I studied in science preparatory school for more than half a year. In the second year, that is, 19 19, the May 4th Movement began. Although I am a "college student" with a low class, I was suddenly involved in this exciting and great movement. I have written a lot about this paragraph, so I won't say much here. What I want to say is that because I took part in sports, I missed a lot of science experiment classes, so I started writing again. Fortunately, the science teacher can understand me. After two years of perfunctory science, I switched to liberal arts and got promoted to 1 class!
After changing to liberal arts, homework will be much easier! It was this year that 1920, Concord Women's University merged with Luhe University in Tongzhou and Concord University in Beijing to form yenching university. The headmaster is Si Tuleideng. Our United Women's University was renamed "Yanda Girls' School". Some classes are taught in boys' schools, such as philosophy and pedagogy, while others are taught in girls' schools, such as sociology and psychology.
When we were in a boys' school, we all went to the armor factory where the boys' school was located. At that time, coeducation was still a very new thing, so we were all very cautious. Before going to a boys' school, we all pay attention to picking off the rose buds on our heads. It is also easy to chat with male students before and after class. They seem very shy, too.
We usually sit quietly in the first row in class, but when the male students sitting behind us put their feet on the crossbar under our chair and shook them, we pulled the chair forward with great strength, and their feet suddenly landed with a bang.
Naturally, we didn't look back, but we all held back our laughter. I don't know if they stick out their tongues when they laugh. And some of us who have positions in the student union of the whole school can't help but have frequent contact with boys, such as the editorial department of the school magazine and the class meeting.
We often have meetings. At that time, girls' schools had a "guardian" system. Whether it is day or night, there are several people or dozens of people. At the back of our meeting place, there has always been a teacher, mostly a female teacher, reading a book quietly. All this, even teachers and students feel bored and ridiculous!
I'm not afraid of boys! I have been used to being with my cousins since I was a child. I win the "final victory" every time I quarrel and fight. When I get home, there are often more than a dozen boys from my brothers and classmates around me. It's just that my female classmates are very humble, and I dare not "take the lead". However, when I got acquainted, my male classmates called me "awesome" to my face. It was Xu Dishan, Qu Shiying and Xiong Foxi who said these words. They later became good friends with me. At this time, I am attending the "Student Autonomy Meeting" of Yanda Girls' School. I have many tasks! There are many committees in the autonomous government, and there is even a food Committee! Because I didn't live on campus, naturally I wouldn't be allowed to attend, but I was assigned to other committees! At that time, we were most keen on doing social welfare work, and every time we carried out a welfare work, we had to rely on the "autonomous society" to raise money. The most convenient and relaxing thing is to act and sell tickets!
I remember we performed many Shakespeare's plays, such as The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night. At that time, we were reading Shakespeare in English class, and American female teachers enthusiastically helped us rehearse, design costumes, props and so on. We also played very hard. I remember that once Mr. Lu Xun and B·R·Epomehk, a blind Russian poet, came to see our play and forgot which one was out. Mr. Lu Xun wrote an article saying that we were playing better at Peking University. Therefore, he and his classmates from Peking University also caused an argument. Peking University students say that Mr. B·R·Epomehk is blind, how can he "see" the quality of the play?
I only talked to Mr. Lu Xun once, but it was still very short, because I was responsible for inviting celebrities to give speeches. I remember inviting Mr. Lu Xun, Mr. Hu Shi and Mr. Wu Yifang ... After I presided over the lecture and introduced the speaker to the audience, I sat under the podium and listened. I have only had one contact with Mr. Lu Xun, and I don't know from which classmate Mr. Lu Xun bought the theater tickets. The financing for this performance seems to be that we are going to hold a "phonetic symbol" class for illiterate women in the street near the school. The autonomous government will send me to be the principal. I have never studied phonetic symbols myself, but being appointed as the principal means that I have to find a "school building": in fact, I rent an empty house on the street to recruit students and hire a teacher, that is, a classmate who can teach phonetic symbols. All this, it's going well.
On the first day of school, I went to "lecture" and saw middle-aged women sitting in front of the podium. There is only a very smart and beautiful girl sitting in the right front row. After the lecture, I went to chat with her. She said, "My name is Tong Zhiyun, 18 years old. I can read, but I also want to learn phonetic symbols. "
I think she may be descended from Tong Wang. She asked me, "Principal, how old are you?"
