4 Education in Longquan
After the headquarters of Zhejiang University moved to western China, for reasons concerning transportation and economy, more and more students were unable to pursue further studies in inland universities, mainly those high school graduates of Zhejiang Province and young students from Fujian, Anhui, Jiangxi and Shanghai. With approval from Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University set up a branch campus in Longquan in July 1939, Zhejiang with five Colleges of Liberal Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture and Normal Education. The picture shows a school building of Longquan Campus (taken in October 1941).
Longquan Campus cultivated many excellent students, such as famous academic experts Gu Chaohao, Zhu Zhaoxiang and He Zhijun. The picture shows the students of Longquan Campus doing their bio-experiments (taken in 1942) .
In 1939, Longquan Campus had 120 students officially enrolled and another 30 backup students admitted. The term began on October 1, and classes started on October 11. The picture shows the location of Longquan Campus:Mansion of Zeng Family.
The place where Longquan Campus was located had been named originally Fangxia Village. In a gathering, Zheng Zonghai, alias Xiaocang, head of the Branch Campus, renamed the place as“Fangye Village” as inspired by the scenery around. The picture shows a distant view of Longquan Campus (taken in October 1941).
This picture shows the sketch map of Longquan Campus of National Zhejiang University's southward migration to Dabu Village, Songxi County, Fujian to avoid damage from Japanese troops.
Chen Xunci (1901-1991)
Courtesy name Shuliang, he was a professor in Department of History and Geology in August 1936 and the 1sthead of Longquan Campus in 1939.
Zheng Zonghai (1892-1979)
Courtesy name Xiaocang, he was a pedagogist. He studied in Zhejiang Advanced Academy in 1906-1912 and became a professor of Zhejiang University in 1929. He was head of Longquan Campus and Dean of the Research Institute. After 1949, he worked as a professor at Zhejiang Normal College and Hangzhou University.