On September 28, 1934, Cai Yuanpei, the former president of Peking University and famous educator, came to Qingdao Railway Middle School to give a wonderful speech, which caused a sensation in society.

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On September 28, 1934, Cai Yuanpei, the former principal of Peking University and famous educator, came to Qingdao Railway Middle School to and gave a wonderful speech, which caused a sensation in society.

Cai Yuanpei came to Qingdao participated in the National Shandong University celebration. During this period, he not only gave a speech at Qingdao Railway Middle School, but also met with the leaders of Jiaoji Railway Management Committee twice. The reason was that "the bureau was one of the funding units when the establishment of the National Qingdao University in 1928. It sponsored Qingdao University 12,000 yuan every year, and kept its promise."

This shows that the Jiaoji Railway Administration's attention to education is not only limited to itself, but also extends to society.

Former Beiyang government Transport Minister Ye Gongchuo said, "Qingdao education has no foundation and has been actively carried out in recent years." This is true. Although the incidents after receiving are complicated, the Jiaoji Railway Administration has still devoted a lot of effort to improve education.

Jia Railway education undertakings was developed on the basis of Japanese management. Before receiving it in 1923, the Japanese had six primary schools along the Jiaoji Railway, namely Gaomi , Fangzi , Qingzhou , Zhangdian, Zibo , and Boshan Primary School. During the aftermath of the Shandong case between the two countries, the Japanese insisted on "continue to rent three schools, Fangzi, Zhangdian and Boshan", and got what they wanted. Not only that, but in fact, I also borrowed Zichuan Primary School for free. Jiaoji Railway Administration actually only accepts two primary schools, Gaomi and Qingzhou. After receiving

, Jiaoji Railway quickly planned its education career and quickly achieved outstanding results. In May 1923, Gaomi Primary School was established. In February 1924, Sifang Primary School started construction. In August 1924, a two-level primary school in Qingdao was established. In 1928, Fangzi Primary School was completed. In 1930, Zichuan Primary School was founded. The most iconic Qingdao Railway Middle School was also founded on May 8, 1926. Although the school building was originally had to be borrowed, the new campus in Sifang was completed on schedule in the fall of 1931.

The place where Mr. Cai Yuanpei's speech was the new Sifang site of Railway Middle School.

1930, the Jiaoji Railway Management Committee reformed the education system and established a special education committee. "The former member of Peng Dong, Director Suffolk Jun, Secretary Yu Shengpei, Executive Member of the Special Party Committee of this road, Yu Xiangyu, and Yu Enbo, member of the Shandong Provincial Government, and appointed Peng Dong as the former chairman to carry out all educational affairs of this road, to innovate and improve."

At the same time, a number of measures to revitalize education were also proposed. First, "the original school principal will be re-examined once, and will be appointed by the association, and the principal will be tested first..." Second, the employee's treatment will be improved, "It will be determined according to the level of the position, the middle school principal will be re-examined from 120 yuan to 200 yuan, the full-time teacher will be from 60 yuan to 140 yuan, and the full-time staff will be from 25 yuan to 80 yuan. Primary school principals will be from 50 yuan to 90 yuan, and the teacher will be from 30 yuan to 50 yuan. In special circumstances and those who do not have school buildings will be given a house to show their benefits." Third, implement the education budget system.

The new educational concept is also becoming more and more mature. "Respect morality, be healthy, value knowledge and ability, strictly discipline, be diligent, advocate frugality, be careful of entertainment... In the family, be a child of filial piety and friendship, and in society, be a sound national, so as to achieve the effectiveness of education, and hope to alleviate national difficulties and revive the nation." The purpose of "relieving national difficulties and revive the nation" is particularly reflected in educational practice. In 1930, "all primary and secondary schools will add Boy Scouts", and the Shandong Provincial Party Committee sent "Seven or eight students of the Boy Scouts training class to various schools for training." In 1935, the Qingdao Naval Command sent five people to serve as military instructors at Qingdao Middle School. In 1936, "(Qingdao Railway Middle School) participated in the Qingdao Spring Games with outstanding results, won the championship and won the overall championship."

1936, the Jiaoji Railway Management Committee organized a visiting group to inspect and educate the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. "The middle school academic affairs director Liu Xipu, Zhao Mingyu, principal of Qingdao Primary School, and Guo Yehuai, principal of Gaomi Primary School, were appointed as members of the group. The public welfare department head Yu Shengpei, and the classmate Chen Yinghuan went to..." "There are more than 50 educational institutions and universities, middle schools and primary schools that visited and visited in Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi, Zhenjiang, Yangzhou and other places. "

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It can be seen that in addition to the surprise of thanking Jiaoji Railway Administration for "generous donation", Jiaoji Railway's outstanding performance in education should be an important factor in his consideration. In addition, a key figure also played an important role, that is, Cui Shijie, who was then a member of the Jiaoji Railway Management Committee and the principal of Qingdao Railway Middle School. It was his invitation that led to Cai Yuanpei's speech this time.

Cui Shijie has been serving as the principal of Jiaoji Railway Middle School since 1932 and has a unique understanding of the education cause. He advocated the education of subjects "... Everyone is dedicated to one subject according to his personality and ability. "He was dissatisfied with Chinese education at that time, and sighed that "the purpose of methods has left everyone with no way out." He wanted to "remember the system, trends and methods used in China, and think of an effective and possible method. ”

Cai Yuanpei’s arrival is undoubtedly an echo of Cui Shijie’s educational philosophy, and also makes the entire society admire the education cause of Jiaoji Railway.