Chapter 298 School Starts

The first task was to assist Ma Xiangbo in the preparations for Aurora University, to ensure that this private institution opened smoothly, and to cultivate more useful talents as soon as possible, so as to contribute to the re-emergence of China.

The second is the Nobel Prize in Physics. The award committee will announce the first list of winners in October this year. In the original history, the German physicist Roentgen, who discovered X-rays, enjoyed this honor alone. Now Zhang Xingjiu also has the opportunity to compete for it, and he will definitely try his best.

By April, Zhang Xingjiu had compiled three textbooks. All three were comprehensive physics textbooks, covering a wide range of basic physics knowledge. The first volume was equivalent to the junior high school level in later generations, the second volume was equivalent to the high school level, and the third volume was slightly more advanced, equivalent to the level of "University Physics".

Some textbooks will be compiled later, but they will not be comprehensive textbooks at that time. Instead, they will be divided into categories such as mechanics, electromagnetism, optics, general physics experiments, etc. At the same time, some mathematics textbooks will also be written, such as "Advanced Mathematics", "Linear Algebra", "Statistics", etc.

Mathematics is a tool that all modern sciences must master. Without a certain mathematical foundation, physics cannot be studied well. Einstein has been criticized for his poor mathematical foundation, but it also depends on who said that. That was Hilbert, the mathematical leader in the early 20th century, and Minkowski, the genius mathematician. How can ordinary scholars compare with them?

Because he had a lot of things to do, Zhang Xingjiu moved to Shanghai with his wife and children after the New Year. He also bought a house near Xujiahui. Just like when they were in Paris, they lived in one room and planned to rent out the other house to like-minded people. At the same time, he could also communicate with many natural science enthusiasts in Shanghai and promote everyone's common growth.

Sometimes he would go with Ma Xiangbo to visit prominent figures in society, hoping that they could also contribute to running the school.

By April, hundreds of students had come to the organizing office to register, and fundraising and project construction had made good progress. Ma Xiangbo felt that the goal of starting school in September seemed within reach.

So they published the examination schedule of Aurora College in the newspapers, and then wrote letters to these students, asking them to take the examination in May. If their results were outstanding, they could enter Aurora College to take university courses.

If you do not meet the university admission standards but have shown some potential, you can enter the preparatory class of Aurora College. Once you pass the preparatory class exam in the future, you can also enter Aurora College.

There is just one thing. The age requirement for the preparatory class is lower than that of Aurora College. If you are a little older, you can only go back to study on your own and then take the exam next year. After all, age has a relatively large impact on learning, and the older you are, the more limited your training prospects will be.

When students from Shanghai and surrounding areas such as Zhejiang and Jiangsu heard the news, they immediately rushed to Shanghai to inquire, and then simply stayed in Shanghai. They bought the textbooks of Aurora College and studied them carefully in the hope of getting good results in the exams and ultimately getting admitted.

Students who lived farther away also hurriedly packed their bags and headed for Shanghai. Ma Xiangbo gave them more than a month to travel, so most of the students who registered were still able to catch up.

If the journey is too far or you are delayed on the road for other reasons and miss the exam, don't worry. Aurora College will hold several more supplementary exams, and they and the students who failed the exam before can sign up.

On the day of the exam, two or three hundred candidates gathered at the gate of Gezhi Academy, waiting for the exam to begin. As Aurora College had not yet been built, Ma Xiangbo borrowed a classroom from Gezhi Academy for the exam.

The exam is divided into several days. The first and second days test liberal arts, and the questions are mainly about basic liberal arts knowledge. When you enter university in the future, you will take general courses in the first year to lay a solid foundation. Then in the sophomore year, you will be divided into classes and choose subjects. According to your grades and personal wishes, you will be arranged to study in law, philosophy, literature, education and other majors. When you accumulate enough credits and pass the graduation thesis defense, you can get a degree.

The third and fourth days had science exams, and the questions were changed to basic science knowledge. After entering university, like the students in the College of Arts, I first learned foreign languages ​​and basic professional knowledge, and then chose my major in my sophomore year.

Due to a tradition that has lasted for thousands of years, the number of students preparing to apply for the College of Arts is obviously more than that of the College of Science. On the first day, there were two or three hundred students taking the exam, but on the third day the number dropped to more than one hundred. Moreover, many of them had taken the College of Arts entrance examination before, and they were afraid that the competition would be too fierce and they would not be able to get admission, so they simply took one more exam.

Since I'm already here, it won't take much effort to take the exam for two more days. Who knows, maybe I'll pass it by accident?

Zhang Xingjiu marks the test papers together with other teachers. He is mainly responsible for marking subjects such as mathematics and physics. The grading standard is based on a percentage system. The number of points a question is worth is clearly written. Teachers only need to assign points according to the standard answer.

Then add up the scores of these students in each subject to get a total score. As long as the total score passes the line, there is a chance of being admitted.

Why is it a chance instead of a certainty? Because the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science also have standards for the minimum scores in certain key subjects. For example, if you want to apply to the Faculty of Arts, you must at least meet the standard in writing, right? If you can't even do this, what's the point of studying? If you want to apply to the Faculty of Science, you must at least have a certain foundation in mathematics. If you get zero in mathematics, then there is not much point in getting in.

Soon, Aurora University announced the first batch of admissions list. In this list, Zhang Xingjiu saw several familiar names.

First is Ma Junwu, a famous educator in the Republic of China. He later became the first Chinese in modern times to obtain a doctorate in engineering from Germany. He also served as Minister of Education in the Republic of China. He was the founder and first president of Daxia University (now East China Normal University) and Guangxi University.

He was admitted to the Faculty of Arts with a relatively high score, and he will probably apply for the education major when the sophomore class is divided. Zhang Xingjiu wants him to come to the Faculty of Science. Since he was able to obtain a doctorate in engineering from the University of Berlin, it means that he has outstanding talent in science and engineering, and perhaps he can be cultivated.

Then there was the fifteen-year-old genius boy Hu Dunfu. He was a famous educator and mathematician in the Republic of China. He went to study abroad at Cornell University. After returning to China, he worked in many prestigious universities including Tsinghua University, Beiyang University, Jiaotong University, Fudan University, and he also founded Datong University.

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Zhang Xingjiu was very happy to see this name. If he could learn his mathematical knowledge, the Chinese mathematics community would have successors.

But just when he was happy, a group of people in Europe were in distress.

(End of this chapter)