Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 633 Walled Columbia University
The summer vacation of Columbia University has already started for more than a month, but there are still many people in the school. When Zhang Zhong and the others arrived, a banner welcoming them was hung at the school gate. Many students of our school.

Zhang Zhong got out of the car following Yang Fengxia, and immediately heard cheers from the school gate.

Yang Fengxia tilted her head slightly and said with a smile, "Listen to the cheers, they are directed at you."

She was right. The cheers of these students were indeed directed at Zhang Chong. Not only were there cheers, but many students on both sides were holding small banners that read: Welcome to pz.

To the students' cheers, Zhang Zhong just nodded slightly. After all, he came out with the visiting group, so of course he couldn't show himself too much.

The hair color of Ludinger, the president of Columbia University, is a bit like that of Gosling, but the difference is that there is a little yellowish in Ludinger's hair color.

Lüdinger has a legal education background. In addition to his status as Columbia University, he is also a lawyer.

He smiled and shook hands with Yang Fengxia and Zhang Zhong, the principal and deputy heads of the Writers Association delegation, and then waved and laughed at the rest of the Writers Association delegation, "Welcome to Columbia University, everyone, please follow me into the school first."

Clean, neat, like a spring breeze.

This is Zhang Chong's main impression when he saw Lüdinger for the first time.

Columbia University covers an area of ​​more than 1000 acres, which is not small, but compared with other top ten schools in the United States, their school's area is not enough.

Of course, the main reason is that the school is located in a place like Manhattan where the land is very expensive, and there is no way to expand it.

That's why they moved from the more prosperous 49th Street to the current Morningside Heights.

As soon as you enter the school, the first thing you see is the landmark building of Columbia University, the Roche Memorial Library, which commemorates an important president of Columbia University, Sith Rowe.

Lüdinger, who was walking in front of the side, introduced with a smile, "The baroque building in front of us is the Roche Memorial Library, but it is not mainly used as a library now. My office and conference hall are right there. in."

Zhang Zhong asked with a smile, "Why?"

"Because when the Roche Library was being built, there was insufficient consideration of load-bearing, and it could not carry too many things." Lüdinger said.

"Pity."

It's really a pity that such a beautiful building can only be left here to look at, but it can't be put into use. It's really a waste.

The library of many schools likes to be placed at the entrance of the entrance. Of course, this is also normal. After all, books themselves represent knowledge. The first thing you see when you enter the school is knowledge, which directly points to the meaning of running a school.

In addition to this not very practical library, Columbia University has more than 20 other libraries.

Before coming here, Yang Fengxia said that she would mainly go to the East Asia Library today, because there are many Chinese books in the East Asia Library, including local chronicles, chronicles, genealogy, and Ming and Qing line-bound novels, banned books, manuscripts, etc., in addition to Chinese books. Outside the library, the library with the richest collection of these things.

Columbia University has a long history with Huaxia, and the Huaxia Department of the school was donated by a descendant of Chinese laborers.The school also set up a "Ding Long Chair Professor of Sinology" for this descendant of Chinese workers, which is still the highest honor of the East Asian Department of Columbia University. So far, only four professors have won this title.

During the Qing Dynasty, some domestic ministers made generous donations to Columbia University. The Empress Dowager Cixi also donated a set of "Ancient and Modern Book Collection" to the school, which is still hidden in the East Asian Reading Library.

In fact, the biggest difference between Columbia University and other American schools is that their school is surrounded by walls.

In Huaxia, schools have walls, which is a very normal thing.

But in the United States, very few universities have fences, so Columbia's fence is relatively rare.

Yang Fengxia looked at the school's fence and smiled, "Principal Lüdinger, do you know that there are many people in China who think that the fence is linked to the school's atmosphere of freedom?"

Hearing Yang Fengxia's words, Lüdinger was stunned for a moment, "Really? I have never heard of this, and I have never thought about it. In the United States, it is indeed rare to set up walls in schools, but it depends on whether the atmosphere is free or not. It doesn't matter, the wall of Columbia University is just to make the school more compact and safer. So, Huaxia's universities should rarely have walls?"

It is easy for Lüdinger to think this way. Since many people in Huaxia think that whether the school atmosphere is free or not is related to the fence, then the university should not set up a fence.

But to his surprise, Yang Fengxia smiled and said, "On the contrary, Huaxia's universities basically have walls."

Zhang Zhong heard the conversation between the two, and found it very interesting.A few years ago, there was a burst of "American fever" in China. It seemed that as long as it was from the United States, it must be good, but domestic products must not be good.

For example, whether a university should set up a wall, many people compare these universities in the United States, so a saying gradually formed, linking whether the school atmosphere is free with whether there is a wall.

Those Chinese who may have these thoughts do not know that Americans themselves have never had such thoughts.

Dozens of people from the Writers Association delegation followed behind, but they were all arranged very well. Every three or four people would be followed by a Columbia University faculty member to communicate with them.

In order to receive the Huaxia Writers Association delegation, Lu Dingge invited many students and teachers from the Huaxia Department to come over so that the exchanges between the two parties can be smoother.

Although there were no books in the Roche Memorial Library, Ludinger took them in anyway.

There is also a tourist information center in the library, and a little school-related information was sent to everyone in the delegation.

It is worth mentioning that there are also some ancient Chinese cultural relics displayed in the library. There are not many exhibits, and they are basically ceramics.

Lüdinger should have done his homework in advance, and led Zhang Zhong and the others to stand in front of these ceramics for a while, introducing the history and significance of these things to them.

After coming out of the Roche Library, they went straight to the Butler Library not far away.

After visiting several libraries, half a day in the morning has passed.

Lüdinger arranged for the members of the Writers Association delegation to eat in the school cafeteria. After eating and taking a break, they would continue to visit the school.

During this first day, I will basically use it to visit the entire Columbia University.

　Thanks to [Jiuqu Huanghewan] for the 1000 reward
　　
　
(End of this chapter)