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皇仁書院於1862年創立，是香港政府開辦的第一所官立中學。畢業生的「卡士」亦十分有睇頭, 當中包括國父孫中山、霍英東、何鴻燊、何東、利希慎、沈袓堯、沈旭輝、黎民偉、徐國才、黃仁龍 ("皇仁"出了條"黃仁龍")...每位都獨當一面。
於150年的歷史中, 曾多返搬遷、易名, 亦與多間歷史名校有著千絲萬縷的關係。1862年以中央書院之名成立於歌賦街; 直至1884年遷至荷李活道 (即前已婚警察宿舍現址), 易命為"Victoria College"; 於1894年再易命為"Queen's College", 名稱沿用至今; 直至1941年, 二戰戰火蔓延到香港, 皇仁書院校舍被炸至粉碎; 戰事期間, 學校停課, 直至1947年, 學校重開, 與金文泰中學共用堅尼地道校舍; 1950年, 皇仁書院於銅鑼灣現址成立校舍, 並由當時的葛量洪港督主持開幕儀式。
雖然現時的校舍只有60多年歷史, 校舍內的童軍室亦被評定為2級歷史建築。有興趣參觀的, 可於4月20-21日皇仁書院開放日入內參觀。
而5月2日於皇仁書院亦有一個關於「中央書院及辛亥革命」的講座, 不過暫未有詳細資料, 大家可到皇仁書院了解。
節錄自 2012/3/26 蘋果日報
郵票小型張將以啡黃色為主調，營造懷舊效果，其中前景是荷李活道書院舊貌，背景則為高士威道現時校舍。右側有取材自皇仁書院校徽的盾形郵票，亦是香港郵政首次推出同類型郵票。
皇仁書院: http://www.qc.edu.hk/
皇仁書院(維基): http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9A%87%E4%BB%81%E6%9B%B8%E9%99%A2#.E8.91.97.E5.90.8D.E6.A0.A1.E5.8F.8B
「皇仁書院150周年校慶」特別郵票: http://www.hongkongpoststamps.com/chi/stamps/latest_stamp_issues/2012/20120327a/index.htm
皇仁校慶郵票明發行 首推盾形郵票
2012/3/26 蘋果日報皇仁書院今年踏入150周年，共將與香港郵政合作，將於明日（27日）發行「皇仁書院150周年校慶」特別郵票，並在皇仁書院禮堂舉行發行儀式。屆時，主禮嘉賓及郵票設計師，將為集郵人士的郵品簽名留念。
當日中環郵政總局由上午7時30分起，會以先到先得方式派籌，簽名名額20個，每人最多可遞交3個首日封或紀念封。
郵票小型張將以啡黃色為主調，營造懷舊效果，其中前景是荷李活道書院舊貌，背景則為高士威道現時校舍。右側有取材自皇仁書院校徽的盾形郵票，亦是香港郵政首次推出同類型郵票。
有關小版張嵌有4枚面值各$10的郵票，分別以絲網閃粉墨、壓印、亮漆和22K鍍金壓印等，不同印刷方法印製。
皇仁書院於1862年創立，是香港政府開辦的第一所官立中學，亦是本港最早開辦師範教育的學府。
Queen's College - School History
http://www.qc.edu.hk/
Queen's College, the oldest Government school in Hong Kong, has a glorious past of 140 years. Set up in 1862 by the English Government, Queen's College was the first formal Anglo-Chinese Secondary School in Hong Kong. Its primary aim has not changed throughout the century: to spread brilliant boys all over China and to strengthen the country's youth. The Central School (1862 - 1894)
Queen's College before WWII (1894 - 1941)
Queen's College after the War (1950 - 1962 )
Queen's College in the new century (2001 ~ )
The Central School (1862 - 1894)
Since 1862, Queen's College was called The Government Central College (中央書院). It was located at Gough Street, Central. We used the name "Central School for Boys" to distinguish us from our counterpart, "Central School for Girls". A new site of the school between Aberdeen Street and Hollywood Road was allocated to us in 1884. After the laying of the foundation stone of the school, it was renamed as Victoria College (維多利亞書院). The school's old site was made available to the Central School for Girls, which was later on renamed as Belilios Public School (庇理羅士女子中學).
Queen's College before WWII (1894 - 1941)
In 1894, Government gazetted the change of name from Victoria College to Queen's College (皇仁書院). In Queen's College, numerous subjects such as Arithmetic, Grammar, General Intelligence etc. were taught. This was very rare in the late 19th Century. During the 1920s, the school began to show her outstanding sports results to the public, as well as the academic achievements. This attracted a vast number of students seeking to enter the school. This started the golden era of our College. The golden era did not last long, unfortunately, as Victoria College was severely bombed by the Japanese in the Second World War. The once famous school fell into pieces. The only leftover was a statue of Sir Wright. During the war, Queen's College was temporary closed. In 1946, the goverment decided to reopen the government schools. Queen's College and Clementi Middle School (金文泰中學) were reopened sharing a building at Kennedy Road in 1947.
Queen's College after the War (1950 - 1962 )
In 1950, a new campus of Queen's College was built in Causeway Bay for the expansioin of the school. Sir Alexander Grantham, Governor of Hong Kong, announced the revival of Queen's College on 22 September 1950. Since then, the two-story high building served countless Q.C. students throughout half of the century. Until 1951 the lowest class at Queen's was Class 4 (equivalent to now form 3). In September of 1951 two additional classes were provided at the bottom of the school. The lowest class at Queen's thus become Class 6 (Form 1 nowadays). The changes in organization and other factors consequent on the rapid growth of education resulted for a time in an uneven distribution of divisions. In 1950 for example, there were ten divisions of Class 4. In 1951, four of these divisions were transferred to King's College (英皇書院). From 1955, intending Arts undergraduates had been transferred to King's College and later to Belilios Public School for their Advanced Level year. From 1962, an extra Upper Sixth Form was provided to the arts students so that QC boys no longer have to studied in Belilios. Meanwhile, some Belilios Girls came to Queen's to study Science. After that, no more girls were admitted and Queen's College today remains a full time Anglo-Chinese secondary school for boys.
Queen's College in the new century (2001 ~ )
Outstanding results continued to be scored by Queen's College students afterwards, in both the academic and the extra-curricular fields. The population acclaimed the school. Being a brilliant mix of Western-style education and ethnic-Chinese culture, we are confident that the success of Queen's College will sustain and prosper into the new century.
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