{"id":1684,"date":"2026-04-22T22:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/?post_type=exhibit&#038;p=1684"},"modified":"2026-05-06T03:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:33:38","slug":"study-abroad-1916-1922","status":"publish","type":"exhibit","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/exhibits\/song-chin-foh\/study-abroad-1916-1922\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Abroad (1916-1922)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This section follows Song Chin Foh\u2019s movement from Hangzhou, China, to Colby College and Springfield YMCA College in the U.S. His study abroad experience did not simply send him from China to the United States. It placed him inside a sequence of institutions that connected liberal arts education, Protestant student networks, campus athletics, and professional physical education training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The map below should be read as an educational route. 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