"The fund of Comte School was established by the China-France Education Association with a refund from boxer indemnity". Ms. Xu, 90, is still telling the history of Comte School. Her husband is Qian, the principal since the founding of New China, and she has been a teacher in Comte all her life.
According to Xu, 88 years ago, Cai Yuanpei, the president of Peking University, and Li Shi, a professor, were actively engaged in educational exchanges between China and China, hoping to learn from their experience to reform primary and secondary education in. 1917 65438+On February 25th, Cai Li and Peking University professors Li Dazhao, Shen, Ma Youyou and Ma Shuping founded a new school-Conde School at the site of the China-France Education Association in Fangjin Lane, Dongcheng. The academic system is 4 years in junior high school, 2 years in senior high school and 4 years in middle school, *** 10 years. 1924, with two years of college preparation, *** 12 years.
Taking Comte as the school name is to introduce French positivism into China, so it is not related to Confucianism as people think. "Students learn French from the fifth grade of primary school and can go to France for further study after graduation."
"Most of the children in Peking University are studying in this school. Cai Yuanpei's daughter, Hu Shi's child, Qian's son, Li Dazhao's son, Shen's son and Zhou Zuoren's son are all studying in Comte, and well-known professors from Peking University are also attending classes here. " Xu said, "At that time, the salary was higher than that of ordinary schools. My first month salary is 70 yuan. "
When Comte was founded, his teachers included Shen, Ma Youyu, Zhou Zuoren, Qian and Shen Jianshi from Peking University. With more than 20 acres of school buildings and a library with 6.04 million books, Lu Xun came here to borrow books. After more than 80 years, Comte's educational philosophy, teaching staff and hardware level are beyond many schools, and now it has become an old thing that many people don't know.