This is the university I attended--Nanjing Normal University. It has a classical Chinese campus, which used to be the rear garden of a wealthy family in the Song dynasty. Many of the buildings are centuries old. There are also several hills and a lake on the campus. During WWII, it served as an international refuge but the Japanese invaders still came here to kill refugees and rape women, despite international protest.In my department, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, we had quite many teachers from USA and Canada, but for some reasons we had no teachers from Britain. I became a Peking Opera star from here, mostly because our department's Communist Party secretary was a huge Peking Opera fan. She allowed me to spend a lot of time outside of the campus training with renowned artists at the provincial Peking Opera theatrical company. She also supported my shows at the art festivals. However, she didn't approve my application for Communist Party membership because, as she told me, all the girls in my class were for it and all the men were against it.
Regarding my graduation review, Professor Bob Sanford from Canada offered highly favorable comments. His wife said, "Trust Bob. If he thinks highly of you, then you must be real good." The Dean of the Department, who had an opposite opinion, died of heart attack in his apartment a few months later. His body had already rotted and smelled when he was found dead by his neighbors. Bob Sanford, totally retired now, is living a long, happy life in British Columbia in Canada. His address is--
Bob Sanford
Box 105 Gillies Bay
Texada Island BC
V0N 1WO Canada
