The attached school song has not yet been finalized: "The armory is wide open and the balcony is surrounded by trees. It is my earliest institution of higher learning in China and the embryo of a culture. The rivers in the north are moist, and Xigu peaches and plums are cultivated everywhere. Refining Europe and America, casting general materials. Integrate civil engineering, electromechanical metallurgy and mining to cultivate architectural talents. Looking at the outstanding diplomatic justice, industrial and commercial roads and mines, and reputation, they are all seeking truth from facts. Advise colleagues to continue to work hard together to make my Beiyang Guanghua immortal. "
From the perspective of literary appreciation, this song "The School Song is Unfinished" can be described as a magnificent sentence, and it is already a rare masterpiece as a university school song. However, Li Shutian, then president of Beiyang University, was not satisfied. In Li Shutian's view, there was no "lush atmosphere" in Tianjin and North China at that time. I'm afraid it's already "dark clouds over the city"! Look:1On August 7, 934, Japanese businessmen sold drugs in Tangshan, Hebei Province, and more than 800 people died of smoking in two days; On August 1 1, Japan conducted large-scale military exercises in Peiping and Tianjin; On August 25th, Japanese troops stationed in Tianjin actually practiced street fighting in the city. The cloud of war hangs over us, the fate of our country is in jeopardy, and an unprecedented disaster is coming.
At this time, Beiyang University is tirelessly practicing its promise of "learning to be a strong country": Beiyang University took the lead in realizing the localization of engineering talent training, breaking the dependence of China University on foreign teachers in engineering technology; The establishment of research institutes and the recruitment of the first batch of graduate students from China led the transformation of China University into a research university. Overcoming difficulties and obstacles, China's first aircraft engine was successfully trial-produced, and all technical indicators were equal to or even exceeded those of the original German engine, reaching the world-class level; Convene a large number of engineering giants, set up the first hydraulic laboratory in China, and spread the feelings of saving the country and the people to Huanghuai rivers and seas, build water conservancy and benefit the whole people. ...
Li Shutian clearly realized that the school song of such a university should not only be the grand rhetoric of "a university with a long history" and "a cultural embryo", but should sing the crisis of the current situation, the rise and fall of the country and the responsibility of Beiyang teachers and students in times of crisis! Just as he made a generous statement at the opening ceremony of Beiyang University on 1933: "The national crisis, elm trees are in a hurry ... the majestic school building, gorgeous equipment, numerous departments and students have never completed the mission of the university. Universities should provide people with new inventions and creations, and also provide first-class talents who can invent and create and lead the group! " With this spiritual belief, Li Shutian found two giants of China music at that time-Xiao Youmei and Liao Fushu, and asked the two masters to devote themselves to writing school songs with the spirit of Beiyang University.
1In August, 935, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Beiyang University, the School Song of Beiyang University, written by Xiao composer and Liao Fushu, was formally established. The school song is vigorous in melody, concise in meaning and profound in connotation, which not only embodies the school-running spirit and fine tradition of Beiyang University, but also emphasizes the characteristics that the school is good at engineering and pays attention to practice. Since then, this school song has inspired thousands of teachers and students, helped overcome difficulties, studied rigorously and made patriotic contributions. Every word seems to contain infinite power: "The flower embankment is beautiful, the north is surging, and the university is high in Beiyang. It has a long history and was built for compatriots. It is better to transform China on the spot than to talk on paper. Poor learning, revitalizing science and technology; Try again, skinny. Looking forward to the outstanding achievements of our predecessors, we should try our best to pursue them. Thinking of the hard work of the past, I hope to be United and praised by the school. "