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今天，中国妇女杂志社的记者将印有采访母校内容的杂志送到学校，毛学慧主任给我发来了中英文的电子版，转发如下。 前期采访情况请看2015-6-16的博文 转发：贝满女中校史开始被媒体关注（心系家园）
Reliving 150 Years of Glories 贝满—女十二—一六六：守望150年的荣耀 Beijing No. 166Middle School is located in Tongfujiadao, an alley that extends from the northof Dengshikou Street, in eastern Beijing's Dongcheng District. Most of the elderlyBeijingers who live in neighboring residences know that the school developedfrom its predecessor, Bridgman Academy. Bridgman Academy wasthe first international school in Beijing to have various departments, such asChinese literature, mathematics, English, music and fine arts, to teachstudents, and it was the first school in the city to divide the students intoclasses. It was originally a primary school. By 1923, as several Chineseteachers had joined the staff, the school had evolved into a middle school thatoffered six grades, three junior high grades and three senior high grades. The school wasrenamed Beijing No. 12 Girls' Middle School in 1952. In 1968, the school's namewas changed again, to Hongwei Middle School, at which time it began to acceptboys. The school was renamed, for the third time, to Beijing No. 166 MiddleSchool in 1971, and it was recognized as one of the key schools in DongchengDistrict in 1978. After Guan Xieyubecame Bridgman Academy's first Chinese principal, in 1922, he decided theschool's motto would be "dedication and collaboration." The conceptof "dedication and collaboration" was enunciated in the chapter aboutlearning and memorizing in Liji (The Book of Rites, a collection of texts that describedthe social norms, administration and ceremonial rites of pre-Qin [before 221 BC]dynasties). The motto urgedstudents to respect, and dedicate themselves to, their studies. The motto alsoemphasized the importance of forming harmonious relations with other students."The concept of 'dedication and collaboration' is deeply rooted in ourstudents' hearts," Wang Lei, the school's current principal, tells Womenof China. "Dedication representsa person's attitude about doing various things throughout his/her life.Collaboration helps us improve the relations we build with each other. If aperson respects his/her studies, and treasures the experiences he/she gains duringthe process of learning, he/she will be able to make progress continuously,"says Wang. "It is veryimportant for a school to develop harmonious relations among students, amongteachers and between students and their parents and teachers, and between theschool and society. 'Dedication and collaboration' has been a label of ourstudents and alumnae over the past 150 years," says Wang. Memoirs 《贝满人语》寄深情 The majority of BridgmanAcademy's alumnae from the 1940s are now older than 90. Those who graduated duringthe early 1950s, before Bridgman Academy was renamed Beijing No. 12 Girls'Middle School in 1952, are now older than 80. An Jingqian, whocompleted her six years of secondary education at Bridgman Academy, graduatedin 1950. She was a class leader. Even today, many of her former classmatesstill call her "class leader." An's former classmates, and otheralumnae who graduated in 1950, have stayed in contact with each other. Theyeven gathered — once a year — between 1982 and 2012. Twenty people, all of whomwere in An's class, attended the first gathering. As years passed, anincreasing number of alumnae participated in the annual gatherings. "The mostrecent gatherings attracted 100 schoolmates per gathering. They came from 17provinces/municipalities, and some from overseas, including the United States,the United Kingdom, France and Australia," says An. During the 1980s,the alumnae generally had a meal at each gathering, and they chatted informallyabout their jobs and families. In recent years, as most of the grads hadretired, the alumnae who worked as teachers or doctors gave lectures duringtheir annual gatherings. They also established a chorus and a team, the membersof which sometimes wore fashionable clothes, to give a show. In 2007, ZhangZhiyu and Zhang Zhibing, who graduated from Bridgman Academy in 1948 and 1950,respectively, suggested An and her former classmates should write a book torecord their school-time memories. At that time, the alumnae who graduated in1950 were older than 70. Still, An and five of her former classmates formed aneditorial board; they began collecting articles, written by alumnae, all ofwhom cherished their studies and communications with schoolmates and teachers. Thebook, Words to Bridgman, was published in 2008. Many of the 1950 grads wroteletters to offer feedback on the book. One year later, a booklet, Echo, whichcontained alumnae's feedback on Words to Bridgman, was published. An said one grad wrotethe following in Echo, "We stuck to our school's motto, and we held to ourbelief in 'dedication and collaboration' throughout our lives. We dideverything carefully and diligently. We are willing to share happiness, and wedo not hesitate to help others cope with difficulties. Our school emphasizedthe importance of teaching students moral virtues. We feel proud of our school,not only because of its glories over the past decades, or because of well-knownalumnae, such as writer Bing Xin, minister Li Dequan, and Wang Xiuying, recipientof the Nightingale Award, but we feel proud because of all of our schoolmates.Our annual gatherings remind us of our lifelong friendships. We are like ahappy family …" YangYun began her senior high school education at Bridgman Academy in 1947. "Manypeople believed Bridgman Academy was a school