早在就读于上海中国公学时,年轻的胡适就写过一篇《论家庭教育》,此文发表于1908年9月6日的《竞业旬报》上,其中说道:看官要晓得,这家庭教育最重要的便是母亲。因为做父亲的,断不能不出外干事,断不能常常住在家中,所以这教儿子的事情,便是那做母亲的专责了……现在要改良家庭教育,第一步便要开办女学堂。 As early as attending the Shanghai Chinese School in Shanghai, the young Hu Shi wrote an article entitled “Family Education,” published in the September 6, 1908, “Coming News”, which said: Tell me what you want to know, The most important part of this family education is the mother. Because I am a father, I can not go out and do not often stay at home, so the things that teach my son are mothers. Now to improve family education, the first step is to open a female school.