1931may, Guangxi provincial government telex Ma and Pan Zhuqi (vice chairman) back to Guangxi. After Ma became the president of Guangxi University for the second time, he founded and merged the School of Science. In the same year, the first batch of undergraduates were enrolled. Ma advocates that schools should cultivate scientific knowledge, work skills and combat skills. The era of reading dead books is over. In the future, we should be able to work, work for a living and improve our production in new ways.
Ma pointed out to all teachers and students of Guangxi University that the goal of Guangxi University education is not only to impart knowledge and learn technology, but also closely related to the prosperity of the country, national rejuvenation and social development.
During his stay in Malaysia, he worked hard to plan and operate, hired talented and progressive scholars to give lectures, advocated scientific research, hired some famous professors in China to give lectures, purchased books and instruments, enriched teaching equipment, set up teaching workshops in chemistry and machinery, and enabled students to acquire practical knowledge, set up scientific research institutions, and funded the selection of promising teaching assistants to go abroad for further study. He emphasized that students should pay attention to the spirit of cooperation. Ma advocates western education, and Guangxi University has set up many rare majors in China, with strong teaching strength in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering and agronomy. There is a machinery factory in department of mechanical engineering, Guangxi University, which includes wood molds, sand lathes, lathes, millers, forgers and other departments. It is a good place for students to practice in department of mechanical engineering.
1935, Guangxi University established the Institute of Botany. Chen Huanyong, a famous professor at Sun Yat-sen University who was then the vice chairman of the International Botanical Society, was appointed as the director. Except Chen Huanyong, Zhu Kezhen, Chen Wangdao, Ju, Li Siguang, Wang Li and Li Da are all professors or part-time professors of Guangxi University. Ma once described the teaching atmosphere of Guangxi University in one sentence: "There is a spirit in West University, that is,' everyone works hard'. Ma Wu Jun always cares about poor students. He raised a "difficult fund" on campus. 1936, Bai Chongxi led a military training in Guangxi University, and Ma agreed, which was subsequently adopted by universities all over the country. Ma and Bai Chongxi disagreed, so they resigned as the principal. 1936 Guangxi University moved to Yanshan Forest Park in Guilin and merged with the provincial Guangxi Normal University. In the same year, the Faculty of Arts and the Medical College were established (1937, Guangxi Military Medical School was established independently and was the predecessor of Guangxi Medical University).
1939, was approved to be upgraded to the national Guangxi University, and students from Guangxi University gathered in the provincial government to ask for approval of Ma as the president of Guangxi University. Ma became the president of Guangxi University for the third time. Immediately on the first day of his appointment, he said, "I never look for something to do, but if the country has something to do, I will not hesitate, especially when the country is in trouble, and everyone should try their best to save the country." I rested for three years and my spirit recovered. I might as well host (Guangxi University). " In order to run Guangxi University well, he forgot to eat and sleep, worked hard and his health went from bad to worse, but he didn't care. In spite of his illness, he often keeps on working.
1936, engineering college of Guangxi University was bombed by Japanese air raid, 1937 moved from Wuzhou to Liangfeng. As there is no laboratory, the instrument has rusted or been damaged. Ma Wu Jun almost cried when he saw this scene. He immediately built a library, a physics museum, a chemistry museum and a mechanical museum in Yanshan ... and allocated 654.38 million yuan to purchase books and instruments, which greatly improved the conditions for running Guangxi University.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Guangxi University attracted many academic celebrities to teach, and students also came from all over the country. Ma has hired a large number of famous professors such as Zhu Kezhen, Li Siguang, Li Da, Chen Wangdao, Chen Yinque, Qian Jiaju, Qiu Chen, Shi and Wen to teach in our school, which has a strong academic atmosphere and greatly improved its comprehensive strength. 1939 changed to national university. At that time, the quality of teachers, teaching and students was not inferior to that of famous domestic schools.
1 August, 9401day, Ma died of stomach perforation in Yanshan campus of Guilin at the age of 60. At this time, it was less than a year since he became the president of Guangxi University for the third time.
After the death of Ma, Chiang Kai-shek sent a message of condolence: "I was shocked to learn that Mr. Ma donated the building, and there was no mourning. Mr. Wang, the forerunner of culture, did not see a resurgence, but suddenly lost his life. He felt that education was in people and would be spread for a long time. On the part of the Chinese Communist Party, a eulogy was delivered to Ma: "Master of the Generation": the resolution of the Kuomintang Central Committee was clearly praised by the National Government, and the funeral expenses were 5,000 yuan. His life story was handed over to the National Museum of History, and special correspondent Huang Xuchu made a sacrifice and held a grand mourning ceremony. Since then, Ma has been buried at the foot of Yanshan Mountain in Guilin for 70 years. Ma, together with Cai Yuanpei, the president of Peking University who advocates "freedom of thought and inclusiveness", is praised as "Northern Cai and Southern Ma" by contemporary people.
