1902, Bai, a missionary, and Wan Yingyuan, another missionary, respectively represented their respective missionary groups, jointly prepared and purchased 165 mu of land on Yangshupu Road, and built the first school building, namely the famous Siyantang.
1906, Shanghai Baptist Theological Seminary opened for the first time at the northern end of Sichuan North Road, with Dr. R.T.Bryan, a missionary from the Southern Baptist Church as the principal.
1909, Shanghai Baptist College opened, and the president was Dr. J.T.Procter, a North American Baptist missionary. The school is located in Simon Road, Hudong, and a beautiful campus with trees and elegant scenery along the Huangpu River has been built.
19 1 1 year, the two parts merged to form "Shanghai Baptist College and Theoretical Theological Seminary" (Shanghai Baptist University), with Francis john wyatt as the president. Since then, school affairs have developed rapidly.
19 14, the Chinese school was named hujiang university, and its motto was "faithfulness, righteousness, diligence and love". The campus area has increased from 160 mu to more than 300 mu, with 30 school buildings, 19 stadiums,/kloc-0 swimming pools, libraries and gymnasiums. , making it a large-scale and well-equipped institution of higher learning. 19 17, registered in Virginia, USA. 192 1 year enrolls four female students, which is the first of its kind in China Christian University.
1927 theological seminary was separated; When Hujiang University was founded, religious courses were always listed as compulsory subjects. In the Republic of China 16, the national government stipulated that schools should not take religious courses as compulsory courses, which was convenient for schools to change religious courses into elective courses and re-designate theological seminaries to specialize in religious education. However, the religious atmosphere of the school is still very strong, and Christians account for one-third of the total number of teachers and students in the school.
The mission of Hujiang University is to establish a higher education institution under the protection of Christ, so as to train young men and women to embark on the road of life, especially to supply China Baptist leaders who serve the Christian movement in China. At the same time, we should also make greater contributions to education in China.
Among the Christian universities in China, Hujiang University is the earliest school to carry out sociological experiments and social work. 19 13 yangzepo social center was established in Meizhou road, yangshupu. it is an educational institution that mainly publicizes Christian teachings and concurrently runs social welfare. 19 1509, yangshupu road (the intersection of yangshupu road and Meizhou road), and purchase a former church property as the new site of hudong commune, "for the experiment of sociology department of Shanghai university; At the same time, it is also an internship place for education, religion, economy and other departments, and also a social service center to improve the culture and quality of life of local communities. After Liu Zhanen became the principal, Hudong Commune developed further. In addition to the establishment of kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, hospitals and clinics for children in the work area have been established to provide free medical services for workers and nearby farmers, which has been welcomed by the society.
In the late 1920s, a nationwide campaign of "restoring the right to education" was launched. Hujiang University reorganized its board of directors and added eight China people. 1928 65438+ 10. In October, the reorganized Hujiang University hired Dr. Liu Zhanen, who graduated from the philosophy department of Columbia University and was only 3 1 year old, as its president. This is the first Chinese president in the history of Hujiang University. After Liu Zhanen became president, he advocated that Hujiang University should be "more China-oriented".
On March 1929 and 18, Hujiang University filed with China Municipal Government, becoming the first missionary university in Shanghai, and its English name was changed to "University of Shanghai". The establishment of the school is: undergraduate department, middle school department, primary school department, Chengzhong District Business School, Hudong Commune and Rural Service Department. The undergraduate department initially set up education, religion, social science and natural science, followed by elective courses in business administration and medicine. Later, according to the regulations of the national government, four colleges of literature, science, business and teaching were established. Later, the College of Education was merged into the College of Liberal Arts, and the middle school department and the primary school department were renamed as affiliated middle schools (now Shanghai Northern Suburb High School) and affiliated primary schools respectively.
On September 22nd, 193 1, representatives from more than 30 universities in Shanghai gathered at Shanghai University to set up the Shanghai Federation of Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Societies, which led the Shanghai students' national salvation movement, and called for a petition in Nanjing and an indefinite strike. The student representatives of Hujiang University also actively participated in the petition activities in Nanjing, expressing their strong determination to resist Japan and save the country.
