A brief history of Wenzhong over the past 100 years
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Author: "A Hundred Years of Wen Zhong" Source: admin Time: December 5, 2003 Views: 8508 Font size selection [Large, Medium, Small]
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1. Development process
Wenzhou Middle School was founded when the Qing Dynasty implemented the "New Deal" Late Qing Dynasty. In the 28th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1902), Sun Yirang (1848-1908), a master of Chinese studies and educator, invited Wen Chudao Tong Zhaorong and Wenzhou prefect Wang Chen to change the Wenzhou Prefecture-affiliated Zhongshan Academy into Wenzhou Prefecture Academy. The Fu School was later renamed Wenzhou Fuzhong School, Zhejiang No. 10 Middle School, Zhejiang No. 10 Middle School, and Zhejiang Provincial No. 10 Middle School.
In the 32nd year of Guangxu (1906), the local authorities in Wenzhou decided to establish Wenzhou Normal School at the site of the old academic hall. Sun Yi, who was then the Prime Minister of the Academic Affairs Branch of the Wenzhou Institute of Technology, let Qin Cao organize the event. The school was built in 1908. The Normal School later changed its name to Wenzhou Normal School and Zhejiang Tenth Normal School.
In 1923 (the twelfth year of the Republic of China), the Ministry of Education’s new academic system (Renxu Academic System) required that provincial normal schools in various places be merged into local provincial middle schools. So the Tenth Normal School and the Tenth Middle School merged, and the school name was still Zhejiang Provincial Tenth Middle School. In 1933, the school was renamed Zhejiang Provincial Wenzhou Middle School.
During the Anti-Japanese War from 1939 to 1945, Wenzhou was occupied three times, and the school moved several times, running schools in Shuinan, Cuntou, Nantian and Taishun River Estuary in Qingtian. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Third Provisional Middle School in East Zhejiang Province was merged with Wenzhong in 1946.
In May 1949, Wenzhou was liberated, and the school entered a new period of development and began comprehensive transformation and construction.
In the early days of liberation, the school followed the policy of "serving workers and farmers, serving production and construction" to transform old educational ideas and education and teaching systems. Teachers carried out ideological transformation, and students implemented comprehensive intellectual, moral, physical and aesthetic education. Development education. In 1953, the school was identified as one of the 14 key middle schools in the province.
In 1954, the school basically completed the transformation to new democratic education and embarked on further transformation according to socialist principles to cultivate new socialist people with comprehensive moral, intellectual and physical development. In August, the school name was changed to Wenzhou No. 1 Middle School of Zhejiang Province. The school was changed from a complete middle school to a senior high school.
In 1958, under the guidance of the policy of "education serving proletarian politics and integrating education with productive labor", the school explored a new path to running a socialist school, and the school's work advanced in twists and turns during the exploration. In 1959, the province adjusted its key middle schools, and our school became one of the 16 key middle schools in the province.
In 1961, the school implemented the eight-character policy of "adjustment, consolidation, enrichment and improvement". In 1962, the "Provisional Work Regulations (Draft) for Full-time Secondary Schools" was implemented on a trial basis. In 1963, the Provincial Department of Education selected 17 middle schools with good foundations as the "first batch of key middle schools" to form a "small pagoda" with higher-level schools, and our school was among them.
The "Cultural Revolution" that began in 1966 brought catastrophic damage to the school.
After the "Gang of Four" was crushed in 1976, the school began to bring order out of chaos, and all work gradually returned to normal. In 1978, the school was re-identified as a provincial and municipal key middle school. In 1981, it was designated as one of the first batch of 18 key middle schools in the province. Relevant departments have taken a series of effective measures to improve the level of school running.
In 1985, the school was renamed "Wenzhou Middle School of Zhejiang Province" and was restructured from a complete middle school to a senior middle school. School operating conditions continue to improve, school buildings and equipment are systematically constructed, and the modernization of teaching methods is accelerated. In 1992, the school was rated as a provincial advanced school. In 1993, the school was rated as a provincial civilized unit (the title of civilized unit will still be retained in the future). In 1995, the school was approved as a provincial key middle school.
In the autumn of 2002, in order to further improve the level of school running, the school moved to the new Wucuo campus covering an area of ??338 acres and investing approximately 200 million yuan. In this new modern boarding school, all teachers and students will continue to deepen educational reform, comprehensively promote quality education, and work hard to cultivate socialist modernization builders and successors.
