1937年,抗日战争爆发。沿海地区学校内迁。大夏大学原设立在上海梵皇渡(今华东师范大学)。校长王伯群,系贵州兴义人(曾任国民政府交通部长)。学校内迁时,他即决定将大夏大学迁到贵阳。并开设文学院、理学院、法商学院、教育学院及师范专修科。当时贵阳各中学多疏散在乡下。伯群校长考虑到,大夏教育学院及师范专科毕业生需要 In 1937, the war of resistance against Japan broke out. Coastal schools to move. Da Xia University was originally established in Shanghai Van Wong (now East China Normal University). Principal Wang Boqun, Department of Guizhou Xingyi (former Minister of Communications of the National Government). When he moved to school, he decided to move Daxia University to Guiyang. And opened liberal arts college, science school, business school, education college and teacher training department. At that time, many secondary schools in Guiyang were scattered in the country. Principal Peter Bowe took into consideration that Daxia College of Education and normal college graduates needed it