pawn Sawbwa), U Ba Win, U Razak, ICS U Ohn Maung and Yebaw Ko Htwe — were mercilessly gunned down at the Secretariat on July 19, 1947. All except Sao San Htun (who was hospitalized with fatal wounds and died on July 20, 1947) perished that day. Three ministers including Bagan U Ba Gyan escaped.
1948 and 1949
Burma gain Independence on January 4, 1948 at 4:20 AM. Sao Shwe Thike / Thaik became the first President of the Union of Burma. U Nu became the first Prime Minister.
Two factions — White Flag led by Thakin Than Tun and Red Flag led by Thakin Soe — of the Burma Communist Party (BCP) went underground. There was several groups in the armed rebellion.
For a short period of time, the Burmese government was called “Yangon Ah So Ya“.
Thanks in part to the arms sent by neighboring India, and the volunteer RU students, the planned conquest of Rangoon was derailed. The tide was turned, and Burma was back on the road to normalcy,
The Union of Burma had a bi-caramel parliament.
1950s
Dr. Ba U served as the second President. In his book “My Burma”, he considers himself as the first President elected in accordance with the Constitution of the Union of Burma. The general public considers him as the Second President (who succeeded Sao Swe Thike).
Many States Scholars were sent to the prestigious universities in the USA and UK to pursue undergraduate and graduate studies. In 1954, there were 400 Burmese State Scholars (many from the “Twinning Program” proposed by Sayagyi U Ba Hli). Dr. Aung Gyi, U Min Wun and U Maung Maung Than were the early recipients of the “Twinning Program” to pursue undergraduate and graduate studies at prestigious universities (e.g. MIT, Cornell). Upon their return, they supplemented and later replaced the foreign sayas. Some worked for government departments and the Industry.
The split in the AFPFL (Anti-Facist People’s Freedom League) party into Clean AFPFL [Thant Shin] and Stable AFPFL [Ti Mye] caused the handover to the “Ein Saunt Ah Soe Ya” (Caretaker Government) in the late 50s. Some (e.g. U Nu) consider the event as the first Coup d’etat.
1960s
Mahn Win Maung, who served as the third President, was detained on March 2, 1962 when a 17-member Revolutionary Council staged a Coup d’etat.
Sama Duwa Sinwa Naung (President-elect) did not become President.
Per Kyemon U Thaung, seven Council members were not aware of the major decisions.
Brigadier General T. Clift (Air Force) resigned. He was succeeded by Brigadier General Thaung Dan. Several senior officers were sent as Military Attaches.
Commodore Than Pe (Navy) passed away. He was Ta Wun Gan (Minister) for Health and Education. He is Past Captain and President of RUBC. RUBC has bronze statues of Sir Arthur Eggar (Founder, Life President) and Commodore Than Pe on the promontory. Commodore Thaung Tin (who had jump promotions) succeeded him as Chief of Navy. Colonel Hla Han succeeded him as Minister for Health and Education.
Colonel Chit Myaing was the last of the original Revolutionary Council members to pass away.He served as Ambassador to Yugoslavia and UK before moving to USA. He was a supporter of U Kelasa (one of the two sayadaws left behind by Mahasi Sayadaw during his visit to US in 1979).
Ko Tin Maung Thant (son of UNSG U Thant) passed away unexpectedly during his visit to Burma. The motorcade at his last journey was longer than that of Commodore Than Pe.
Khit San Kabyar
The first volume has poems by U E Maung (later Burmese Professor) and Daw Khin Saw Mu (mother of Daw Khin Saw Tint and U Nay Oke Tint).
Feedback by U Aye (M62) & Dr. Richard Yu Khin (MEHS61)
Prome Hall Soccer
For two successive years, the Prome Hall Football Team won the Championship at Rangoon University.
U Chan Tha (Class of 53) was Captain of the team. He is a Past Captain and Gold of RUBC (Rangoon University Boat Club).
Saya U Tin Swe (EE, Class of 53) was also a star player. Retired as Lecturer, EE Department, RIT.