2. Fine traditions
The school is rich in the revolutionary tradition of democracy and patriotism. Before liberation, Wenzhong was an important base for spreading democratic ideas and revolutionary fire in southern Zhejiang. After the victory of the Wuchang Uprising in the Revolution of 1911, teachers and students were the first to respond and launch the independence movement. During the May 4th Movement, students actively organized progressive societies to promote new ideas and new culture. During the First Civil Revolutionary War and the Agrarian Revolution, our alumni and students made outstanding contributions. During the Anti-Japanese War, Wenzhong was the center of the student movement in southern Zhejiang. During the war of liberation, progressive teachers and students always stood at the forefront of opposing the civil war, fighting for democracy, and welcoming liberation.
After liberation, teachers and students, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, actively participated in revolution and construction, studied and worked diligently to revitalize the socialist motherland, and carried forward the glorious revolutionary tradition of the school.
The school’s teaching has always been rigorous and realistic. Before liberation, all the teachers, with a few exceptions, graduated from normal colleges or universities and had special academic expertise. Many nationally renowned scholars and experts had come to teach at the school. After liberation, the Provincial Department of Education identified or adjusted provincial key middle schools six times, and our school was among them. The school has always regarded the construction of teaching staff as the key to running a key middle school. The deployment and training work is very tight, and the overall level of teachers is high. After the 1980s, all teachers’ academic qualifications met the standards. The vast majority of teachers are dedicated, love students, teach and educate people, are rigorous in their scholarship, and have a solid style. Teaching not only pays attention to imparting knowledge, but also pays attention to the development and cultivation of good study style. In the past two decades, schools have added a large number of new teachers, and middle-aged and young teachers have become the main body of the teaching team. They inherited fine traditions, studied and researched modern educational ideas, mastered modern teaching methods, and thrived, showing a gratifying situation in which "each generation becomes stronger than the last."
Students have a fine tradition of diligence and studiousness. The vast majority of students follow the motto of "Being heroic and enlightening the country, being a saint and enlightenment" and strictly demand themselves. Before liberation, most students studied hard and strived to make progress. Even in the difficult environment of the Anti-Japanese War, the school could still sing. After liberation, students became more ambitious and studied harder, and their academic performance has always been among the best in the region. Extracurricular learning, academic discussions, second classroom, sports, arts and social activities are also well-known throughout the province. "Chinese Literature" published by students in the early years was listed as an academic journal article index by the Chinese Academy of Sciences; more recently, "Zhenyuan Spring Grass" has been rated as an outstanding social magazine for middle school students in the country many times. Since the school has been committed to establishing students' dominant position in teaching, students' consciousness and initiative in learning have been further improved, their creativity and flexibility have been further enhanced, and their excellent academic style has been further developed.
The school management is rich in the fine tradition of reform and innovation. At the beginning of the school's founding, Sun Yirang boldly innovated the curriculum and pioneered the reform; soon after the school was established, Liu Shaokuan vigorously organized academic affairs and formulated comprehensive management regulations, laying the foundation for rigorous school management; during the May Fourth Movement, Huang Shisu and Jiang Qi and others took the lead in promoting new culture and new ideas, cultivating a democratic and patriotic atmosphere on campus; Hong Yanyuan, Zhu Zhangbao and others promoted academic research and focused on cultivating students' abilities, promoting the formation of a studious and thoughtful style of study; Jin Rongxuan has been the principal of the school for the longest time. He recruits talents widely, manages the school rigorously, respects teachers and teaches, cares for students, leads by example, makes selfless contributions, is highly respected and respected, and is a role model for a principal. After liberation, successive leaders continued to update educational concepts and insisted on education, teaching reform and school management reform. In the 17 years before the "Cultural Revolution", the focus was on transforming old schools, establishing new principles for running schools, exploring new ways of running schools, and carrying out reforms in teaching materials and methods. Since the 1980s, the school has increased its efforts in reform and innovation, gradually establishing a curriculum system with the goal of comprehensively improving students' quality; optimizing the educational environment that promotes students' personality development; improving the evaluation system to ensure the quality of education, and improving the implementation of efficient management. Principal responsibility system, job responsibility system, teaching staff appointment system and structural salary system.
During the education reform, the school strives to create a relaxed teaching environment, build a colorful and high-spirited campus culture, and attempts research-based learning and inquiry-based teaching. New teaching characteristics are gradually taking shape.
