香港大學舍堂歷史

香港大學最出名必定是其舍堂傳統(Hall culture)。舍堂的歷史可以追溯至HKU開校之初 — 1912年。

現時HKU總共有十六間舍堂，其中有十三間為可住宿的舍堂(residential)提供共3,764宿位HKU的所有本科生，交流生及部份研究生，餘下的為非住宿舍堂(non-residential)。 各舍堂各有不同特色，但最簡單的分類方法是 — 以Hall 的年期為分 即「傳統Hall」 及「非傳統Hall」。 「傳統Hall」 及 「非傳統Hall」 並沒有一個正統的定義，究竟間Hall 有廿年歷史定廿五年歷史才稱為「傳統Hall」 ? 為免起爭議，本人的分法以1969/70 年大學評議會廢除所有本科生均需入住舍堂為界，原因另文再述。所以Ricci Hall, Lady Ho Tung Hall, St. John’s College, University Hall 及Morrison Hall 均為傳統的residential Hall，而Swire Hall, Simon K.Y. Lee, Lee Hysan Hall, R.C. Lee Hall, Wei Lun Hall, Starr Hall, Lee Shau Kee Hall , Suen Chi Sun Hall 均為非傳統的residential Hall。而由於Lee Shau Kee Hall , Suen Chi Sun Hall 及Morrison Hall 均為HKU入面最新的舍堂，所以它們亦稱為「新Hall」。

另外，十六間舍堂中有數舍堂為單一性別舍堂，純男residential Hall : Ricci Hall, University Hall , Morrison Hall (只限本科生, undergraduates only)。純女residential Hall : Lady Ho Tung Hall。其餘的均為男女子宿舍(co-ed residential hall)，除Lee Hysan Hall外，所有男女子宿舍均男女分層。而Duchess of Kent Hall 為純女non-residential Hall, Hornell Hall為純男non-residential Hall 而Lee Chi Hung Hall為男女non-residential Hall 。

除了上述兩種分法外，另一種分法以與main campus 的距離遠近為分，在main campus 入面有Swire Hall 及Simon K.Y. Lee，在campus 外的有，由近至遠，薄扶林道91號的賽馬會第一舍堂村(Lady Ho Tung Hall, Starr Hall 及Ho Tim Hall), 薄扶林道93號的Ricci Hall，薄扶林道82號的St. John’s College，薄扶林道109號的賽馬會第二舍堂村(Lee Shau Kee Hall , Suen Chi Sun Hall 及Morrison Hall)，沙宣道6號的沙宣道舍堂村(Lee Hysan Hall, R.C. Lee Hall, Wei Lun Hall, 及Madame S.H. Ho Residence)，薄扶林道144號的University Hall。

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下表扼要地紀錄香港大學各舍堂的成立年期:

	Chronology of HKU Halls
1912	St. John’s Hall founded by Church Missionary Society on the site of the present St. Paul’s College, Bonham Road University Hall (located in Main Building) later renamed Lugard Hall N.B. this University Hall is different from current University Hall.
1913	Lugard Hall (originally named University Hall) opens. The first University-managed Hall: demolished 1992 Morrison Hall (male): Halton Road – closed 1968, rebuilt at 109 Pokfulam Road 2005 Founded by the London Missionary Society
1914	Eliot Hall (male): closed in 1992
1915	May Hall (male): closed in 1992
1923	St. Stephen’s Hall (female): merged with St. John’s in 1955 Founded by the Church Missionary Society
1929	Ricci Hall (male); rebuilt in 1967. 93 Pokfulam Road Founded by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit order)
1939	Our Lady’s Hall (female): closed 1945 Founded in Po Shan Road by the neigbouring St. Paul’s Convent
1952	Lady Ho Tung Hall (female): extended 1957, demolished 1999, rebuilt 2001 91 Pokfulam Road The first University-built female hall Duchess of Kent Hall (female) Hornell Hall (male) The University’s first non-residential Halls
1955	St. John’s College (co-ed), 82 Pokfulam Road, extended 1979 and 1997 Formed from the merger of St. John’s and St. Stephen’s Halls First co-ed Hall. Managed by Anglican Church.
1956	University Hall (male) 144 Pokfulam Road The former Douglas Castle (1860): opens as a Hall of Residence
1967	Robert Black College (co-ed), extended 1974 and 1982 A College, with residential places for postgraduate scholars
1969	Old Halls: Lugard, Eliot and May Halls combined into single entity
1969/70	Senate abolishes requirement for undergraduates to be resident
1980	Swire Hall (co-ed)
1985	Simon K.Y. Lee (Co-ed)
1991	Madame S.H. Ho Residence (co-ed) For medical students - administered by Faculty of Medicine
1993	Lee Hysan Hall (co-ed) R.C. Lee Hall (co-ed) 6 Sassoon Road
1994	Wei Lun Hall (co-ed) 6 Sassoon Road
1995	Lee Chi Hung Hall (co-ed) non-residential
1999	Graduate House (co-ed), No. 3, University Drive For postgraduate students, with its own Management Committee
2001	Starr Hall (co-ed) 91 Pokfulam Road
2005	Lee Shau Kee Hall (co-ed) Morrison Hall (co-ed) Suen Chi Sun Hall (co-ed)

資料來源: CEDARS