注：当年秀州中学辟城北草茅，开浙西风气，率先接受西式教育，而她的学子也诚如校歌所唱：“破天荒兮惟吾校。负笈如云集，竟业多凤毛。”我们也可从当年秀州学生的英语作文略窥秀州的教育水平。中文翻译附在最后。

our school

tasng sen young（章胜荣）

Our school ——Kashing High School was established in the year 1900 by the Southern Presbyterian Church of America. Its aim to train religious and intellectual leader for China.

The principal of our school is Mr. Davis who has lived in China for several years and knows very well the psychology and the needs of the Chinese people. The faculty of our school is composed of twenty-one teachers. Five of them are Americans and the others are Chinese. The total numbers of students enrolled this term is 289.

The students of our school are very active and patriotic. Everyone likes to serve others instead of being served. We also cultivate the spirit of self-control and self-respect.

There are three organizations in our school . The most famous one is the “School City ” The School City is divided into three branches —legislative executive and judicial. under the executive branch there is a special committee who helps to manage the kitchen and dining room. There is also the Board of Health which has charge of the sanitation of the dormitories and the health of the students. We have done a great deal to prevent an unsightly appearance by forbidding students to throw paper or to spit on the floor.

We also have the Patriotic Society. The students like very much to buy Chinese goods. If a student buys Japanese goods， others will despise him and consider him a traitor. Sometimes we go on the streets to tell the people about the present condition of China and stir up their patriotism. The patriotic society has established a night school for the poor boys or men who have no chance to study.

The other organization is the Y.M.C.A. It is divided into five department —spiritual ，intellectual ,physical, social service ,and business. The business department runs a bookstore, a barber shop, and a grocery shop. The Y.M.C.A. has also established many Sunday schools in Kashing city.

Besides these, the students of our school are given much guidance and stimulus in athletic, religious, and literary activities. A Bulletin Board Magazine is published weekly by the students. At Christmas each grammar school grade had printed a small class paper, copies of which were presented to the guests at the various entertainments.

From the founding of our school up to the present there have been about one thousand students and seventy-one graduates. Except a few who have died most of them are engaged in various professions and some are still studying in universities. A few alumni association has been organized recently.

In a word, under the wise management of the principal and the faculty and through the enthusiasm of the students our school has become famous, and we hope it will be still more famous as the years go by.

附上中文翻译：我们学校——秀州中学是由美国南方长老会于1900年创办的。它的目标是为中国培养宗教和知识分子领袖。

我们学校的校长是窦维思先生，他在中国生活了几年，非常了解中国人的心理和需求。我们学校的教职员工有21名，其中5名是美国人，其他的是中国人。本学期招收的学生总数为289人。

我们学校的学生都很积极和爱国，每个人都喜欢为别人服务，而不是被服务。我们还培养了自我控制和自尊的精神。

我们学校有三个组织，其中最有名的是“学校市”。学校市分为立法、行政和司法三个部门，行政部门之下有一个专门委员会协助管理厨房和餐厅，还有一个卫生委员会，负责宿舍的卫生和学生的健康。我们做了很多工作来防止学生难看的外表，禁止学生乱扔纸张或随地吐痰。

我们还有爱国会，学生很喜欢买中国货，如果一个学生买日货，别人会鄙视他，认为他是卖国贼；有时我们上街向人们介绍中国的现状，激起他们的爱国情怀；爱国会为没有机会读书的穷孩子或穷男人办了一所夜校。

另一个组织是基督教青年会，它分为精神、智力、身体、社会服务和商业五个部门，商业部经营书店、理发店和杂货店，基督教青年会还在嘉兴市建立了许多主日学校。

除此之外，我们学校的学生在体育、宗教和文学活动方面都得到了很大的指导和激励，学生们每周出版一本“公告牌”杂志，圣诞节时，文法学校的每个年级都印制了一份小班报，并在各种娱乐活动中赠送给来宾。

我校从建校到现在，在校生一千人左右，毕业生七十一人左右，除少数人去世外，大多数从事各种职业，也有一部分人还在读大学。最近成立了几个校友会。

总之，在校长和教职员工的英明管理下，通过学生的热情，我们的学校已经出名了，我们希望它会随着时间的推移而更加出名。