Two athletic brothers (U Khin Si and U Tin Si) were members of the Champion team. They also were Tennis Doubles Champions at Rangoon University and at the National level.
The photo was scanned from a RUESU Annual Magazine by Saya U Soe Paing (EE, UCC) for the “History of University Engineering Education in Burma/Myanmar”. Saya U Ba Than (M) and Saya U Thaw Kaung (retired Chief Librarian of Rangoon University Central Library) were proud supporters and enablers for the project.
U Aye (M62) wrote :
In the photo of Prome Hall football team,
Extreme left standing- Jimmy Sein (U Tint Swe, C55, GBNF) Dy. DG of Vocational and Technical Schools. He was from St. Patrick’s HS, Mawlamyine.
Sitting extreme left- U Taik Ain (C54, GBNF), SE at PWD(CC), from Mudon. He was also a RU tennis champion. He passed away recently in 2020.
S. Mahindar (C52), Standing back row center, goalkeeper was from Moulmein. SE, PWD ( Retired). His younger brother B. Singh, was RU and Tennessarim division selected goalkeeper. B. Singh was my classmate at St. Patrick’s HS, Moulmein.
U Win Kyu (C52), SE, PWD (Retired). Sitting second from right. He was from Taunggyi.
U Thaung, (C55), SE, PWD ( Retired). Sitting extreme left, He was from Taunggyi.
Dr. Richard Yu Khin (MEHS61) wrote :
My father [U Yu Khin] was Warden of Prome Hall in 1946-1947 and their football team (green shirts) became my favorite.
In 1946, former President of Burma Peter Wun [UHtin Kyaw] was delivered by my mother [Dr.Daw Phay] at Prome Hall at our residence. Mrs. Wun and my mother were classmates at ABM (American Baptist Mission) High School in Mandalay.
The residences on Pagan Road was reserved for British in pre-war Burma. A few months before Independence on January 4, 1948, these residences became available to Burmese. U Wun (Minthuwun) had the residence in front of us which had the same floor plan. Dr. Maung Maung Kha‘s residence had the same floor plan as U Thein Han (Zawgyi). All of these two storey residences are built on one acre lots.
Continued as Researcher, Scholar and Administrator in UK.
There is an Economic Theory with Saya’s name.
Dr. Tha Hla
Dr. Tha Hla
Studied for Doctorate in Geology in the UK
Became Professor and Head of Geology Department
Retired as Rector of the University of Rangoon
Served as UN Advisor in several countries (e.g. France) and settled in Thailand.
There are several anecdotes about Saya.
When an AFPFL minister protested the States Scholarship for his mentee Dr. Nyi Nyi, Saya did not back out. He pushed the nomination through during a period when the minister was away.
Saya is highly regarded for “Leader by Example“ Saya calmly convinced the students and crowd (following the agitator Ajala) to disperse
Director Thar Du was unhappy when Saya (as Member of the Movie Censor Board) recommended some parts of the movie to be revised. Thar Du was surprised and delighted when Saya voted the same movie for an Academy Award. Saya explained that the two roles required different consideration.
During his stay in Thailand (while waiting for a US visa), Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt (M60) was recommended by Dr. Tha Hla to be a proof reader for the Nation newspaper.
He hosted people with different backgrounds and beliefs and helped them if needed. Saya offered guests (including U Tin Maung Nyunt) his collection of Whiskey and drinks. He had two recommendations : “Do not spoil Whiskey by adding water or soda.” “You can drink Ah Yet (liquor), but never let Ah Yet drink you.”
Dr. Maung Maung Kha
Dr. Mg Mg Kha
I have written several posts about Saya Dr. Maung Maung Kha. Dr. Oke Soe Kha provided photos and information about his parents Saya Kha and Sayama Daw Ruby.
Studied for Doctorate in Metereological Physics in the UK
In the early days, the Physics Department was run with the experts from Meteorology Department.