I smiled and said, "I am a few years older than you anyway!" " "
At this time, Yanda Girls' School has formed a "sister school" with Wellesley College in the United States. There are several teachers in our girls' school, all of whom are health school graduates. I forget what year it was. It was always in the early 1920s. The headmistress of Wei School visited our school and stayed for a few days. She was warmly welcomed.
One day, she suddenly asked to see the wedding ceremony in ancient Beijing, and the director of the girls' school asked the students to perform once to open her eyes.
Naturally, this matter falls on the members of our autonomous Committee. Apart from the sedan chair, other clothes, such as robes, boots and jackets, are easy to borrow, but no one wants to be a bride in the distribution of actors. I'm in charge of this task again, so I'm anxious. I said, "It's not true, it's just an act. You are all improper, and I will not wait for' the life of my parents and the words of the matchmaker', so I will be! "
So I played the bride. Ling Shuhua's sister Ling Shuhao became the groom. The new wives are Chen and Xie. Playing parents-in-law is Zhang Dajie and Li Dajie, both senior students, and I still remember their faces. When they played the pantomime "The Jade Bird" by the Belgian writer maeterlinck, they were still my grandfather and grandmother, but I have forgotten their names for a long time! That night in the girls' school dormitory, it was very lively, with firecrackers and drums ringing. We kowtowed a lot! When we sat on the bed, Shuhao and I couldn't help laughing in the curtain, so anxious that Ke Jun and Lanhuizhi covered our mouths! In a word, my college life is busy enough, but it has not delayed my study and writing.
My teachers are very kind to me, especially my English teacher Grace Boynton. In the spring of my graduation, she told me that Wellesley Women's University had decided to give me a two-year scholarship, that is, 800 dollars a year for study, accommodation and meals, so that I could study for a master's degree. Sure, I'd like to. But I want to go for a year or two. I wonder if anything will happen to my sick mother in these two years.
I didn't tell anyone in my family about my worries. I just quietly asked our most familiar doctor, Dr. Sun. He is a close friend of my little uncle Mr. Yang, and my little uncle introduced him to my mother. Later, because Magodayu would pass by my house every time he made a house call elsewhere, he would come in and visit, and we became very familiar. He called my father "third brother" and my mother "third sister-in-law". Sometimes only our children are at home, and he sits down and plays jokes on us.
I asked him if my mother was in poor health and I could leave home for two years.
He smiled and said, "Of course, your mother's health is not too bad. I am responsible for everything. "
At the same time, Ms. Bao wrote to my father and asked him if he would let me go.
My father replied to her politely, saying that he would let me go to the United States as long as she thought I lived up to the training of my alma mater. At that time, I was embarrassed to reveal all this to my classmates, and I was still busy with social welfare work after class.
1923 in the spring, I should be busy with my graduation thesis. The China literature teacher of the liberal arts department is Mr. Zhou Zuoren. He tells us about modern literature and sometimes my poems and essays. I just bowed my head and listened, and he never talked to me after class. At this time, because I had to write my graduation thesis, I thought I was unfamiliar with Yuan Zaju, so I took the opportunity of writing my thesis and read some operas and reference books. I took the title of the paper "Yuan Zaju" and the outline of the article to Mr. Zhou for review. He returned it to me word for word, saying, "Just write it." So after the students almost handed in their papers, I handed in my graduation thesis in a hurry. At this time, my vomiting blood broke out again. My mother has the same disease. Whenever she is tired or in a bad mood, she vomits blood. Needless to say, my illness this time is a manifestation of my nostalgia for leaving home. Teachers and parents are very anxious.
Take me to Union Medical College Hospital for examination. Results From the perspective and other aspects, no symptoms of lung disease were found. The doctor concluded that the lung qi branch was enlarged, which was nothing serious. At that time, Dr. Lin, a classmate who was admitted to Union Medical College and was still a student, said to me half jokingly, "This is a genius disease! Don't be paranoid, just calm down. "
So I finished my studies while preparing my luggage. On the platform of graduation ceremony, I unexpectedly won a bachelor's degree and a golden key to an honorary prize. On August 3rd this year, I left Beijing for Shanghai to go to America.
Before leaving, my brothers and their children repeatedly asked me to write to them often, and I agreed. This is my "inspiration" for writing the book for young readers!
/kloc-in August of 0/7, the American mail ship "President Jackson" took me away from the "lovely motherland of begonia leaves"!