President Lin has been engaged in education all his life. He is highly respected and has achieved remarkable results. He is a famous educator. 1903, with the aim of "shame" and "strength", the "Qiang Ming School" was organized in the forest ancestral hall, and subjects such as strategy, ambition and natural history were set up to educate the mountain people, and one or two hundred young people from the border areas of Henan, Hubei and Anhui were recruited at a time. In order to seek the way to save the country and the people, Lin went to Kaifeng Henan Excellent Normal School and Shanghai Wusong Chinese College for further study. He advocated new learning, cared about current politics, and had close contacts with Henan revolutionaries in Shanghai. Lin returned to his hometown on 1908 after graduation, and continued to teach in the school, advocating new learning and practicality. In five counties of Henan (Guangshan, Huangchuan, Gushi, Xixian and Shangcheng), it won the reputation of "sage" and enjoyed high prestige.

After the founding of the Republic of China, everything was ready, and "powerful country" became the soul of his educational thought at this time. When Lin was invited to the border and served as the director of Henan Education Department, he published an article entitled "Running a Preparatory School for Studying in Europe and America" in Popular People's Daily with nine famous people, emphasizing the necessity of running a school, and proposing the introduction of western learning to seek ways to strengthen the country and enrich the people. 19 12. The Henan Preparatory School for Studying in Europe and America, the predecessor of Henan University, was established in the former site of Henan Gongyuan.

At that time, there were only three similar schools in China, and the other two were Beijing Tsinghua Preparatory School for Studying in the United States (predecessor of Tsinghua) and Shanghai Nanyang College (predecessor of Shanghai Jiaotong University). Lin has been engaged in education for decades, accumulated rich experience and formed his own educational thoughts, which can be summarized as follows:

Educate a powerful country and develop people's wisdom scientifically.

First, "make the country rich and strong through education and develop people's wisdom through science". The purpose of his education is to strengthen the country, and patriotism is the basis of his educational thought.

Lin's adolescence coincided with the extremely corrupt Qing Dynasty, rampant imperialist aggression and the precarious fate of the country. The harsh reality education inspired his patriotism. He felt bitterly that if a country wants to stand among the nations of the world, it must rely on its own strength, and a strong country must first enlighten people's knowledge, and to enlighten people's knowledge, it must do a good job in education. It was under the guidance of this thought that in 1903, he founded the "Qiang Ming School" with the aim of "shame" and "prosperity", and recruited one or two hundred teenagers from the border areas of Henan, Hubei and Anhui, who became self-taught. After the founding of the Republic of China, he strongly advocated learning from the West and developing practical science. He advocated sending outstanding young people abroad to study advanced western science and technology to serve the construction of China. He also stated his education plan to the provincial Council, which decided that he would be responsible for organizing preparatory schools for studying in Europe and America in Henan. To this end, he went all out, day and night, with old Gong Yuan as the school building, recruiting celebrities from inside and outside the province to teach in the school. After the establishment of pre-school, he was appointed as the principal, working hard and tirelessly. In his subsequent decades of educational career, many measures he implemented and many suggestions he put forward were the actions of strengthening the country under the guidance of his patriotic thought. "Powerful country" is the soul of his educational thought in this period. Second, attach importance to the role of teachers. He attaches great importance to the leading role of teachers in teaching. He said: "Running a school needs a good name. What can students learn without good teaching? " In order to build an excellent team of teachers, he made great efforts.

First of all, Mr. YEATION. When he was the principal of the preparatory school for studying in Europe and America, there were strict criteria for selecting teachers: political, open-minded, progressive and patriotic; In business, he is a domestic and foreign celebrity with real talent and learning. In order to hire excellent teachers, he often checks himself. Every new teacher will come to the school to give a trial lecture, listen to his class in person for a week or two, and then decide whether to hire him. Those who fail will never be hired. I will do whatever it takes to hire an excellent teacher. Secondly, there are strict requirements for employed teachers in teaching. Teachers who have problems with students will attend classes in person to promote students' progress. He respects and cares for teachers while demanding them strictly. He not only advocated the style of respecting teachers and valuing morality among all the students in the school, but also set an example himself. Teachers who live off campus always pick them up by car because of the long distance or the stormy weather. With his efforts and cordial care, candidates from European and American preparatory schools gathered together to form a high-quality teacher team. Fourth, be strict with students and manage them strictly. He once said, "One should take one step at a time, and never be so-so". The same is true for the management of students. From the beginning, we should pay attention to the establishment of a strict management system, and carry out strict requirements and strict management on students from all aspects. In the process of enrollment, we should select the best candidates and strictly control them. All candidates, although their academic qualifications are not limited, have the same requirements for students' quality and will never lower their standards. Students who are admitted will be screened by the school after 3 months, and those who fail will be ordered to drop out of school.

Classroom teaching is an important part of teaching. In order to improve the teaching quality, teachers are required to take various measures to urge students to make progress, such as classroom questioning, in-class exams and final exams. The school will announce the final exam results to stimulate students' enthusiasm for learning. Not only the teacher is responsible for the students' study, but also the headmaster and supervisor are very concerned. The invigilator insists on rain or shine, consistently checks the classroom and self-study, and solves problems in time. As the principal of a school, he personally visited the front line of teaching and gave it to him immediately if he was absent from class. He is friendly to students and strict in management. He made strict school rules, school discipline, merits and demerits. Anyone who violates the school rules will be punished according to the seriousness of the case while patiently admonishing. In order to ensure the implementation of school discipline, not only the invigilator is allowed to check in the morning and evening, but also he often plays lanterns to check in the evening. The requirements for students' appearance are simple and generous. He emphasized words and deeds, words and deeds. If you ask others to do it, do it yourself first. Under the education and influence of President Lin, the school spirit of unity, simplicity, realism and innovation has gradually formed in Henan Preparatory School for Studying in Europe and America. Fifth, pay attention to raising education funds. Education funds are the economic basis for running education well. He has done a lot of work in raising, managing and reasonably using education funds. When he was in charge of education funds in the Education Department, he planned with educators and advocated that deed tax should be collected independently and handed over to the Education Department to ensure that the funds were earmarked. He suggested that accountants in all schools be directly employed by the education department, and also suggested setting up accounting training courses for educational institutions. When he was the director of Henan Education Department, he proposed to reduce tax rates and penalties and broaden tax sources. Therefore, the tax revenue increased from 2.8 million yuan to 3.5 million yuan per year, and the tax revenue has increased steadily since then.

During his four years as the principal of the preparatory school for studying in Europe and America, Lin trained a group of construction talents for the country. In the past four years, the first English class enrolled 150 students and the German class enrolled 140 students. Some of these students go abroad to study after graduation, while others go to other universities in China for further study. They worked hard and most of them became pillars. Many people have become famous professors, scholars, writers, artists and proletarian revolutionaries at home and abroad, and made outstanding contributions to the China revolution and world peace.