The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

For Zhou Hexuan's anti-Japanese patriotic speech, the teachers and students of Chongqing University did not react strongly. Although they shared the same hatred, they did not feel any pain. Perhaps only when Japan truly occupies the Northeast, countless people will wake up.

In today's China, patriotic and progressive people are more concerned about national unity, and more disgusted with warlords and bureaucratic corruption, and the Japanese as a foreign enemy are second.

So, when we had dinner in the evening, none of you discussed the topic of Japan.

After clinking glasses, Wang Yunsong asked, "I heard that Mr. Zhou is going 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 the Chongqing Electric Power Company and the Chongqing Water Supply Company. Brother Zhou will definitely cooperate with Wang when he opens a factory in Chongqing."

"Then I have to ask President Wang to allocate more electricity for me." Zhou Hexuan said with a toast.

Wang Yunsong laughed and said, "It's easy to say, you and I are of the same kind. Mr. Zhou donates more than 100,000 silver dollars every year to fund overseas study, and I am deeply impressed. Come, for the cause of China's education, drink this cup to the brim!"

"Do it!" Zhou Hexuan drank boldly.

There were many patriotic capitalists in the Republic of China, including Lu Zuofu and Wang Yunsong. Not only did he organize to send Deng Gong, Chen Shuai and Nie Shuai to study in France, but when the foreign students were expelled from France, Wang Yunsong also sent 50,000 silver dollars to take care of their lives, otherwise the founding fathers of New China would return home early.

Lu Zifang suddenly said: "Mr. Zhou, you have been the president of Peking University and you are an expert in university education. Can you help us as a consultant?"

"Advisor what?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

"It's like this," Lu Zifang explained, "Chongqing University has not yet set up undergraduate courses, and only enrolls three preparatory classes. How do you think the undergraduate departments should be set up?"

The new campus of Chongqing University has been selected, just over there in Shapingba. Now classrooms and dormitories are being built, with a total investment of 180,000 yuan, and the funds are allocated by Mayor Pan Wenhua in coordination with the Finance Department of the 21st Army. In other words, the initial construction cost of Chongqing University actually came from Liu Xiang's military expenditure.

Compared with the misappropriation of education funds and Geng funds by the Nanjing National Government, Liu Xiang, a local warlord, is still a sensible person, and it is commendable to embezzle military funds to establish universities.

Zhou Hexuan did not answer immediately, but asked rhetorically: "Nowadays, Chinese universities have the British model, the French model, the American model and the German model. Which model is Chongqing University going to adopt?"

"College system," Wu Fangji said, "We temporarily set up two preparatory classes for the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science, but the subjects have not yet been subdivided, and the final decision on the departments will be made after the establishment of the undergraduate department."

Zhou Hexuan thought for a while, and suggested: "The engineering college should also have one."

Science and engineering, science and engineering, science and engineering are actually separate.

Many universities in the Republic of China have science departments, including physics, chemistry, biology, geology, etc., but there are relatively few engineering courses. In fact, engineering is more practical for building a country, such as mining, machinery, water conservancy, construction, etc. The Republic of China urgently needs talents in these majors.

In history, Chongqing University did not set up engineering for a long period of time.

Wang Yunsong said with regret: "Well, we also want to set up an engineering school, but Sichuan is very short of engineering talents. Bi Liu (Wu Fangji) also contacted his old classmates, and wanted to invite some engineering professors to give lectures in Chongqing, but they always I heard it was Sichuan, so I have no interest in it."

Lu Zifang smiled wryly and said, "Is there any way? Sichuan is too far away, even famous professors don't want to come."

Hearing these people singing together, Zhou Hexuan immediately understood. It turned out that it was a lie to ask him for an adviser, but it was true to ask him to invite an engineering professor.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Well, I will send a telegram tomorrow to ask Mr. Cai Zhimin, 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 raised his glass with a smile, "Once again, Zhou Hexuan toast!"

Liu Xiang's eyes lit up, Zhou Hexuan gave him too many surprises. Now just name three people casually, and they are three of the "Four Elders of the National Party". This is really big enough!

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University education in the Republic of China was very deformed. Arts students accounted for more than 90% of the total number of students, while science, engineering, and agricultural students were very few, and there were not even business students. Only medicine was slightly stronger, but it was also very limited.

This is related to the specific situation in China, because the industry is too backward, and it is difficult for engineers and scientists who have completed their studies to find corresponding jobs.

Just to tell a joke, there are more girls who study economics than those who study science and engineering.

People of insight call 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. Until the eve of the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, non-liberal arts students accounted for 30% of the total number of students, but medical and business majors accounted for the vast majority, and the situation was still very embarrassing.

Not to mention Sichuan, which is far inland, even in big cities like Tianjin, Beiping, and Shanghai, it is difficult to find excellent engineering professors.

Zhou Hexuan not only sent telegrams to Cai Yuanpei, Li Shizeng, and Wu Zhihui, but also asked Hu Shi, Zhang Boling, Luo Jialun, and others to recommend a few. They don’t have to be professors, ordinary engineering lecturers, or even teaching assistants are fine.

So many celebrity gurus to help find, the actual results are terrible.

There is no one at the professor level, only two lecturers are willing to give lectures at Chongqing University. There are quite a lot of teaching assistants who are willing to come, there are seven or eight of them, all of whom are engineering students who have no chance to study abroad and can't find a job in China.

But Wang Yunsong, Lu Zifang and others were very satisfied, and according to the majors of the two lecturers, they decided to set up a preparatory class in mining, metallurgy and electrical engineering in Chongqing University, and then set up a college of engineering when they officially upgraded their undergraduates.

In China, it is difficult to find even engineering professors, Zhou Hexuan can't help but feel a little sad.

Before leaving Chongqing, he donated 10,000 yuan to Chongqing University for the purchase of teaching and experimental equipment for the College of Engineering. The funny thing is that because of this, Liu Xiang abruptly arranged for Zhou Hexuan to be a school director, and hired him as the honorary vice president of Chongqing University.

The current situation of Chongqing University is very strange. It belongs to Sichuan Provincial University in name, but the 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, preparing to take the train back to Tianjin from Nanjing. The Chinese translation of "Titanic" still needs to be finalized by himself.