2. Source: Inaugural Address by President Ren Qinghua of Mei Yiqi.
3. Background:
193 1 year, under the condition that the headmaster of Tsinghua changed hands constantly and the situation was unstable, Mei Yiqi was transferred back to China to serve as the headmaster, which stabilized the situation of the school and started the golden age of Tsinghua. This sentence was said in the inaugural speech.
When Miss Mei returned to China to be the principal, it was the time when the US dollar appreciated and the school funds were more than enough. To this end, in addition to buying a large number of books and instruments, there is also a wind of building on campus. So he said this at the inauguration ceremony to emphasize that the quality of a university depends on the number of masters, not how tall the building is.
For Tsinghua at that time, there were special circumstances. Tsinghua's campus was planned when it was built. Because boxer indemnity had sufficient financial resources and good talent mobility at that time, it was able to introduce famous scholars at that time. Therefore, for universities, masters are the most important, but architecture cannot be without masters. If they don't, it's hard to attract experts.
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Enlightenment of Mei Yiqi s Speech on Modern School Running;
Now we understand that "architecture" should refer to modern teaching and research facilities, not material conditions, but hardware. Mei Yiqi also said that "if we want to do advanced research, we must have two necessary conditions, one is equipment, and the other is a professor".
Perhaps an accurate understanding of President Mei Yiqi's sentence should be: Masters are very important, but modern universities cannot be separated from architecture, and the two cannot be opposed. There are only two purposes for running a university, one is to study academics, and the other is to cultivate talents. Academic attainments cannot be measured by quantity.
Now looking at the so-called masters, learning is becoming more and more lively, masters are becoming more and more gorgeous, and titles are becoming more and more lengthy. From an honest intellectual to a social expert, he wandered among various groups, tried his best to write academic papers, and tried his best to evaluate and engage in professional titles, which really became a classic. Few articles have been circulated for generations. It has long been far from the quiet, peaceful and unfocused academic concept of the masters of the Republic of China.
This passage reminds teachers to pay attention to their academic accomplishment and teach and educate people with peace of mind.