“五四”学潮之前,身为北大校长的蔡元培,曾 力劝学生不要上街,学生队伍临出发前,蔡元培还 在校门口挡了一下,说有什么问题,他可代向政府 申请提出,希望学生不要影响正常学习与社会秩 序,但学生群情激昂,坚持要上街游行,他也就让开 了。可事后,蔡元培又完全站在学生一边,联合北京 各校校长保释学生,抗拒各种摧残学生的官方压 力。1919年5月4日当晚,蔡元培在北大三院礼堂 Prior to the May 4th student wave, Cai Yuanpei, the president of Peking University, urged all students not to go to the streets. Before the departure of the student team, Cai Yuanpei stopped him at the school gate and said that he had any questions. He could apply to the government Put forward, I hope students do not affect the normal learning and social order, but the students passionate, insisted on going to the streets parade, he also let go. Afterwards, Cai Yuanpei completely stood on the side of the students and united the bail students in the headmasters of all Beijing schools to resist the official pressure from all kinds of students who destroyed. On the night of May 4, 1919, Cai Yuanpei was in the auditorium of the Third High School