Sun Yat-sen University is the only institution of higher learning founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a great man of the century, and named after him. In order to cultivate talents for revolution and scientific and cultural construction, Sun Yat-sen personally founded Sun Yat-sen University (formerly known as National Guangdong University) on 1924. On February 4 of that year, Mr. Sun issued two orders from the Grand Commander. First: "Try to merge National Normal University, Guangdong Law University and Guangdong Agricultural College into National Guangdong University". Secondly, Zou Lu was appointed as the preparatory director of the National Guangdong University.
Zou Lu, the preparatory director of the National Guangdong University, is a member of the League and party member, the revolutionary party of China. 1923, director of finance of Guangdong province and president of Guangdong normal university. From 1924, he was elected as an executive member of the Central Committee at the First National Congress of the Kuomintang, and later served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee and Minister of Youth. There are 35 school preparatory committee members including Hu, Wang Jingwei, Liao, Wu Chaoshu, Ma, Li Dazhao, Hu Shi, Chen, Xiong Xiling, Wang Xinggong, Deng Zhiyi, He Chunfan, Liang Long and Cheng Tiangu.
The National Guangdong University was established on the basis of the National Guangdong Normal University established in 1905, Guangdong Law School and the provincial Guangdong Agricultural College established in 1909. 1924 On March 3rd, the Preparatory Committee of the National Guangdong University held its first preparatory meeting and adopted the Organizational Outline of the National Guangdong University. According to the spirit of the syllabus, Normal University was reorganized into the College of Arts and Sciences of National Guangdong University, the Law School was reorganized into the Law Department, and the Agricultural College was reorganized into the Agricultural College. In addition, engineering and preparatory courses were opened, and then the normal department was established.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen attaches great importance to education, personnel training and arming young students with revolutionary theory. 1924 65438+1From October 27th to the end of August, Dr. Sun Yat-sen went to the auditorium of the National Guangdong University several times 10 to systematically tell teachers and students about the Three People's Principles. His speech is simple and easy to understand, combining daily phenomena and historical stories, involving the theories of various schools at home and abroad. The content is extremely rich and interesting, and it is well received by teachers and students.
On May 9th, 1924, the preparatory work for the National Guangdong University was completed. On June 9th, Dr. Sun Yat-sen issued the order of the Grand Marshal: "Appoint Zou Lu as the President of the National Guangdong University".
In the summer of the same year, the National Guangdong University enrolled 372 preparatory students for the first time and started school in September.
1924165438+1On October 3rd, Dr. Sun Yat-sen gave a speech at Huangpu Military Academy. He didn't forget the teachers and students of the National Guangdong University. He specially rented a boat to take the teachers and students of the National Guangdong University to Huangpu and listen to the lectures with the teachers and students of the military academy. Dr. Sun Yat-sen placed high hopes on young students and said earnestly to the teachers and students of the two schools: "Our students from Huangpu came to this revolutionary school from thousands of miles in all provinces, and they all had great hopes and great ambitions for the revolution. The majority of liberal arts students (referring to the students of Guangdong University) came to Huangpu not far away for dozens of miles today to listen to revolutionary speeches and learn revolutionary methods. Of course, they are full of hope for the future of the revolution. "
165438+1October 1 1, the National Guangdong University held its founding ceremony. Dr. Sun Yat-sen wrote an inscription for the founding of the National Guangdong University: "erudite, interrogative, thoughtful, discerning and good at doing". He had planned to attend the celebration in person, but he was unable to make it because he was preparing to go north. He specially entrusted the representative of Guangdong Governor Hu to make a speech. The ceremony was presided over by President Zou Lu. Hu, Liao, Wang Jingwei and other KMT officials attended and spoke.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen is very concerned about the National Guangdong University. No matter in the preparation process or after the establishment of this institution of higher learning, he always asks, checks and urges the work of the school to help it solve practical problems. In the limited literature, the author found that there were 45 orders, instructions, inscriptions and speeches about the National Guangdong University from1February 4, 924 to1March 30, 925.
1924165438+1October 13. Dr. Sun Yat-sen left Guangzhou for the north at the invitation of Feng Yuxiang and others. 1925 March 12 At 9: 30 am, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a great democratic revolutionary and founder of Sun Yat-sen University, died at the age of 59 in Hall 1 1 in Tieshi Hutong, Beijing. During the mourning for Sun Yat-sen, on March 24th, 1925, the Republic of China Daily published a letter from the Central Party Department of the Kuomintang, party member Huang Qixin, proposing to change the majority to Sun Yat-sen University. Liao, a close comrade-in-arms of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, proposed at the 7th1meeting of the first Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang to rename the National Guangdong University as the National Sun Yat-sen University. On August 5 of the same year, the 38th meeting of National Guangdong University passed a resolution: National Guangdong University was renamed as National Sun Yat-sen University, and it was reported to the National Government for approval. The resolution to change the National Guangdong University into the National Sun Yat-sen University was also adopted at the first meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang (KMT). 1March, 926 13, the seventieth general meeting of the National Guangdong University decided to organize and prepare the Sun Yat-sen University Committee, and put forward a list of members to be appointed, which was submitted to the National Government for approval. /kloc-In June of 0/9, the National Government approved the establishment of the Preparatory Committee for National Sun Yat-sen University, which was composed of 40 people including Chu Minyi, Gan Naiguang, Shen, Chen, Chen Gongbo, Chiang Kai-shek, Jin Zengcheng, Guo Moruo, Deng Zhiyi, Li and Xiong Rui. Lin, Cai Yuanpei, Huan, Wu Zhihui, Gu, Li Shizeng, Jiang Menglin, Zhang Boling and Yu Youren also attended the meeting. 1926 On August 17, the National Government issued an order, officially announcing that the National Guangdong University was renamed as the National Sun Yat-sen University. The principal is Dai.
1 927 On March1day, the National Sun Yat-sen University held a grand opening ceremony. The guests included hundreds of representatives from the political department of the Kuomintang, the National Government, the Education Administration Committee and the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education. More than 2,000 teachers, students and employees attended the opening ceremony. Many people made speeches at the opening ceremony. The topic of Mr. Lu Xun's speech is reading and revolution. From the perspective of learning purpose, Mr. Lu Xun emphatically expounded that "reading does not forget the revolution, and the revolution does not forget reading" advocated by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and these two sentences later became the glorious tradition of Sun Yat-sen University.
The birth and development of Sun Yat-sen University is closely related to the reputation of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and the changes of modern China history. Looking back on the 75-year development of Sun Yat-sen University, we can see that despite many twists and turns and hardships, Dr. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary spirit has not been forgotten by adults and passed down from generation to generation! Inheriting and carrying forward Dr. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary spirit is a glorious tradition of middle-aged people, a precious spiritual wealth of middle-aged people, and a foundation for their constant self-improvement.