Chapter 42 Admission Issues

Cheng Nuo brought breakfast early in the morning. As soon as he sat down at his office and had not had time to take a few bites, he saw Cai Yuanpei hurried over with a newspaper in his hand. After looking around, he found his seat and took two steps.

and came to him.

Seeing the person coming, Cheng Nuo divided the breakfast he bought into two portions.

"Good morning, Mr. Cai, have you eaten? The breakfast I just bought is still hot. Do you want to try some?"

"Zhiyuan, how can I still think about eating? I've long been fed up with these newspapers." Cai Yuanpei took out the newspapers and put them on the table, tapping them with his index finger: "I think there are some people in society.

It’s true that if you fail to succeed, you will fail, and they will also have a hand in our Peking School’s own affairs!”

"People are like iron rice. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry. If Mr. Cai doesn't take care of himself, isn't he following the wishes of some bad people?" Cheng Nuo took the newspaper and handed over the breakfast without having time to read it: "Old man

Zhangtou’s small enema is made of starchy red yeast rice water and tofu dregs, and is eaten with a bamboo skewer. It is absolutely authentic."

Cai Yuanpei originally wanted to refuse, but after smelling the fragrance, he also felt a little hungry, so he took the breakfast: "Old Zhang's vegetarian enema. It's true that I haven't eaten it for some days, but Zhiyuan, you'd better check it out first.

Read the newspaper I brought over."

After wiping his mouth, Cheng Nuo tidied the table a little, opened the newspaper and started reading.

The core idea of ​​the front page headline is to reiterate the "female ban."

The so-called female ban refers to the fact that before the May 4th Movement, the academic system stipulated that only male and female students at the elementary school level could study at the same school, and universities were prohibited from enrolling male and female students at the same time.

But before the May 4th Movement, among the 84 higher education institutions established in our country, there was not a single higher education school for women.

This has led to many girls facing the embarrassing situation of having no school to attend after completing their secondary school studies, except for a few missionary universities founded by foreigners.

Someone once commented: "The traditional female education in our country only allows women to receive primary education and does not allow women to receive higher education. It only teaches women about women's ethics and does not teach them how to learn to be independent people."

Criticism of the female ban began very early.

Looking at the first director of education who was still having breakfast next to him, Cheng Nuo had some doubts about the academic system.

"Mr. Cai, when the Renzi Guichou academic system was first formulated, why didn't you clearly state that secondary and higher education can be co-educational? I'm afraid it won't be that easy to change the system now."

Cai Yuanpei put the small enema aside and sighed: "It is extremely difficult to achieve the progress we have now. In order to break the feudalism, we did not hesitate to move out of social reality and made it clear that primary schools must not be co-educational.

With limited financial resources, it is impossible to set up a special school for girls in addition to the boys' school. This will result in many girls being left behind."

"However, there are many local resistances, and the new government is not able to implement it vigorously. When it comes to implementation, it has been changed to junior primary schools that can be in the same school, and girls' high schools and above can have separate girls' middle schools, normal schools and higher normal schools. It is really a helpless move."

Cai Yuanpei was essentially a propagandist and practitioner of gender equality. Before the fall of the Qing Dynasty, he founded a patriotic girls' school in Shanghai with the purpose of cultivating new women with knowledge and courage, and repeatedly called for "

If a woman doesn’t learn, she won’t be able to stand on her own feet.”

Renzi Guichou's progress in the academic system is already the result of his best efforts.

Cheng Nuo handed over a few pieces of tissue: "Equal rights rather than privileges. There are only a few students, and they have to cut off an arm. Could it be that those who insist on it are the feudal die-hards?"

Cai Yuanpei straightened his face and shook his head: "Not entirely, some of them are even so-called progressive people who are active in society."

It is a historical trend for women to go to school, but as it develops, some people have begun to be full of worry and anxiety, saying that after women receive too much modern education, they may look down on men and be unwilling to take on the role of mother, etc., sometimes

Support and sometimes opposition, full of contradictions.

This situation is not unique to our country. At the same time, the problem in this regard was also very serious in the United States. Some schools have supported coeducation for a long time, while some schools have been slow to reform. For example, Stanford University implemented a quota system when recruiting women.

The number of female students enrolled was limited to less than 500, and majors were restricted to education and home economics. Universities such as Yale and Princeton refused to admit women until the 1960s and 1970s.

Regarding this kind of issue, Cheng Nuo clearly stated his attitude: "Mr. Cai, I have always believed that women hold up half the sky and support equal rights and oppose the privileges of any party. Now that some female students come to attend arithmetic classes, I naturally support them.

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"Women can hold up half the sky, it's good." After recalling this sentence, Cai Yuanpei liked it very much: "Although the words are simple, the truth is extraordinary. They have the right to receive higher education."

The two originally wanted to continue chatting for a while, but seeing the number of people in the office gradually increasing, Cai Yuanpei left after giving him a few instructions.

In fact, Cai Yuanpei came here for two purposes. One was to see Cheng Nuo's views on coeducation and get a feel for it; the other was to protect and appease him, to show that he and Peking University were standing behind him to support him.

After all, the front foot is praised by the society, and the back foot is criticized. It is inevitable that a young and energetic person will feel blocked.

Now that he saw Cheng Nuo's attitude, he was very satisfied, and he would lead the liberal arts to fight back later.

Naturally, Cheng Nuo would not sit still and wait for death. While insisting that female classmates could come and observe the practice, he also secretly took a pen name and published short stories to satirize some so-called celebrities. After he became rich, he divorced his illiterate wife and looked for an educated daughter.

In the company of students, he looks sanctimonious and dresses like a beast.

The saying that women can hold up half the sky began to spread among the people with the help of articles.

Those who have attained the truth often get help. Chen and Li, the pioneers of the new culture, also published articles supporting gender equality, opposing privileges, and calling for coeducation for men and women.

For a while, all the literati rolled up their sleeves and quit one after another. Even Brother Xun stopped studying the inscriptions and published articles criticizing the remnants of feudalism with sharp words. Some people had no choice but to stop their activities.

All female compatriots with higher education also began to speak out, promoting equality between men and women, and publishing in both literary and popular languages ​​so that uneducated women or women with only primary education can understand the content of the articles.

As time goes by, the topic of discussion has quietly changed from whether to support coeducation to how to coeducate men and women to how to socialize men and women. Public opinion has shifted to Cheng Nuo's side.

During the class question, a student asked Cheng Nuo his views on social issues. Cheng Nuo smiled calmly: "There are so many female students in class, and there are more and more. I think you should understand my attitude."

Cheng Nuo was naturally full of respect for seniors like the female tractor drivers who were printed on coins after liberation, the truest portrayal of women holding up half the sky, and the more the better.

As for other things, it’s okay not to mention them.

The pressure from public opinion has been resolved, but the pressure from the Beiyang government has just arrived. Some warlords are quite critical of Peking University's actions.

Thanks to book friend Wohai Tingbo for the 500 starting coin reward~
Chapter completed!