for girls from families ofnobility. But, in fact, all of the students were treated equally. We studiedhard, and we got involved in sports, music and fine arts … The education wereceived laid a foundation for developing our careers," Yang recalls. Herclassmate, Liang Xunru, moved from Qinhuangdao, her hometown (in North China'sHebei Province), to Beijing with her parents during the 1940s. Liang has saidshe and her classmates were like "a family of the same blood … Nowadays, Istill discuss with my former classmates some troubles, which I don't tell myfamily members or friends." Liang recalls how her teacher, Zheng Yun, toldher to be a woman who believes in "self-esteem, self-confidence,self-reliance and self-improvement." ZhaoYuting, a student in the Department of History at Peking University, developed aninterest in Bridgman Academy after she had a chat with her grandaunt, FangXiang. "My grandaunt graduated from Bridgman Academy in 1938. I once askedher which period of time had the greatest influence on her. She did nothesitate to answer, 'My school days at Bridgman Academy' … She often dreams abouther music classes, and about the break between classes when she went todifferent rooms to attend different classes," Zhao says. Througha bbs (bulletin board system) launched by Bridgman Academy's alumnae in 2009,Zhao met many elderly women who were eager to learn skills such as surfing theInternet, uploading texts and photos to a bbs or using voice-messaging app suchas WeChat. Wishes 回顾、思念、展望 In April 2009, FanDaxiang, who graduated from Beijing No. 166 Middle School in 1981, discussedwith his former schoolmates the idea of establishing a bbs. They wanted toshare, through the bbs, stories about their teacher, Guo Yunnan, who died inlate March that year. Guo's familysupported the idea, but suggested that the bbs should be a platform forstudents of Beijing No. 166 Middle School to learn about their school'shistory. In June 2009, the bbs, entitled "Wishes," formally launched.It contains historical records, including texts and photos, submitted byalumnae who graduated during the 1940s or 1950s. The bbs' registered membersinclude Bridgman Academy's alumnae, of whom virtually everyone is in her 80s or90s, and many students who are studying at Beijing No. 166 Middle School. Yang Shiyi, whograduated from Beijing No. 12 Girls' Middle School in 1969, became the bbs'moderator in October 2012. She helped some alumnae of Bridgman Academy get intouch with their former schoolmates, with whom they had lost contact. Wang Huiyingcompleted her six years of secondary education at Beijing No. 12 Girls' MiddleSchool in 1961. Many of her teachers were graduates of Bridgman Academy."When Madame Bridgman founded the first girls' school in Beijing, whichwas also the first girls' school in North China, she helped lay the foundation forthe development of girls' education in modern Chinese society. We must pay ourrespects to her," Wang Huiying says. "At that time, students of myschool were very strong girls. We attended sports classes, during which we practicedskydiving … we were taught how to row a sampan (a kind of wooden boat) or howto ride a motorcycle." Cheng Guiyin, whobegan her junior high school education at Beijing No. 12 Girls' Middle Schoolin 1963, said she always felt proud as she walked along the road with herschool's emblem on her bag. For Cheng, the happiest experience during herschool days was her participation in farm work. The school sometimes organizedstudents to work on a farm near Beijing. The students were able to learnagricultural techniques from farmers. Since 2010, when shebecame principal of Beijing No. 166 Middle School, Wang Lei has urged herstudents to interview at least one alumna or former teacher. On Chinese NewYear's Eve of 2014 (January 30), Wang Lei received an e-mail from a student,Long Liangwen. Long told Wang Lei she was excited because Yun Ying, an alumnawho graduated from Bridgman Academy in 1943, agreed to be interviewed. "Yun is aprofessor with Southeast University (in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province).Long found professor Yun's contact number through the Internet, and she calledher. The elderly professor did not hesitate to accept her interview. Long saidshe was so happy that the renowned professor trusted her, and that she waswilling to share stories with her," Wang says. Last year, BeijingNo. 166 Middle School held a celebration for the school's 150th anniversary. Manyelderly alumnae returned to the school. The hair of the elderly women hadmostly turned white, but the women looked happy and energetic. A series ofthree books, which contained 150 reports written by students of Beijing No. 166Middle School, was published before the celebration. The students wrote aboutinterviews they had conducted with the school's alumnae. Wang Lei visitedAfrica last year. She noticed that girls in African countries, such as Kenya,had to perform a lot of farm work. Most of the girls were illiterate, and most didnot remember their dates of birth. They reminded Wang Lei of the Chinese womenin feudal times, women who seldom had an opportunity to receive an education. Beijing No. 166Middle School has worked with charities to establish schools that provideeducation to children, especially girls, in African countries. "Our schoolhas become strong after 150 years of development. Now, we are helping girls inother countries receive an education, which will bring significant changes totheir lives," says Wang Lei.
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