For generations of teachers and students of Guangxi University, Ma Ziran is the old president they will always miss. Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, representatives of teachers and students from Guangxi University pay homage to Ma's tomb. Since 2002, a special ceremony has been added to the commemorative activities-the Ma couple Zhou Sufang Scholarship, which was established by Ma Baozhi and Ma, sons of Ma, in memory of their parents.
1In the autumn of 944, the Japanese army invaded Guangxi and Guangxi University moved around. /kloc-in the summer of 0/946, the whole school moved back to Guilin. 1947, the school has four colleges: College of Arts, College of Law and Business, College of Technology and College of Agriculture. There are three departments in the College of Literature: China Literature, Foreign Literature and Education. The law school has four departments of law, politics, economics, accounting and banking, and has specialized courses in statistics. The Institute of Technology has seven departments: mathematical science, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, mining and metallurgy engineering and chemical engineering. The Agricultural College has three departments: agronomy, forestry, animal husbandry and veterinary medicine. In addition, there are economic plant research institutes, university preparatory classes and middle school classes, and there are agricultural and forestry farms and rural cooperatives in Wuzhou.
By 1949, Guangxi University has developed into a comprehensive university with five colleges of literature, teaching, law, business, science, industry and agriculture, 22 departments and 4 majors, which has great influence in China.
1949165438+1October 22nd, Guilin was liberated. Since then, National Guangxi University has embarked on a new journey. In order to temporarily preside over the opening of the school, on February 5, 65438, after democratic consultation and election, the temporary school affairs auxiliary Committee of Guangxi University was reorganized into the temporary school affairs Committee of Guangxi University. The president of the Law School is the chairman, and Zhang, the president of the Accounting Bank, is the vice chairman.
On February 28th of the same year, 65438, in order to strengthen school leadership, the Military Control Committee of China People's Liberation Army issued an order to appoint 23 members to form the Council of Guangxi University.
The Council of Guangxi University has the highest power in the whole school. During the two months from the establishment of the Committee to the arrival of the principal, he led the teachers and students to do the following work: 1. Continue to complete the work carried out by the temporary school affairs Committee and restore the normal order of the school.
2. Arrange to make up the unfinished courses in the last semester due to the current political turmoil, and extend the make-up time to the end of March 1950.
Third, local reform courses, such as "New Democracy" and "History of Social Development".
Fourthly, according to the Outline of Administrative Organization of National Guangxi University promulgated by Guilin Military Management Committee, the administrative organization system of the school should be reformed, a new secretariat should be established, and the discipline office and the president's office should be abolished.
1950 In late February, the Central People's Government appointed Yang Dongkui, a famous person, as the president of Guangxi University. On March 2nd, President Yang Dongchuang officially took office in the school, accompanied by Chairman Zhang of Guangxi Provincial People's Government and Minister of Culture and Education of Gui Jun Management Committee.
1950 March 16. The People's Government of Guangxi Province made a decision in February to merge the National Nanning Teachers College into Guangxi University. A total of 358 teachers and students from seven departments, including education, Chinese, history and geography, English, mathematics, physics and chemistry, and natural history, moved from Nanning to Guilin, merged into Guangxi University, and established Guangxi University Teachers College with President Chen.
On April 7th, 1950, the Political Department of Guangxi University held a solemn memorial service for Liao and Zhao martyrs in the school auditorium. Teachers, students and academic groups of the whole school attended the memorial service and presented wreaths and elegies. Among them, the elegy of professors' associations and trade unions wrote:
The blood is not empty, and the splendid rivers and mountains are the people's world after all;
The spirit is immortal, and we should set a heroic example to educate our generation of scholars.
The founding of the country needs talents, but how can it be killed by the enemy?
In the beginning, tears hang heroes.
1On May 5th, 950, in order to warmly celebrate the first Teachers' Day after the liberation of Guilin, the teachers and students of the whole school held a grand party to respect teachers. The atmosphere between teachers and students is unprecedented, showing a new relationship between teachers and students. On the same day, Lian Bi News, a wall newspaper, published a monograph on "I love my teacher and I love the truth", calling on all teachers and students to respect, love and learn from each other in the new democratic society.
1June, 950, 397 people graduated this year (that is, the nineteenth session).
1 950 August 14 According to the spirit of the first national conference on higher education held by the Central Ministry of Education in Beijing from June to June 9,/kloc-0, with the approval of the Ministry of Education of the Central South Military and Political Commission, it was decided to adjust the departments in the school from the second half of 1950.
