4月06日 星期五 在北碚晨阴 ，觉冷。

六点外间10。
4° ，下午13。
6° 苹果开花，蚕豆己上市，豌豆尚在开花，惟嫩者已上市。
苏联废弃苏日所订（1941年04月十二）中立条约。
日本小矶国昭内阁辞职，铃木贯太郎继任，东乡茂德为外相，南次郎亦入阁，海相米内。

九章请晚膳。
化工卅二年级邓志杰来（在澄江镇炭化厂）。
施亚夫、夏（ ）来。
范易君来。

晨六点起。

上午作函与汤元吉、何浩若、高直侯等等。

午后阅Nature。
浙大毕业生施亚夫、邓志杰、范易君先后（来）。
范与毛汉礼将订婚。

午后洪鲲、钱炜夫妇来。
洪在富源公司为工程师，钱在文德中学。
据洪云，富源发电为200KW，较之旧日杭州8000KW与上海三十万相差远矣。

晚九章约朱鹤年、卢析薪、潘德馨、陈宗器、巽甫、吴宪文、李善邦晚膳。
据朱鹤年、卢析薪二人云，02月22日《新华日报》文化界宣言，渠二人实未见到，由孟闻口头相告而应允者，故遂有否认之举。
“Universities in War Time”《战争时代的大学》，Leading Editorial，July25，1942.President Hutchins of Chicago said ， “The intellectual activities of the university are the symbol of everything that we have to defend.Only the universities can caπy the incredibly heavy burden of formulating， classifying and vitalizing the ideas which should animate mankind.Lord Elton points out in his book Saint George or Dr<agon， the mili。
tary virtue of loyalty ， courage and endurance & disipline， upon which our very exist。
ence now depends have been despised， ignoring the fact that they are the very basis of civilizat10n itself， and punctuality ， regularity and industrγto be sneered at as slave values.They can be reduced to a single quality unselfishness.And if there is one defect which more than any other is responsible for unpreparedness for the defects of the present social order for the softness & love of ease ， it is the directly opposed vice of selfishness。
… It must be the1st concern of any kind of educat10nal systemto see that the emphasize on the training of character is never again omit！ed fromthe university downward.There must be no further betrayal ， and the extent to which the concept10n of service is replacing that of private profit must be reflected throughout that of educat10n.In the gearing of intelligence to character & experience ， the retent10n of nat10nal service after the war may well play an important part.Concept10n whether in the fight services or in the factory or on the land might do much to strengthen the physique ， socialize the instinct and enrich the later learning in school or university.The university fails of its full purpose unless they give to their alumni in some measure the power to see life steadily and to see it whole ， and the capacity to discover & recreate each fresh generat10n truth in all its facets.With courage ， royalty ， discipline & endurance ， a civilizat10n may be strong to defend itself， but without also culture & relig10n it is unworthy and indeed unable to survive。
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接 谢义炳、吴文晖、冯斐
寄 汤元吉、胡建人、何浩若、吴文晖、谢义炳、直侯、天助