10.2, Sheng Xuanhuai instructed Emperor Guangxu to set up a new school through Wang Wenshao, governor of Zhili. With the approval of the imperial court, Emperor Guangxu founded Tianjin Beiyang Western Learning School. Later renamed Beiyang University, it was the first government-run university in China's modern history and the predecessor of Tianjin University. This day also became the anniversary of the founding of the first university in China.
Bronze statue of Sheng Xuanhuai
After the founding of Beiyang University, Sheng Xuanhuai adhered to the life purpose of "studying everything", constantly enriched and improved the school-running policy of "taking middle school as the body and western learning as the use", and formed the ideological concept of "using western learning as the use". First of all, he adopted the mode of running schools by experts, declared that the emperor "should choose a prime minister who is well versed in western learning and sports", hired Tenney Charles Daniel, an American educator, to take charge of Tianjin University Hall, and hired a group of foreign teachers. Secondly, in view of the urgent need of talents who are familiar with the law in dealing with internal affairs and diplomacy and the urgent need of developing mining resources and machinery processing industry in Qing Dynasty, disciplines such as law, civil engineering, mining and metallurgy, and mechanical engineering were set up. And with the change of career, the major setting has been changed in time and new majors have been added. Sheng Xuanhuai thinks that "the first thing for normal schools and primary schools, especially for a school". So he began to train teachers and students. 1897, he established the first new normal college in the history of education in China, the first foreign school (primary school), and the second-class school of Beiyang University, which is equivalent to the middle school attached to the university, formed a relatively perfect three-level academic system, laying the foundation for the establishment of a new systematic chemistry system in China. Fourth, Sheng Xuanhuai pays attention to teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, which varies from person to person, and trains specialized talents. When students enter a first-class school, they will study the first year of basic courses. After the study, the General Affairs Office and the Chief Teacher will examine the qualifications of each student and decide the content of future study. Even if you are studying abroad, you should choose your own major for further study according to your own qualifications. Fifth, the school spirit of "rigorous scholarship and strict teaching requirements" was established.
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