Became Professor and Head of Physics Department
Served as Rector of the University of Rangoon, Rangoon Arts and Science University (RASU) and University Distance Learning
He is the longest tenured Rector in RU and its descendant Universities
Shwe Ku May Hnin remembered Saya Kha’s smile when a student (from the Social and Reading Club) asked him, “Saya, will you continue the tradition of Di Tha Par Mauk Kha Saya giving away his beautiful daughters to brilliant students?”.
A member of the RU Centennial group remembered Saya Kha’s smile and forgiveness when he was inadvertently hit by a student (who had to take classes at Workers’ College and come to the Main Campus for practical sessions). The young Physics sayas U Thein Aung (Micky) and U Thein Htut scolded the offender and his companions for not knowing Sayagyi.
Per Dr. Alvin Oak Soe Kha, his father is the Rector with the longest tenure and is known for his kindness and compassion. He also enjoyed seeing his father played the violin and sang songs together with the renowned artist Saya U Ba Kyi. “Only Two” (English translation of “Hna Yauk Hte Nay Chin Hte” by Saya U Ba Kyi) was a hit at the RU Annupyinnya Ah Thinn.
Other Scholars
Dr. Po Aye studied Meteorology Retired as Director General of Meteorology and Hydrology
U Pe Maung Tin Pali and Myanmar Scholar
ICS U Sein Tin (Theikpan Maung Wa) Khit San Sar Pay co-founder
Thailand hosted the inaugural event at Bangkok in 1959
Burmese athletes include Tin Maung Ni & team (Swimming), Tun Mra, Kyaw Mra, Soe Mra and Tun Naung (Track and Field), Tun Aung & Victor Pe Win (Tennis), Boxing, Weightlifting …
2nd SEAP Games
Burma hosted the event at Rangoon in December 1961.
Aung San Stadium was the main venue for Track & Field and Soccer. Volleyball, Basketball and Gymnastics were competed indoors.
Swimming, Diving and Water Polo contests were held at the National Swimming Pool on U Wisara Road.
Dean U Yu Khin was Chairman of the Sports Promotion Committee.
U Tin Maung Swe was Secretary of the Sports Promotion Committee.
Dr. Ko Ko Lay was Chairman of the University Sports Council.
University Students who represented Burma in the Games
Tun Mra, Kyaw Mra, Soe Mra and Tun Naung (Athletics)
Maung Hla and Thida (Badminton)
Nyan Min (Basketball)
Derek Lynsdale and Aye Kyaw (Swimming)
Mao Toon Siong and C. Say Eng (Table Tennis)
Joe Ba Maung, Than Lwin and Mu Mu Khin (Tennis)
Kyaw Han (Volleyball)
Myo Nyunt (Weightlifting)
Richard Yu Khin (Yachting)
Athletics
In Track and Field, Burma placed first in the medal standings. Tun Mra won a Gold in the 4×100 m relay with Soe Aung (Burma Champion) as anchor. Kyaw Mra won Silver in the Hurdles. Soe Mra won Gold in the Pole Vault. Tun Mra, Kyaw Mra and Soe Mra are the sons of U Shwe Mra. Kyaw Mra would later serve as National Coach.
Swimming
In Swimming, Burma placed first in the medal standings. Tin Maung Ni won 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 4x100m freestyle relay, and 4×100 medley relay. His team mates won the other events. Aye Kyaw (cousin of Dr. Hla Yee Yee) and Derek Lynsdale represented Burma in swimming.
Tennis
Joe Ba Maung was the National Singles Champion in Tennis. He and Than Lwin were the National Doubles Champion. Than Lwin would succeed Joe Ba Maung as the Singles Champion. Mu Mu Khin (Daphne Tha Dok) was the Ladies Champion, She later married Than Lwin.
Table Tennis
Mao Toon Siong was Burma Champion for Singles and Doubles in Table Tennis. He later served as National Coach.
Volleyball
Kyaw Han won the Gold as a member of the Burma Selected Team
Yachting
Richard Yu Khin won Gold in Yachting.