The business school aims to cultivate business talents. Because the campus of Hujiang University is far away from the city, President Liu Zhanen founded Hujiang Business School in Zhenguang Building, Yuanmingyuan Road, 1932, which is very close to the city center. Also known as Chengzhong District Business School, it is the most prestigious college in Hujiang University, and its president is Zhu Boquan. Classes begin in the evening, which is convenient for working young people to study in their spare time. This was a well-run and effective night university at that time, and the enrollment enthusiasm was high after the school started. Soon, the business school of Simon Road Headquarters was relocated and merged and renamed as "Central Business School of Hujiang University". Chengzhong District Business School is Liu Zhanen's attempt to further promote "popularization" under the "professionalism". Its purpose is not only to facilitate the internship of Hujiang business students, but also to provide various forms of vocational remedial education for the society, to help those poor and good students complete their college studies and improve their efficiency.
After Liu Zhan 'en became president, he presided over the construction of university library, teachers' dormitory, girls' gymnasium, boys' new canteen and auditorium, which increased the number of school buildings from the original three buildings, such as Siyantang, to 44 buildings, such as Huaide Hall and Silietang Hall, and the scale of running schools has been greatly developed. A large number of experimental equipment has been added, and the number of students has also increased greatly.
From 65438 to 0933, at the invitation of Liu Zhanen, Zhuang Jun of China Institute of Architects and others planned to set up the Department of Architecture of Hujiang University Business School as a two-year college, which mainly recruited on-the-job staff working in architectural firms and trained architects with working ability. This topic has been strongly supported by China Institute of Architects. Many members of the college presided over or participated in the teaching work. At the beginning of the school, Huang Jiahua was the first dean of the college, and organized members of the college, Kazakhstan and others to formulate specific teaching plans and curriculum arrangements. 1in the autumn of 935, Huang Jiahua left his post, and Ha Xiong Wen succeeded him as the head of the department. From 1939, Wu Ziang was the head of the department until 1946, when the architecture department was closed. The Department of Architecture was one of the earliest architectural education bases in Shanghai at that time.
President Liu Zhanen is not only a famous educator, but also a staunch patriot. 1937 after the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he was elected as the director of Shanghai People's Salvation Association from all walks of life, the head of anti-Japanese federations of various universities in Shanghai, the chairman of China Christian Refugee Relief Committee, and one of the founders of Pacific International Society and International Club. He did a lot of work to publicize the war of resistance, support the front, relieve refugees and appease exiled students. 1On the morning of April 7, 938, Liu Zhanen was assassinated by Japanese and puppet agents and died heroically. This news shocked the Chinese and foreign people and caused great indignation and sorrow of the people all over the country. More than 3,000 people from all walks of life, including officials of the National Government, representatives of China in Shanghai, representatives of various schools, and all the teachers and students of Hujiang University, held a grand funeral for this outstanding patriotic educator, and celebrities and groups at home and abroad also called to express their condolences.
On April 7th, 1938, Fan took over as the principal.
After the "August 13th" Battle of Songhu broke out, Hujiang University was forced to evacuate because it was located in a war zone and its campus was seriously damaged. Located in the concession, the downtown commercial school is used as a temporary school building for the whole school. Because the universities, affiliated middle schools and business schools in the downtown area are all crowded together, we have to have classes in three shifts, and it is stipulated that middle schools in the morning, universities in the afternoon and business schools in the evening. Later, with the increase of students, we rented the third floor of Guangshui Building and the fifth floor of Asian Literature Building on Yuanmingyuan Road. After the evacuation of Shanghai University, Yangshupu Campus immediately became the barracks and military airport facilities of the Japanese invaders. After many negotiations between the US Consul General in Shanghai and Japan, it was not until June 1938 1 1 that the school shipped a mere 80 truckloads of textbooks from the campus, including 20,000 books, 14 pianos and a small amount of experimental equipment.