1. The three departments of Chinese, Foreign Languages and Education in the former College and the three departments of Chinese, English and Education in the former Normal College were merged into the Department of China Language and Literature, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature and the Department of Education respectively, and merged with the Department of History and Geography in the former Normal College into the School of Culture and Education. 2. The Department of Mathematical and Physical Chemistry of the Institute of Principle Engineering merged with the Department of Physical Chemistry and Mathematics of the former Normal University to form the Department of Mathematical and Physical Chemistry, and the Department of Natural History of the former Normal University was changed to the Department of Biology, and the above four departments were merged into the School of Science. The third is the engineering part of the Institute of Principle Engineering, namely, machinery, motor, civil engineering, mining and metallurgy, chemical industry, etc. Set up a polytechnic independently. Fourth, the law school remains unchanged. 5. The original agronomy department, animal husbandry and veterinary department and forest department of Agricultural College are divided into agronomy department, horticulture department, pest and disease department, veterinary department, animal husbandry department and forest department. 6. Offering specialized courses in irrigation and water conservancy in Institute of Technology; Agricultural college has veterinary specialty and forestry specialty. The study period is two years.
After the liberation of Guilin, China People's Liberation Army needed a group of intellectuals who were familiar with Guangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi languages and had a high education in order to liberate Guangxi and March southwest. After the mobilization of troops, more than 50 students from Guangxi University resolutely joined the army and went south with the army on June 24th. 1949+065438. Most of these students later became the backbone of the propaganda, theory, culture and education departments of the army.
1 952 February/day, there were 1276 teachers and students from engineering colleges, science colleges and agricultural colleges who went to Yongfu, Xing 'an, Lingchuan and Lingui counties to participate in the land reform review respectively, and returned to school on March 10. On March 5th, 1952, more than 90 undergraduates from five departments, including Chinese Department, Foreign Languages Department, Chemistry Department, Civil Engineering Department and Agricultural Economics Department, led by Professor Lei Peihan and Professor Su, took the first train to Guilin and merged into the corresponding departments of Guangxi University.
Guangxi Xijiang College was founded in the summer of 1944, and enrolled students 1945. Because the funds came from 46 counties in southern Guangxi, it was named public Xijiang College, located in Jintou Village, a suburb of Nanning, with its president Lei Peihong. 1947165438+10, approved by the central Ministry of Education of the Kuomintang government, was changed to Xijiang College of Guangxi Province. 1951March, the people's government of Guangxi Province decided to merge the undergraduate part of Guangxi Xijiang College into Guangxi University according to the spirit of the national higher education conference held by the Central Ministry of Education, and reported it to the Central South Bureau of the Communist Party of China for approval.
1951June, 282 fresh graduates from the whole school (that is, the twentieth session) completed the graduation examination and participated in the first national unified distribution of graduates. In order to make all the teachers, students and staff always remember that only the establishment of the new China can open up a broad road for the development of Guangxi University. The celebration of the school was changed from 10 to 10, which was held at the same time as the National Day. On the occasion of this school celebration, a school sports meeting was held to celebrate.
In mid-March, President Yang asked him to write the name of Guangxi University. In April, he received the inscription of "Guangxi University" from president Mao Zedong.
1953, the Ministry of Higher Education of the Central People's Government decided to cancel Guangxi University, and all its departments were unified.
1October 23rd, 1952, 10, Agricultural College held a democratic meeting to announce the formal establishment of Guangxi Agricultural College. Dean sun. The Agricultural College of Guangxi University was established independently for Guangxi agriculture.
1953 10 6 17, there were 53 teachers in Chinese Department, Foreign Languages Department, History Department, Mathematics Department, Physics Department, Chemistry Department and Education Department, and 258 normal college students were merged into Guangxi Normal University.
1953, Guangxi University was closed during the national faculty adjustment, and its teachers, equipment and books were transferred to 19 universities in Central South and South China respectively, which made great sacrifices for the development of higher education in new China.
The earliest department of mechanical and electrical engineering (electric power) with the strongest faculty was merged into Huazhong Institute of Technology (now Huazhong University of Science and Technology), the departments of electrical engineering (part of which) and chemical engineering were merged into South China University of Technology (now South China University of Technology), the department of civil engineering with a long history was merged into Central South Institute of Architecture and Engineering (now Hunan University), the department of mining and metallurgy was merged into Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (now Central South University), and the agricultural college was merged into Central China Agricultural College (now Huazhong Agricultural University). However, under the cordial care of Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou, Guangxi University began to rebuild on 1958. Teachers and students are trying to reproduce the glory of Guangxi University.
1958, at the strong request of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the people's government of the autonomous region, and with the cordial care of President Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai, the State Council approved the restoration and reconstruction of Guangxi University, with General Wei Guoqing as the chairman of the people's government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and the school entered a new development period.