Miscellaneous
The member nations include Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Burma hosted the 2nd Games (in 1961) and the 5th Games (in 1969)
In the later period, SEAP Games gave way to SEA Games
Registrar, Rangoon University Helped the establishment of RC (Recreation Center)
Former Warden, Prome Hall known for excellent Soccer teams
Later moved to Bagan Road Residence
After retirement from RU, he was offered lucrative job as Consultant in several countries. He opted to stay in Burma and found IFL (Institute of Foreign Languages).
Spouse : Dr. Daw Phay who was close to Dr. Daw Yin May and helped deliver Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint (Johnny Kyaw Myint), U Htin Kyaw (Peter Wun) and several others.
Children : Dr. Marie Yu Khin (Medical doctor in Australia, GBNF) Dr. Richard Yu Khin (Economist in USA, GBNF) …
Richard Yu Khin
Highlights
Matriculated from MEHS in 1961
Also passed GCE
Represented Rangoon University & Burma in 1961 SEAP Games held in Rangoon. Teamed up with U Maung Maung Lwin (Jamie, Commodore of Rangoon Sailing Club, Olympian weightlifter, Publisher) to win a Gold Medal in Yachting.
Left RU before graduation to pursue studies in the USA.
Doctorate in Economics from Yale University.
Lived in Dallas, Texas.
Had two Facebook pages : one for Personal, another for Sailing
Now GBNF
Contributions
Shared a photo of the Rangoon University Athletes who represented Burma in the Second SEAP Games held in Rangoon in December 1961.
Commented on my post on Swimming. A Japanese coach trained selected swimmers led by Tin Maung Ni and including Richard Yu Khin.
Commented on my post on Matriculates. Provided information about top MEHS matriculates.
Posted about former sayas and students of MEHS.
Posted a photo of Pagan and Sagaing Road residents. Children of U Yu Khin, U Wun (Minthuwun), U Thein Han (Zawgyi) and U Myo Min (English Professor) became Ph.Ds, medical doctors and professors.
Richard Yu Khin’s Post (in 2018)
If you have spare time visit “Hla Min” Facebook page which provides excellent & amazing historical information of my generation. I have for years been trying to find information about Ko Ba Min who kindly met me at the helicopter landing site when I arrived at Berkeley, California in August 1963. I was trying to decide whether to attend UC-Berkeley or Yale. I stayed a week in Berkeley, 4 days at the International House and 3 days at Ko Ba Min’s apartment because I became home-sick. Every one there told me to choose Yale. Ko Ba Min then was studying for a Master’s degree in Mathematics at UC-Berkeley. I have often wondered what happened to Ko Ba Min. On “Hla Min” website I found out Ko Ba Min returned to Burma to teach Mathematics and Astronomy and then resigned for medical reasons. Thank you for that information. During my teenage years Ko Ba Min and Peter Kyaw Sein would frequently visit Pagan Road to view the belles of our neighborhood.
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At Berkeley I met Dr. U Myint (later Economic Advisor to President Thein Sein) who was preparing to defend his PhD dissertation and a Burma state scholar studying for PhD in physics or chemistry. Miss Cobb who is a friend of my aunt when she attended UC-Berkeley in 1950 took me on a tour of San Francisco. She told me to visit her cousin who was the Chaplain at Yale University. Reverend Coffin later became leader of the anti-Vietnam War movement in USA.
Comments
Oak Soe Kha wrote : Lived at Pagan Road as well, opposite Richard’s house. We are childhood friends, hanging out in the University campus. My father (Dr. Maung Maung Kha) and uncle Yu Khin worked close together. Apart from us, U Aung Khin (Chemistry), U Ba Nyunt (Chit Doke Kha, History) were residents of Pagan Road also. Professor U Myo Min (English) lived on Sagaing Road, as did Dr. Htin Aung (Rector) and not Pagan Road.