After long-term efforts and the struggle of several generations, the school has long become one of the famous schools in Zhejiang. After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, leaders at all levels and relevant departments have strengthened their support for key schools, increased investment in human, financial and material resources, and the conditions for running schools have been further improved. Now, the school has a relatively strong teaching staff, more advanced teaching facilities and equipment, a better school spirit, teaching style, and study style, a more scientific management regulations, and a more reasonable organizational structure, which has created excellent conditions for the development of students. It provides a strong guarantee for achieving the school's educational goals.
3. Conditions for running schools
In recent years, the municipal government’s investment in education has increased significantly. The construction of Wenzhong’s new school building has been listed as a key municipal project, and the school modernization has been listed as a city-wide The first of the ten major basic education projects. In addition to relying mainly on state investment, the school has also opened up channels for the masses to invest in education. Since 1984, the school has begun to enroll some self-financing students, and the proceeds are mainly used to improve school conditions. Many alumni and other social figures also enthusiastically donate to fund education.
Now, the new campus covers an area of ??338 acres (of which water accounts for about 30% and greening accounts for 40% of the ground). The building area of ??the school is 76,700 m2, including a 13,738 m2 teaching building, a 5,699 m2 science museum (with an astronomical and meteorological observatory), a 4,319 m2 laboratory building, a 5,936 m2 library (including a student electronic reading room), and a 7,884 m2 gymnasium. , a 2901m2 art building (including the school history museum), a 400m2 plastic 8-track track and field stadium and a 1158m2 grandstand, a 19078m2 student dormitory, a 3940m2 teacher lounge building, a 7732m2 canteen, and a 4319m2 administrative office building.
The school’s audio-visual education, experiments, labor technology equipment, sports equipment, sanitary equipment, and medicines are all equipped according to the Class I standards of provincial key middle schools. The library has a collection of 99,713 books, 225 magazines and 55 newspapers this year.
The school’s modern educational technology equipment includes education information center, campus network system, CATV system, campus public broadcasting system and multimedia teaching system, etc.
IV. Educational Achievements
In the past 100 years of running the school, according to the current roster statistics, there are 40,193 people who have graduated or dropped out of the school. Among them: 1,316 in old middle schools, 655 in normal schools, 4,079 in junior high schools, and 2,070 in high schools before liberation; 13,324 in junior high schools and 18,749 in high schools after liberation (see Appendix 3). There are about 2,000 teachers and staff who have worked in the school.
Alumni are distributed all over the country and in many countries and regions around the world. Most alumni are the backbone of our country’s revolution and construction.
Before liberation, many alumni devoted themselves to the revolution to save the country. According to available statistics, at least 260 alumni participated in the revolutionary ranks led by the Communist Party of China, among whom they joined the Communist Party while still in school. More than 70 people (see Appendix 4). During the revolution and construction, more than 40 people became revolutionary martyrs (see Appendix 5). The number of students joining the revolutionary ranks, joining the party in school and becoming revolutionary martyrs ranks first among all schools in southern Zhejiang.
There are many talents in culture and science among the alumni. There are a number of outstanding figures in the fields of science and technology, education, literature and art, medical science, journalism, law, history... there are a number of outstanding figures on all fronts such as workers, farmers, businessmen, students and soldiers. . Among them, 9 people have been elected as academicians (faculty members) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and about 500 people have been awarded senior professional titles such as professors and researchers. There are no less than 30 mathematicians who have served as deans of mathematics departments or directors of mathematics institutes in well-known universities at home and abroad. Therefore, Wen Zhong is known as the "cradle of mathematicians".
Young alumni are full of talents, and their achievements are even more gratifying. Many people have become elites and rookies on various fronts, and many have made remarkable achievements at the forefront of emerging disciplines. According to statistics from the alumni registration cards that have been received, among the alumni who graduated after the 1980s, there are hundreds of them with senior professional titles.
The majority of alumni are deeply attached to their alma mater. Many alumni often visit their alma mater and give special lectures to teachers and students. Many alumni have contributed funds to improve the educational conditions of their alma mater. Some alumni have established various scholarships for teachers and students at the school to help their alma mater cultivate more and better talents (see attached six). So far during the preparations for the centennial anniversary, more than 2,000 alumni have donated nearly 2 million yuan in sponsorships to support the celebrations (the list of alumni sponsors will be published separately).