The teachers and students of Chongqing University did not react strongly to Zhou Hexuan's anti-Japanese patriotic speech. Although they shared the same hatred of the enemy, they did not feel the pain. Perhaps only when Japan truly occupied the Northeast, countless Chinese people would wake up.
In today's China, patriotic and progressive people are more concerned about national unity, and are more disgusted by warlords' melee and bureaucratic corruption. The Japanese, a foreign enemy, are secondary.
Therefore, when we were having dinner in the evening, none of us discussed the topic of Japan.
After clinking glasses, Wang Yunsong asked: "I heard that Mr. Zhou is planning to open a factory in Chongqing?"
Liu Xiang introduced with a smile: "Mr. Wang is not only engaged in education, but also the president of the Chongqing General Chamber of Commerce. He founded Chongqing Electric Power Company and Chongqing Water Company. Brother Zhou will definitely cooperate with Mr. Wang when he opens a factory in Chongqing in the future."
"Then I have to ask President Wang to allocate more electricity to me." Zhou Hexuan raised his glass and said.
Wang Yunsong said with a smile: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, you and I are of the same mind. Mr. Zhou donates more than 100,000 silver dollars every year to fund study abroad, and I deeply admire him. Come, drink this cup to the full for the sake of China's education!"
"Fuck!" Zhou Hexuan drank it generously.
There were many patriotic capitalists in the Republic of China, including Lu Zuofu and Wang Yunsong. Not only did he organize and send Deng Gong, Chen Shuai and Nie Shuai to study in France, but when the international students were expelled from France, Wang Yunsong also sent 50,000 silver dollars to take care of their lives.
Otherwise, several of the founding fathers of New China would have returned home early.
Lu Zifang suddenly said: "Mr. Zhou, you have been the president of Peking University and are an expert in university education. Can you help us provide advice?"
"What's the staff?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
"It's like this," Lu Zifang explained, "Chongqing University currently has no undergraduate courses and has only admitted three preparatory classes. What do you think the undergraduate departments should be like?"
The new site of Chongqing University has been selected, just over Shapingba. Classrooms and dormitories are currently being built, with a total investment of 180,000 yuan. The funds are raised by Mayor Pan Wenhua and the Finance Department of the 21st Army. In other words, Chongqing University
The initial construction costs actually came from Liu Xiang's military expenditures.
Compared with the Nanjing National Government's misappropriation of education funds and Geng funds, Liu Xiang, a local warlord, was quite sensible, and it was commendable to misappropriate military funds to establish a university.
Zhou Hexuan did not answer immediately, but asked: "Today's Chinese universities include the British model, the French model, the American model and the German model. Which model is Chongqing University planning to adopt?"
"College system," Wu Fangji said, "We have temporarily set up two preparatory courses in the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science, but the subjects have not yet been subdivided. The final decision on the department will not be made until the undergraduate department is established."
Zhou Hexuan thought for a while and suggested: "The School of Engineering should also have one."
Science and engineering, science and engineering, science and engineering are actually separate.
Many universities in the Republic of China offered science subjects, including physics, chemistry, biology, geology, etc., but engineering subjects were relatively lacking. In fact, engineering subjects are more practical for building the country, such as mining, machinery, water conservancy, construction, etc. The Republic of China urgently needed these majors.
Talents.
Historically, Chongqing University did not offer engineering courses for a long time.
Wang Yunsong said regretfully: "Well, we also want to establish an engineering college, but Sichuan is very short of engineering talents. Bi Liu (Wu Fangji) also contacted his old classmates and wanted to invite several engineering professors to give lectures in Chongqing, but they refused
I heard it was Sichuan, but I wasn’t interested at all.”
Lu Zifang smiled bitterly and said: "What can I do? Sichuan is too remote. Even famous professors are not willing to come."
Listening to these people singing in harmony, Zhou Hexuan immediately understood. It turned out that asking him to be a consultant was fake, but asking him to invite engineering professors was real. It was all a trick.
Zhou Hexuan said funnyly: "Well, I will send a telegram tomorrow and ask Mr. Cai Jiemin, Li Shizeng, and Wu Zhihui. They are quite famous in the education field, and they should be able to invite some engineering teachers."
"Haha, thank you so much," Wang Yunsong smiled and raised his glass, "I'd like to toast Zhou Hexuan again!"
Liu Xiang's eyes lit up, Zhou Hexuan had given him too many surprises. Now just name three people, three of the "Four Elders of the Kuomintang", this is really a big honor!
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University education in the Republic of China was very deformed. Liberal arts students accounted for more than 90% of the total number of students, while there were very few students majoring in science, engineering, and agriculture. There were even few students majoring in business. Only medical majors were slightly better, but they were also very limited.
This is related to the specific situation in China, because the industry is so backward that it is difficult for engineers and scientists who have graduated from school to find corresponding jobs.
To tell a joke, there are more girls majoring in home economics than in science and engineering.
People of insight have called for industry to save the country and science to save the country every year. With the gradual rise of national industry, the government and the people finally began to pay attention to science and engineering majors. Until the eve of the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, science and engineering students accounted for 30% of the total number of students.
Among them, medical and business majors account for the vast majority, and the situation is still very embarrassing.
Not to mention as far inland as Sichuan, even in big cities like Tianjin, Peking, and Shanghai, it is difficult to find excellent engineering professors.
Zhou Hexuan not only sent a telegram to Cai Yuanpei, Li Shizeng and Wu Zhihui, but also asked Hu Shi, Zhang Boling, Luo Jialun and others to help recommend a few. It does not have to be a professor level, ordinary engineering lecturers or even teaching assistants will do.
So many famous masters helped with the search, but the actual results were terrible.
There is no one at the professor level, and only two lecturers are willing to teach at Chongqing University. There are quite a few teaching assistants who are willing to come, seven or eight of them, all of whom are engineering students who have no chance to study abroad and cannot find jobs in China.
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However, Wang Yunsong, Lu Zifang and others were very satisfied, and based on the majors of the two lecturers, they decided to first set up preparatory courses in mining, metallurgy and electrical machinery at Chongqing University, and then establish an engineering college when they officially upgraded to undergraduate degrees.
In such a vast country, it is hard to even find engineering professors. Zhou Hexuan couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Before leaving Chongqing, he donated 10,000 yuan to Chongqing University to purchase teaching and experimental equipment for the School of Engineering. The funny thing is that Liu Xiang therefore abruptly arranged a school director position for Zhou Hexuan and hired him to serve as an honorary director of Chongqing University.
Vice-Chancellor.
The current situation of Chongqing University is very strange. It belongs to Sichuan Provincial University in name, but its construction funds come from military expenditures and private financing. It also has a school board of directors like a private university.
No matter what, in the future, there will definitely be a vice president named Zhou Hexuan in the school history museum of Chongqing University.
Zhang Mouzhi continued to stay in Chongqing and was responsible for the construction of the enamel factory. Zhou Hexuan went down the river and prepared to return to Tianjin by train from Nanjing. The Chinese translation of "Titanic" still needed to be finalized by him personally.