Ko Ba Min matriculated from St. Paul’s High School in 1956. He studied Maths and Astronomy at University of California at Berkeley. After returning from USA, he stayed with his brother in the Port Commissioner Quarters in Windermere Crescent (off Inya Road). Played records (such as Peter, Paul and Mary; Joan Baez) that he brought back from the USA. He taught at Rangoon University and Mandalay University. When he was transferred to Myitkyina College, he resigned citing his health. He ran a shop in Zay Cho. Japanese tourists were surprised and delighted to find out that Ko Ba Min studied with their professor at Berkeley. They took photos of Ko Ba Min to show to their professor.
U Kyaw Sein is an early graduate from Rangoon University (in 1928). He served as Chief Engineer of National Housing Board. Children : Peter Kyaw Sein (GBNF), Victor Kyaw Sein, Ruby Kyaw Sein …
Updates
Some RU Students who represented Burma at the 2nd SEAP Games are GBNF. They include Kyaw Mra and Richard Yu Khin.
Dr. Nyunt Win (Eddie, spouse of Marie) passed away in Australia.
Wanted her daughters — Hazel, Olive & May — to have experience like her at the Inya Hall.
Hazel & May spent a year at Inya Hall as room mates. Olive had to stay at the Hall for medical students.
Fund raiser
Danced three roles in the fund raiser for the Tekkatho Dhammayone. Her cousin Saya U Lu Pe Win (Pali and Kyauksar Scholar) directed the play. The rehearsal was assisted by U Nyi Pu (First male actor in a Burmese movie).
Play
Was honored at the Thet Kyee Pu Zaw Pwe (Paying homage to the elders) held at the Tekkatho Dhammayone.
Her account was published in the Golden Jubilee Sar Saung of Inya Hall.
A1 Film
Myanmar Ah Swe Film evolved into A1 Film.
A1 U Tin Nwe & his family are known as Producers, Directors & Actors.
U Nyi Pu founded Maha Weikzardo Film.
U Tin Pe (Maung Maung Soe) founded Maung Maung Soe Film.
A1 U Tin Maung acted alongside May Shin and other lead female actors before becoming a Director/Actor.
Daw Khin Myint’s son U Tin Yu & son-in-law U Mya Maung are Director & Producer.
Feedback
Thit Yine (alumnus of Yegyaw Methodist) wrote : Dr. Hla Shwe (Boon Chiong) stood First in the Matriculation examination of 1953 from Yegyaw Methodist, and that his class mate Ohn Khin stood Second. Yegyaw Methodist was well known before the Nationalization of schools.
Thit Yine and Ko Ko shared the names of sayas (e.g. U Aung Myint, U Khin Zaw, U Ko Lay) who taught in the late 50s and early 60s.
Po Shwe Kyu wrote : Credit to Saya Hla Min as being the most prolific writer in this group, and his archives and chronicles will be of greatest help to coming generations. Drs. Hla Shwe & Tin Maung returned to Burma around 1962-63. I don’t know Dr Hla Shwe but Dr. Tin Maung also resided at the Chummery during my short stay there. Chummery is a “Saya Lu Pyo Saung”.
Myo Thaik wrote : Sayama Daw Khin Aye passed away last year. His cousin uncle Dr. Myint Thein won a Gold Medal for scoring highest marks in Chemistry in the I.Sc. examination, and later became the first Myanmar to received Ph.D in Nuclear Chemistry in the USA. He is currently staying with his son in Texas. He also wrote about “A Che A Nay Kaung” and “Ma Khan Chin Seik” that led him and his uncle cousin Dr. Win Naing to pursue their dreams to have doctorates.
Myo Thaik wrote : Dr. Hla Shwe is Emeritus Professor, East Stroudsburg University, Pennsylvannia, and then moved to California.
First in Burma
I knew that several SPHS students stood First in Burma in the Matric exam. They include
U Ba Khin (Vipassana teacher, first native Auditor General)
George Chapman (SPHS51)
Dr. Nyunt Tin (SPHS52)
Koon Yin Chu (Phillip, SPHS54)
Dr. Soe Win (SPHS58)
Dr. Frankie Ohn (SPHS59
Dr. Khin Maung U (SPHS63)
Bernard Khaw (SPHS65)
I was aware that students from other schools also scored Top in the some years.