/kloc-0 In the summer of 938, Hujiang University, St. John's University, Soochow University and Zhijiang University formed Shanghai Christian Union University (also known as East China United University) in the public concession. 194 1 After the outbreak of the Pacific War, Shanghai Christian Union University was dissolved.
On June 5438+0942 65438+1October 15, Hujiang University was forced to make a resolution to close the school indefinitely. On June 65438+1October 2 1, Hujiang University Alumni Association held a meeting of the Standing Committee in Ganglu Banking Association. Members Zhu Boquan, Yu Bingyong, Chen Chunbao, Chao Jimei and others attended. Bao Zheqing, Yu Shouchun and Qi, presidents of Hujiang University, Zheng, Zheng Shicha, Lin Zhuoran and Li Shan, presidents of Shanghai University. According to various opinions, in order to preserve the "fire" of Hujiang, the meeting suggested that "Alumni Association should come forward to organize a new school and continue to handle it, but the name of the alma mater must be avoided, and the school economy must be independent of the school management Committee." Finally, it was decided to set up "Hujiang Academy", and the board of directors of the nine-member academy was elected, and Zhu Boquan was elected as the chairman.
1On February 25th, 943, the Ministry of Education of the National Government officially approved the establishment of Soochow Hujiang United Law School, which was jointly run by some alumni of Chongqing Hujiang University and Soochow University in the rear area and Henry Xianyang. Lin is the dean of business school. The two schools jointly build and share a school building in the Methodist Church, No.214, Baoan Road, downtown Chongqing. The entrance examination will be held on March 8th, and classes will start on June 5438+05. 1September, 944, Li Xianyang. Lin was elected as the acting president of Hujiang University and began to prepare for the comprehensive recovery after the war.
1945 In the spring, Zhijiang University moved to Chongqing and merged into "Soochow Hujiang Zhijiang Joint College of Law, Business and Industry". In April, the Zhenguang Building, where Hujiang Academy was located, was requisitioned by the Japanese army, so the Academy had to move out and live in the former Jewish synagogue at No.50 Huqiu Road and the former YWCA dormitory at No.206 Yuanmingyuan Road until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
1On August 5, 945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender, and the board of directors of Shanghai Hujiang University immediately resumed its activities. It held a meeting on August 27 and decided: "From now on, the school will resume Hujiang University and continue to handle it." The Hujiang Academy, which lasted for four years, completed the historical mission of preserving the "fire" of Hujiang and came to an end. Chongqing Hujiang Business School also moved back to Shanghai at the beginning of 1946.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Hujiang Campus was desolate and used as a camp for repatriating Korean soldiers who invaded China. After half a year's simple recovery, it basically meets the conditions for returning to school. 1February, 946, Hujiang University moved back to the former site of Simon Road in Yangjiabao, together with Yang Xianyi. Lin officially became the last president.
1946 In April, the staff and more than 900 students of Hujiang University began to "go home". On April 22nd, the school held the opening ceremony. 165438+ 10 In October, Hujiang celebrated its 40th anniversary on campus. Chiang Kai-shek personally wrote the school motto "Faithfulness, Diligence and Love" to express his congratulations.
1May 27, 949, Shanghai was liberated. Soon after, President Henry Xianyang. Lin resigned and instructed Feng Jiasheng, the general manager, to hand over all school property according to the inventory; Hujiang established a school affairs committee composed of student representatives, with Yu Rixuan and Cai Shangsi as the directors.
1September 1949, the first semester started after the liberation of Hujiang, with students 1234. By 1950, the land area of the whole school is 34 1 mu (including new land along the river 12.3 mu). 1951February, Hujiang University was taken over by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government and presided over by Yu.
1in the autumn of 952, the departments of colleges and universities in China were adjusted, and the departments of Hujiang University were merged into Fudan University, East China Normal University, Shanghai Institute of Finance and Economics, East China University of Political Science and Law and Jiaotong University, and moved to Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing School and Shanghai Industrial Management School of the First Ministry of Machinery Industry. 1958 merged and upgraded to Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering, and 1960 upgraded to Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering (now Shanghai University of Technology).