Editing Ying Wa College (section)

==School song, school hymn, school cry==
===School song===
There are at least two school songs created since the establishment of Ying Wa College. The Ying Wa College Song (The British Grenadiers)(c.1914) and the current song "Home of Our Youth". The current song is written by Rupert Baldwin in 1938; it is also a figuration of the College, a symbol of the brotherhood of the students. <!-- '''Home of Our Youth'''
 ''by Rupert Baldwin (1938)''
likely to be still subject to copyright -->

===Home of Our Youth===
<blockquote><poem>Home of our youth
To thee we bring the homage of lives at the spring
Training thy sons for the game of life
Sending them forth to the age-long strife
Ready thy name ever-bright to uphold
Ready ’gainst evil, to fight and be bold
May those who left thee in years that are past
Guard well thy honour, to truth holding fast
Home of our youth,<br />To thee will we sing
Long may thy name on our lips proudly ring</poem></blockquote>

===School Hymn===
The school hymn, "We build our School on Thee, O Lord" by Sebastian W. Meyer, is not used as frequently used as the school song; it is typically used in the Annual Speech Day amongst other ceremonious occasions. It is also used in some other schools in Hong Kong, including [[Sheng Kung Hui Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School]], [[Sheng Kung Hui Tang Shiu Kin Secondary School]], [[St. Paul's College, Hong Kong|St. Paul's College]] and [[St Stephen's Girls' College]].<!-- Sebastian W. Meyer died in 1946, thus "We build our School on Thee, O Lord" is likely still to be subject to copyright -->

===School Cry===
<blockquote><poem>TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT, WHAT DO WE APPRECIATE? YING WA! YING WA! WA! WA! WA!</poem></blockquote>

The Ying Wa Cry is a mantra devised by former headmaster Mr Terence Iles for cheering purpose in inter-school sports events. Its use is not limited today, as students would chant spontaneously in various school events, like the swimming gala, the athletic meet and the school anniversary day.

There is a special tradition involving the Ying Wa Cry. Each time after the school song is sung (excluding formal events, e.g. events that take place in the Noble Hall), students would chant the cry continuously under the lead of one or more students, and the ceremony would end in a rumble of claps.

To lead the cry, one has to say (in Cantonese) "''Ying Wa Boys: one, two, three...''" (''英華仔：一、二、三⋯⋯''), and then the mass would follow "TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT, WHAT DO WE APPRECIATE? YING WA! YING WA! WA! WA! WA!"