A century of Tamkang,
from Oxford College on

On 9 March, Rev. George Leslie Mackay landed at Tamsui from the British steamer Hailoong at three in the afternoon, and chose Tamsui as the base for his mission in Taiwan.

On 26 July, Oxford College was completed and named in thanks to the people of Oxford County, Ontario. It opened on 14 September with eighteen students: the birthplace of modern education in Taiwan.

On 3 March, the Tamsui Girls' School opened — the first school for girls in Taiwan, and the beginning of the school's girls' section.

On 9 March the Japanese government granted the permit to found the school, the same date on which Mackay had landed at Tamsui 42 years earlier, and since then the school's anniversary. Tamsui Middle School opened at Oxford College on 1 April with George William Mackay as its first principal.

Chen Ching-chung, back from Doshisha, founds the first rugby team in Taiwan.

The new school building, the Octagonal Tower, was completed; students moved in on 1 June and have studied there since.

HMS Cumberland visits; a purely Taiwanese side beats the British, in the red and gold hoops for the first time.

The Chun-te women’s basketball team is formed; it dominates South-East Asia for a decade.

On 6 October the boys' and girls' schools formally merged as Tamkang Middle School, with Chen Su-ti as the first principal of the merged school.

The alumni association holds the first Ching-chung Cup, played every year since.

In May the school took its present name, Tamkang Senior High School.

The Humanities and Social Sciences class opened: with care as the outlook, rooted locally, looking outward.