College 1900.09-1905.05 (School Closure because of the invasion of Qing empire by the Eight-Nation Alliance) 1905.10-1906.03 Tangshan Railway College, Imperial Railways of North China 1906.04-1907.12 Tangshan Engineering & Mining College, Imperial Railways of North China 1908.01-1912.12 Tangshan Engineering & Mining College (by the Ministry of Posts and Communications) 1913.08-1921.07 Tangshan Engineering College 1921.07-1922.09 Tangshan College, Chiao Tung University 1922.09-1928.02 Tangshan University 1928.02-1928.06 Tangshan Chiao Tung University 1928.06-1928.08 The Second Chiao Tung University 1928.09-1931.08 Tangshan Civil Engineering College, Chiao Tung University 1931.09-1937.08 Tangshan Engineering College, Chiao Tung University 1937.08-1942.01 Tangshan Engineering College, National Chiao Tung University 1942.01-1946.08 Guizhou Division, National Chiao Tung University 1946.08-1949.07 National Tangshan Engineering College 1949.07-1950.08 Tangshan Engineering College, Jiaotong University of China 1950.08-1952.05 Tangshan Engineering College, Northern Jiaotong University 1952.05-1972.03 Tangshan Institute of Railway 1972.03-present Southwest Jiaotong University School Motto In 1928, after the establishment of national government, Jiaotong University was re-established by Ministry of Communication with headquarter in Shanghai. The name of the university then was Tangshan Civil Engineering College of Jiaotong University. On May 2, 1930, the school motto “Diligence, Ambition, Decisiveness, Loyalty” (竢实扬华 in Chinese) was brought out. On May 15, 1947, when Tangshan Engineering Institute (Southwest Jiaotong University) was celebrating its 51st anniversary, and the 42nd anniversary of the university re-establishment in Tangshan, the original school motto was reconfirmed as the motto of Tangshan Engineering Institute: “Diligence, Ambition, Decisiveness, Loyalty School Spirit The origin of the spirit of “cultivating talents for the rejuvenation of Chinese nation”: in spring 1916, National Universities Students Performance Exhibition and Competition was held by Ministry of Education in Beijing. Our university won the first prize with the highest mark of 94. In Dec, besides awards, a horizontal inscribed board of “Si Shi Yang Hua” was awarded by Fan Yuanlian, the Minister of Education. “Si” means Wait; “Shi” has 3 meanings which include fruits, solidity, honesty and reality; “Yang” means raise and spread; and “Hua” means the abbreviation of China, the gorgeous and the beautiful. When combining the 4 characters together, it means waiting for the ripeness of the fruits, namely cultivating talents and at the same time to be more honest and practical in order to make contribution for the rejuvenation of Chinese nation. “Yang Hua” also has the meaning of abandoning vanity and pursuing the practical. “Persevering in the betterment of individual merits” is the spirit concluded from the stormy university running experience. It comes from the