民办大学校长的先驱和楷模--著名教育家陈时创办私立中华大学的光辉业迹

陈时是周恩来所赞扬的“一位清苦的教育家”，是中国近现代第一所私立武昌中华大学的创建者、校长。解放后，他将学校献给国家，合并于华中师范大学前身华中师范学院。今年是华中师范大学百年校庆，不能不令人想起这位开拓先路的先辈。本文是在查阅了华中师大档案馆和校友会收藏的文献资料、档案回忆录基础上，深感他的光辉业迹值得纪念和弘扬，撰写而成。他本富甲一方，为振兴中华、作育英才，甘愿毁家兴学，清苦一生从教；他为使中华学子继承和发扬祖国文化学术，遍请国内外名家到中华讲学，兼容并包，惟才是举；他为能走出经费难继困境，俯首甘愿效法武训“行乞兴学”，托钵化缘。斯人可钦可敬，不但毁小家为社会造就出大量英才，有着不可估量的历史贡献，而且他终身从事民办高等教育，师德高尚，敢于开拓先路精神，筑造名校的实践经验，对当今高教仍有着重大借镜意义。

On Chen Shi--the Founder of the Private-owned Zhonghua University

Due to the 100th annuversary of Central China Normal University, this paper is to introduce the great deeds of an educator--Chen Shi. He is the founder and president of the first private owned university--Zhonghua University, in modern history. After liberation, Chen Shi contrituted this university to the government which later was combined into the ex body of Central China Normal University. This paper expounds Chen Shi's founding experience and his educational ideas and practice in details.