대한민국임시정부와 단국대학교

Abstract

Since 1945, many powers of Korean Independent movement including Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (PGRK) were participated in the foundation of a university (or a college). Just after returning home from abroad, PGRK set up ‘A Group of Political Underground Activities’and ‘A Committee of Administration Research’. And PGRK, under the responsibility of Sin, Ik-hee,put the foundation of a university in charge of ‘A Committee of Administration Research’. Sin Ik-hee, under the aim for founding a people’s university, organized ‘An Association for the Realization of a Plan (ARP) to founding Kookmin University. ARP invited Kimkoo and Kim Kyu-sik as advisors, Tjo, So-yang as an honorary chairman, 40 society personages of the interior as directors, and Sin Ik-hee became Chairman of ARP. Sin Ik-hee as Chairman and Chang Hyoung as one of directors fully led Practical business affairs of early ARP. Chang Hyoung was a leader of an independence movement who was acted for collect war funds in the western Gando region. Since 1945, when he met Kim Hong-il on SimYang, Kim suggested him to help Kimkoo. Then he returned to Seoul and joined ARP. ARP had a plan for the foundation of the university with 50 million won as fund-raising, but the plan is not easy to be achieved. At that time, Cho Huijae, who was Park Ki-hong’s widow, donated 5 thousand pyeong(=6.013㎥) to ARP through Chang Hyoung who was a close friend of Park Ki-hong. By basic of this property, Kookmin University was founded on September 1946. Kookmin University was founded by PGRK and was managed by Sin Ik-hee as the president and Chan Hyoung as the chair director. However, Sin Ik-hee left PGRK and the Korean Independence Party and joined to the side of Rhee Syngman and Korean Democratic Party. Chang Hyoung thought that Sin’s political movement was a betrayal against Kimkoo and Kookmin University could not success the spirit of PGRK. Chang Hyoung left from managing Kookmin University, and decided to found a new university which success Kimkoo’s spirit. At the time, Cho Huijae positively agreed and donated her property(about 80 thousand pyeong) to Chang Hyoung again. Chang Hyoung tried to set up a new university within a basis of the property, and founded Dankook University on November 1947. Therefore, the foundation of Dankook University was a proof to the contrary by failure of Kookmin University as the succession of the spirit of PGRK.