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《关于清华学堂的开学日期》一文在《校友文E资料选编》第14辑刊出后Q清华校史专安延复先生谈到Q“我惌个问题可能与所谓中{科、高{科分科开学有养I??0日确实D行了一ơ开学典C|但高{科有些事情Q如师资问题Q尚未完全就l，故于4月底qA后又开了一ơ学QD没D行A。”（http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4a35803e0100emml.htmlQ黄先生的提议ؓ(f)开学日问题探讨提供了又一思\?911q??0日清华学堂暂行开学，有外、学两部的奏折和《吴宓日记》ؓ(f)据，是以认定的Q但参加开学典C的应该只是中等U学生?o:p>
清华学堂的中{科和高{科Q教学目标不同。据《清华学堂章E—?911q?月》，“高{科注重专门教育Q以国大学?qing)专门学堂?f)标准Q其学程以四q计Q中{科为高{科之预备，其学E以四年计。”此批中{科学生要读一q到四年才能升入高等U，而高{科学生的一部分当年p赴美国留学，只在清华学堂接受二三个月的短期培训。当Ӟ高等U学生绝大多数是1910q?月第二次直接留美考试时录取的备选生Q英语的E度较高Q年龄也较大。由于中{、高{两U的U种差异Q两U的开学A式应是分别D行的?o:p>
既然高等U很可能单独举行开学A式，具体旉是哪一天呢Q从历史资料分析Q应该是1911q??日。最早记载这个日期的文章为清华学校校d生物教员R. A. Bolt?span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt">?/span>THE TSING HUA COLLEGE ,PEKING?/span>Q发表于1914q?月号的?/span>THE FAR EASTERN REVIEW》。摘录原文：(x)“After considerable delay and uncertainly Tsing Hua College was formally opened with Chinese ceremonies on April 1st 1911. The High School Department was begun with 128 students who had failed in their previous examinations to be selected to go the U. S. A. 307 younger were selected by the Provincial examiners,ostensibly upon competitive examination to enter the Middle School.?/span> 作ؓ(f)清华学堂W一批美国教员，R. A. Bolt详细介绍了清华学校的创办Q课E设|，教师情况Q校园徏{等Q该文对研究清华早期史很有参考h(hun)倹{时隔不久，1914q?月?/span>THE TSING HUA ANNUAL》出版，内有1914q毕业生周启邦写的?/span>The College Past and Present》一文，摘录原文Q?/span>?The college was formally opened on April 1,1911,though many of the student had arrived in Peking early in February. The High School students were under the instruction of seventeen American teachers? ladies and 8 men .The training and instruction of the middle school boys was managed by about 20 Chinese teachers?/span>。这P清华学校的美国教员和高等U学生都记述1911q??日D行开学典C|而且Q那一届高{科毕业生也一定有人参加了开学典C{?o:p>
1981q台湑և版的《学府纪闠Z─国立清华大学》一书的叙述是：(x)清华学堂“于四月一日正式开学，……开学A式系于工字厅举行Q首L务长敦复先生。开学后Q高{科学生食宿在工字厅Q上译ֈ在中{科新徏之课堂”。但该书认ؓ(f)“四月一日”是旧历日期Q就在括号中加注了西历日期：(x)“四月二十九(ji)日”。实际上Q这个四月一日就是西历日期。如此认定，?/span>R. A. Bolt和周启邦的文章外Q?911q??日清华学堂的布告Uͼ(x)“学生应公D室长Q砥治，履行堂章Q现开学已?qing)一月，亟应举行Q以W友朋切之义，以副自治之精，实所深望。”其中“已?qing)一个月”表?月初开学了。据《吴宓日记》，4?日（星期一Q中{科开始上课。高{科开始上课时间比中等U稍q，从《吴宓日记》可知，吴宓选修的物理课Q与高等U学生同上）几天之后也开课了?o:p>
从以上文字资料可以推断，1911q??日高{科在工字厅举行了开学典C{?o:p>
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