St. Peter’s High School, Mandalay
Methodist English High School (MEHS)
St. John’s Convent
Yegyaw Mthodist
Sacred Heart
Thanks to those who provided additional info and/or corrections
GBNF & Tone Kyaw
I have to be very careful in specifying persons as GBNF (Gone But Not Forgotten).
There are at least three Tone Kyaw (person believed to have died) including me.
When my name sake CO U Hla Min (Chief Operator at UCC, who appeared healthier than me) passed away in his mid-30s, two Training Departments (from Co-op and Trade) inquired UCC where they could send a “Lwan Thu Pann Kway” (wreath) for me. My former class mate Moe Hein (Ajala with an extremely loud voice) was surprised when he saw me at the Kyandaw Cemetery. He said, “I have taken a day off to come here. I wondered why your brother did not tell that you had passed away.” I became a Tone Kyaw.
U Han Sein (C69, Ah Pho Gyi) was sentenced to 20 years for his alleged involvement in 8-8-88. His classmates, who were organizing the 30th Reunion of Graduation, inadvertently listed him as GBNF. He became a Tone Kyaw. He was released after 16 years (with the Amnesty Proclamation), but sadly, his family had been broken. He recently celebrated his 10 years of regained freedom.
When Dr. Tin Hlaing (Marine Technology) passed away in Singapore, some RIT inadvertently sent condolences to Saya Dr. Tin Hlaing (M63), who became a Tone Kyaw.
Mya Kyun Nyo Nyo Kun Yeik Kho
The song was first recorded as a “Dat Pya” at Myanmar Ah Than (Burma Broadcasting Service). It was first sung by U Mya Thein and group. U Thet Lwin received 100 Kyats for his composition, and he treated his fellow Ah Nu Pyinnya Shins.
In a TV interview, Saya played the song.
The song has been sung in many events including the SPZPs (Saya Pu Zaw Pwe) of RIT Alumni.
The Singapore “Pon Chan Chan Group” led by Don Min U Yu Swan recorded the song.
The song was also sung at the Ceremony on December 1, 2019 to kick off the RU Centennial.
The various versions can be listened from the Facebook Posts and You Tube.
Land marks
Thit Pope Pinn is recognized by the Yangon Heritage Society.
The tree was there even before the founding of the University of Rangoon, and it survived Cyclone Nargis.
A few readers expressed displeasure to see the wired fences and the inexplicable disappearance of landmarks.
The Convocation Hall is another land mark.
Eons ago, the Prime Minister of the Union of Burma served as Chancellor of the University of Rangoon, and also delivered “Commencement Speech” at the graduation.
I posted the program of the 1958 Convocation which listed about 30 prize winners (Gold Medals, Silver Medals and Books).
U Soe Paing, my mentor at RIT and UCC, received two Gold medals (after paying 150 Kyats for each Gold Medal, because the original endowments no longer covered the “rising cost” of Gold for the Medals). He had the highest score for I.Sc. (A) and (B) combined. He had the joint highest Maths score for I.Sc. exams — with two other students.
In 1962, Dr. Myint Tun (Henry Cho Tun) won the Gold Medal for the highest score for I.Sc.(A) and (B) combined. U Myat Thwin (ChE66) beat him by one point for the highest score in Mathematics for I.Sc.(A) and (B) combined.
Autograph
Ma Chit Swe (Hazel Kyaw Zaw’s mother) was a Junior I.A. (Intermediate of Arts) student in 1936. Hazel has posted her mother’s autograph.
Daw Hla Myint, a close friend of Hazel’s mom, wrote a lovely poem. Many were unaware of her talent. She had to leave the University before graduation to get married to U Tu Maung. Saya U Tu Myint (Winston Tu Maung) was our saya at RIT and later taught at Singapore Polytechnic until retirement. Dr. Hla Maung (Ronald Tu Maung, MEHS65) moved to the UK. Her siblings include Dr. Pe Nyun (Pediatric Surgeon, who led the operation of conjoined twins Ma Nan Soe and Ma Nan San), Dr. Pe Thein (Professor and Retired Minister), Daw Ivy San Pe and Daw Flora San Pe.
