論日治時期，臺中師範學校第一任校長及其校史計算之疑義

The study of Doubts about the First Principal and School History of Taichung Normal School during Japanese Colonial Period

本文旨在澄清日治時期臺中師範學校第一任校長及其校史計算疑義。本文透過整理臺中師範學校相關文獻，經歸納及整理後發現，日治時期臺中師範學校的第一任校長實際上為稻垣兵太郎，而非木下邦昌。此外，在校史計算上，台中師範學校設立於1923年，並非1899年。因此，作者認為臺中師範學校的校史計算有誤，有待更詳盡的考據，並提出存在性、運作性、延續性等至少三個基準作為校史計算的參考依據。

The paper is to clarify some doubts about who was the first principal of the Taichung Normal School and how many years did the school have been existing since the Japanese colonial period. After examining the historical documents about the school, the author discovers that the first principal of the Taichung Normal School was Inagaki Heitarou, not Knosita Knimasa. In addition, in terms of the length of the school’s history, the school was founded in 1923, not in 1899. Therefore, the author argues that the length of the school’s history was calculated wrongly before and needs to be re-examined in great depth. For this purpose, the author proposes that the school’s existence, operation and continuity can be considered to be three basic criteria for interpreting the length of the school’s history.