Chapter 259 About Men (Part 3) 4 My Teacher——Mr. Guan Yeyu

In my whole life, from private schools in China to graduate schools abroad, there are always hundreds of male, female, Chinese and Western teachers who have taught me!But the one I respect and love the most is Teacher Guan Yeyu. Teacher Guan is a teacher who teaches mathematics, science, and chemistry in the pre-science courses of Xiehe Women's University. Entered Yenching University.) In 1918, I graduated from Beiman Girls' High School and entered the pre-science department of Xiehe Women's University. My main homework was taught by Teacher Guan. Looking back on my twenty-eight years as a student, the teachers I have come into contact with, whether they have taught me or not, if they follow the strict standards of "serving the people's education wholeheartedly" and "being loyal to the cause of education", To measure my teachers, I think only Teacher Guan Yeyu deserves it!

I remember when I was in the pre-university class, on the first day of chemistry class, we were all seated, (I always sat in the first row) Teacher Guan came into the classroom calmly, wearing a neat light blue cloth long coat. , the appearance is so serious and kind, I immediately feel that he is not only a strict teacher, but also like a loving father! During the two years I have been in his class, his clothes and shoes have always been so neat and simple, and his appearance has always been serious and kind.He has extremely strict requirements for students, and he is also extremely serious about his preparation for teaching.Because as soon as we arrived in the classroom, we saw that the materials and instruments for today's experiments were neatly placed on the test table.Sometimes we deliberately ran to the classroom before the class bell rang, and saw Teacher Guan busy in the classroom by himself.

Teacher Guan is always heuristic when he teaches us. He always asks us to read the next lesson in advance. Everyone writes down the questions that they don’t understand. Do another test.After class, Teacher Guan always asked us to tidy up the instruments, wash the test tubes, wipe the tables and chairs, close the doors and windows, and make everything neat before leaving the classroom. Among the pre-science students, I seem to be the only one who got promoted from Beiman Girls' High School. The other students are all from church girls' high schools in North China. They probably have taught for a few years after graduating from high school. I am among them. I was very young (I was under eighteen at the time), and seemed more "naughty" than them, but I always listened attentively, took notes verbatim, rarely made mistakes in answering questions, and never made mistakes in experiments. I was sloppy, but Mr. Guan seemed to have a good impression of me.

I remember one time when I was doing a chemical experiment, a classmate somehow inserted a rubber stopper with a glass tube in it into the test tube. It was very deep, and the glass tube was pulled out, but the rubber stopper was not pulled out. So everyone came over to help with ideas.Some people advocate using a hook to hook, but the hook cannot be inserted into the small round hole of the rubber stopper.Teacher Guan also came over to look at it for a long time... I thought about it, then ran out suddenly, grabbed a piece of bamboo branch slightly shorter than the mouth of the test tube from the big bamboo broom that was sweeping the yard, tied a piece of hemp rope in the middle, and tied the bamboo branch Both the bamboo and the hemp rope go straight into the hole of the rubber stopper. When the hemp rope is pulled, the bamboo branch will naturally lie horizontally under the rubber stopper.That classmate and I held the test tube alone, and pulled the hemp rope hard by the other, and pulled out the rubber stopper all at once.I was very happy to call: "Teacher Guan—come out!" At this time, the students all looked at Teacher Guan in astonishment, then stared at me, and said softly: "How can you say that Teacher Guan is out!" When I woke up, I looked back at Teacher Guan who was standing behind me in embarrassment. His old man still looked at me with kind eyes and a smile on his face!My gaffe was not reprimanded!

In 1924, when he became the principal of Bayman Girls' High School, I had already studied abroad.In 1926, I returned to teach at Yanda University. From my classmate Bei Man, who was promoted to Yanda University, I heard the words and deeds of Principal Guan who regarded the school as his home, cared for students, and surpassed his own children. Er, he is a role model for all of our classmates! In 1946, the Anti-Japanese War was won. At that time, I wanted to see Japan after the war, but I didn't want to stay longer.I took my son Wu Zongsheng (now named Wu Ping) and my eldest daughter Wu Zongyuan (now named Wu Bing) back to Beijing to go to school, and they lived with my eldest sister-in-law.I sent Zongsheng to Dengshikou Yuying Middle School (the alma mater of my younger brothers) and sent my eleven-year-old eldest daughter Zongyuan to my alma mater Beiman Middle School. When I took her to enroll, I especially went to After seeing Principal Guan, he was so happy that he held my hand tightly-this is our first handshake!He is old, the long absence of thirty or forty years, the hard work and grievances of running a school in the enemy's rear are all engraved on his face and temples!Before I could speak, he happily said, "You're back! Is this your daughter? She also wants to enter Beiman?" Before I could answer, he stroked Zong Yuan's shoulder and said, "Your mother is a Good student, the grades are still in the library, you have to study hard from her.” The thousands of words of gratitude to Teacher Guan choked in my throat, I also forgot how many words I said, and they are still flashing in front of my eyes Instead, it was a few crystal clear tears that I fell on my daughter's hair.Early morning of May 28, 1985 (This article was originally published in Issue 5 of "Chinese Writers" in 1985.)