Subjects in Primary, Middle and High School / ငယ်စဉ်က သင်ခဲ့ရသော ဘာသာများ
Arithmetic / ဂဏန်း သင်္ချာ
Algebra / အက္ခရာ သင်္ချာ
Geometry / ဂဲဩ မေတြီ
Trigonometry / ထရစ်ဂို နိုမေတြီ
စနစ်ဟာင်း / Early examination
သင်္ချာတစ် (Arithmetic)
သင်္ချာနှစ် (Algebra, Geometry)
အပိုသင်္ချာ (Additional Maths)
စနစ်သစ် / Later examination
* High School Maths (Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry)
Dr. Min Oo / former classmate
Min Oo (Seated Leftmost)
သူငယ်ချင်း ကိုမင်းဦ: က Calculus နှင့် အဆင့်မြင့်သင်္ချာ တို့်ကို High School တက်စဉ် ကိုယ်ပိုင်လေ့လာသည်။ တက္ကသိုလ်ဝင်တန်းတွင် Second in Burma ရရှိပါသည်။
Concrete Maths (Selections from Continuous Maths and Discrete Maths)
Computational Maths
Engineering Maths
Dr. Chit Swe (Saya Chit)
Founder of UCC
Established Computer Science / Education and Applications in Burma
My Mentor ဆရာ၏ projects များတွင် ပါဝင် ထမ်းဆောင်ခဲ့ရသည်။ Maths ဆရာများနှင့် သိကျွမ်းခဲ့ပါသည်။
ဆရာ့အကြောင်း posts များ publish လုပ်ထားပါသည်။
ဆရာကြီးများ နှင့် ဝါရင့်ဆရာများ
U Aung Hla (coded Burmese songs / spouse Daw May Than and son Ko Mya Than are talented musicians)
U Kar (Minister in the Caretaker government)
U Ba Toke (Phwa Bet Taw for Rangoon University and first RU Students Strike in 1920)
U Net (Mandalay; father of Sayama Daw Khin Mar Mar; grandpa of Wunna Ko Ko)
Dr. Chit Swe (Founder of UCC / Computer Systems, Application and Education)
Dr. Ba Kyi (Mandalay)
Dr. Tin Maung (succeeded Dr. Chit Swe as Director of UCC; first Rector of ICST; son of U Kar)
U Hein Tin (DSA)
U Tin Hlaing – Education
U Sein Min – Eco / RASU
U Khin Zaw (My saya in I.Sc.(A))
Choudhury (My saya in I.Sc.(A))
U Ko Lay – Workers
U Ko Lay – Mote Seik
U Hla Myint (1) – Eco; father of Shein Soe Myint
U Hla Myint (2) – RASU / RIT
Dr. Thein Myint (Analysis)
Dr. Khin Maung Win (father of Maung Yit and Junior Win)
Dr. Saw Tin (Engineering Mathematics)
Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Maung Thin Char)
Daw Myint Myint Khaing (daughter of Arzani Mahn Ba Khaing)
Daw Myint Myint – RASU / RIT
Dr. Kyaw Nyunt – Numerical Methods
Dr. Kyaw Thein (succeeded Dr. Tin Maung at ICST)
Dr. Pyke Tin (literally means “left on a net”; succeeded Dr. Kyaw Thein at ICST)
U Aung Sein (Record holder for First Class Honors; brother of Dr. Maung Di)
U Soe Nyunt (Graph Theory)
Daw Khin Ma Ma (My sayama in I.Sc.(A))
U Soe Min (Astronomy)
U Maung Maung Tin (Administrator)
U Sein Win (Astronomy)
U Sein Win (Son of Arzani U Ba Win; later Dr.)
