Pioneering Paulines

Tse Yu Chuen graduated from the College in 1916 and successively worked in various merchant companies as an accountant and manager. After the war, Tse co-founded Cornwell & Co with his acquaintances. He was appointed to supervise rice rationing in Hong Kong after the war, preventing dishonest sellers from mixing in poor-quality stock or even gravel. In 1952, he was promoted to Chinese Food Section Head, which additionally included supervising cooking oil and flour rationing.

An active social welfare figure, Tse was an Anti-Mui Tsai Society committee member and spent his life establishing kaifong (mutual aid) associations across the city after the war. Tse had been a vice-chair of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, had chaired the South China Athletic Association, and was a Chung Sing Benevolent Society supervisor. He was appointed JP and appointed OBE in 1958, and served the Legislative Council between 1964 and 1970.

Tse also gave back to the College. He had been on the College Council since 1953 and led fundraising efforts for the 1960s Campus Reconstruction Project. When the College built a swimming pool, both the Alumni Association and Tse’s family donated towards its construction; the pool, completed in 1979, was in turn named in his memory.

謝雨川生於番禺，一九一六年畢業於聖保羅書院，先後於各洋行任職會計及華人經理，戰後與友人合辦光華洋行。謝氏於香港實行配給制時獲委穀米批發處主任，管理食米進口，力遏奸商於食米攙雜劣質米和砂石；一九五二年獲擢升爲中式食品組主管，負責配給食米、糧油及麪粉。

謝氏一生熱心社會事務，戰前爲反對蓄婢會委員，戰後致力於香港各處成立街坊福利會，又曾任中華總商會副理事長、南華體育會主席、鐘聲慈善社監督等。一九五八年獲委太平紳士及獲頒授ＯＢＥ勛章；一九六四至七〇年間任立法局非官守議員。

謝氏學成後回饋書院，一九五三年起任書院校董，一九六〇年校舍重建時任籌建委員會主席。後來書院興建泳池，獲謝氏家族捐贈鉅款。泳池於一九七九年落成，遂命名「聖保羅書院同學會謝雨川泳池」以作紀念。