St. Emilie's Convent Revisited
Thanks to Francis Ting for the pictures!
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Mr. Sung and his students posed for this graduation picture. Front row (from l to r): Zhang Lok Piao, Mr. Sung, and Patty Chin (NY). Middle row: Lim Kim Peik (left); Swan Tee (3rd left); Jean Christine Chow (2nd right). Back row: Rita (3rd left). Both Mr. and Mrs. Sung taught at St. Emilie's Convent. Mrs. Sung is now travelling in Taiwan
Picture of Mr. Sung and his students, taken in March 1960. Middle row: Ms. Ong (3rd left). Back row: Chong Bee Tin (Middle)
Mr. Sung and his certificate-holding students. 2nd row, left is Chen Hui Sha (Taiwan)
Cecilia Young (left), Mother Theresa Sue, a newly-wed couple, Mother Dorothy and Math teacher Daw Yee Yee at St. Emilie's Convent
To Father Danis & Teachers With Love
St. Emilie's Convent's nuns
Mother, Mrs. Ting, and other well-wishers at Mingladon Airport
Father Allard, Founder of Catholic Anglo Chinese School
St. Emilie's Convent's little angels
Farm girls. Concert at St. Emilie's Convent
Mothers and Sisters at a mass
Singing in their best voice at concert
Does anybody know who she is? "That's Rita," says her friend Nora Kay (Brentwood, Ca).
Students holding certificates at graduation ceremony
Church-goers
Boys and girls in their best dresses
Childstars in Japanese and Western costumes. Isn't that an African American girl sitting at left? Jean Chow (Millbrae, Ca) says she was sitting at the 3rd table behind the two kimono-clad girls. She remembers wearing a long Western dress. Sitting in the middle with flowers on her table is Lillian Chan with eyeglasses
Child performers
A church scene
Wan Hua girls showing off their sewing skills on stage
Shan dance
CACS sports team members marching at Aungsan Stadium
Students at graduation ceremony. Sitting in the front row in Burmese traditional dress is Hsieh Yin Tee (Daw Yin Htay)