U Khin Maung Latt
U Sein Shan – RIT
U Shwe Hlaing – RIT
U Tun Shein – RIT
Dr. Thaung Nyunt – RIT
Daw Khin Nwe Yi – RIT
Daw Khin Lay Myint – RIT
U Ko Gyi – RIT
Daw Myint Nyan – RIT
Daw Khine Nyan – RIT
Daw Myint Myint – RIT
Dr. Saw Tin – RIT
U Aung – RIT
U Thein Han – RIT
Maths Curriculum Committee
U Ba Shan (Brother of Pagan U Ba Gyan who survived the shooting on July 19, 1947)
U Myint Than
U Myint Thein (later Dr.)
U Kyaw Soe (later Dr.)
U Yan Aung
Some sayas from Burma Education Research Bureau)
Notes
Padamyar Winhtein (U Win Thein) stood first in Third and Final Year Maths.
He had blogged about some of his sayas and his expertise.
The following is his notes about U Aung Sein.
U Aung Sein နဲ့ပတ်သက်လို့ မှတ်တမ်းတင်စရာရှိနေတယ်သူ့အဖေက ကန့်ဘလူ ဘူတာအဝင် Arabic School ရဲ့ ကျောင်းအုပ် မော်လဝီ ဆရာကြီးဒေါက်တာမောင်ဒီ နဲ့ ဖအေတူ အမေကွဲ ညီ အစ်ကို
ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် နဲ့မန္တလေးတက္ကသိုလ် သင်္ချာ ဂုဏ်ထူးတန်းကို ၁၉၆၆ ခုနှစ် အထိ ဖွင့်ခဲ့တယ်ရန်ကုန်သင်္ချာ ဂုဏ်ထူးတန် နောက်ဆုံးနှစ် ကျောင်းသားတွေ ထဲမှာ ဒေါက်တာစိန်ဝင်းနဲ့ လှည်းတန်းက ကျူ ရှင် ဆရာ ဦးသာ တို့ပါဝင်တယ်ဦးအောင်စိန် ကို မှတ်တမ်းတင်ရမဲ့ အချက်ကအဲဒီ ကာလက ဖွင့်ခဲ့သမျှသင်္ချာ ဂုဏ်ထူးတန်းမှာ First Class first Division ရခဲ့တဲ့ ဦးအောင်စိန် အမှတ် တွေက recorded ဖြစ်ခဲ့တယ်စံချိန် ချိုးနိုင်သူ မပေါ် ခဲ့သေးဘူး
The following is his notes about Dr. Sein Win
Sein Win received his Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree in Mathematics from University of Rangoon in 1966 . He received a diploma in Mathematics in 1974, and a Doctorate of Science (Doctor rerum naturalium) from Hamburg University in Germany. He served as a tutor at Rangoon University up to his scholarship to Hamburg University and lecturer at University of Colombo in Sri Lanka from 1980 to 1981 and at Nairobi University in Kenya from 1982 to 1984. Now he returned back home.
Aung Myaing (ChE72) wrote :
Maths or Math?
Let me share my understanding.
Both math and maths are short for the word mathematics. Math is the preferred term in the United States and Canada. Maths is the preferred term in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and other English-speaking places like Myanmar.
Ko Ko Kyi (EC72) replied :
Aung Myaing Those of us from older generation, who were taught “British English” prefer the English way of spelling or terms. Younger generation who attend or attended American International Schools are used to the American spelling or terms. Canada is a special case. It is a hybrid system, which accepts both British English and American English. This is because, it is influenced by its big neighbor or neighbour, the USA and at the same time wants to keep its British heritage as a former British colony and present member of the Commonwealth. When my daughter was enrolled at a Canadian junior high school many years ago, I asked the teacher what was the preferred way of spelling. She said both British English and American English were accepted.
Aung Myaing added :
Koko Kyi ! Thanks! Glad to know that you’re the reader of Ko Hla Min’s posts. Ko Hla Min has been my icon since my days at RIT as a student.
Ko Ko Kyi replied :
Aung Myaing Yes, I do read Ko Hla Min’s posts. In fact, I had to ask for his advice when we set up the Sunday Dhamma school for Myanmar children at our monastery in Toronto. He has a lot of experience on the children’s Dhamma school in California.
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