新竹中學校出身的臺北高等學校生初探

A Study of Taihoku High School Students Graduated from Shinchiku Middle School

本論文以目前新竹高級中學（以下簡稱新竹高中）所藏，原日治時期的「新竹州立新竹中學校學籍簿」，作為研究的主要資料之一，以了解日治時期的臺北高等學校學生中，出身於新竹中學校的臺、日籍學生們，其菁英培育關係與過程，冀使臺灣近代教育中菁英養成的面貌更臻清晰。臺北高等學校為現今國立臺灣師範大學的「前身」，是戰前日本培育菁英的 38 所舊制高等學校之一，也是全臺灣唯一的高等學校。臺北高等學校的畢業生原則上可以免試直升當時全臺灣也只有一所的臺北帝國大學，或者進入東京、京都等帝國大學就讀。臺北高校的高等科每年臺、日人合計只收 120 名學生，當時全臺灣共有 17 所中學校，入學考試競爭之激烈可想而知。由臺、日人共學的新竹中學校，與臺北高校同樣創立於大正 11 年（1922），至昭和 20 年（1945）戰爭結束止，20 餘屆的臺灣人畢業生中，共有 71 名考入臺北高校，日本學生少於此數目。本論文以新竹高級中學所藏的「新竹州立新竹中學校學籍簿」作為統計分析的主要史料，再配合臺北高校與新竹中學校目前尚存的圖書，以及教育制度、課程等，建構這兩所中學校、高等學校連貫的菁英養成關係與內涵。 Using the “Student Registration Book of Shinchiku County Shinchiku Middle School” in the collection of National Hsinchu Senior High School, this paper discusses those Taiwanese and Japanese students of Shinchiku Middle School who graduated to Taihoku High School. It aims to investigate the relationship between these two schools and the process of elite education during the Japanese colonial era and produce a clear picture of elite education in Taiwan’s modern history of education. Taihoku High School, the “predecessor” of today’s National Taiwan Normal University, was one of 38 high schools established by the Japanese government pre-WWII throughout the Empire of Japan for development of elites, and was the only one established in Taiwan. In principle, graduates from Taihoku High School were given the privilege to advance to Taihoku Imperial University, the only university in Taiwan at the time, or the imperial universities of Tokyo, Kyoto or other major Japanese cities without taking any form of examination. The senior class of Taihoku High School admitted only 120 Taiwanese and Japanese students every year, graduated from 17 middle schools throughout Taiwan. It is not difficult to imagine how fierce the competition was in the school admittance examinations among these lower secondary school students. Shinchiku Middle School, where Taiwanese and Japanese students studied together, was established in 1922, the same year Taihoku High School was founded, and closed in 1945 when WWII came to an end. During its twentysome years of operation, 71 Taiwanese students graduated to Taihoku High School. The number of Japanese students was smaller than this. The “Student Registration Book of Shinchiku County Shinchiku Middle School” in the collection of National Hsinchu Senior High School is used as the primary historical source of statistical data. By combining the registration book, the remaining collection of old books at these two schools and the education system and curricula, the relationship and content of elite education connecting these two schools are constructed.

Using the “Student Registration Book of Shinchiku County Shinchiku Middle School” in the collection of National Hsinchu Senior High School, this paper discusses those Taiwanese and Japanese students of Shinchiku Middle School who graduated to Taihoku High School. It aims to investigate the relationship between these two schools and the process of elite education during the Japanese colonial era and produce a clear picture of elite education in Taiwan’s modern history of education. Taihoku High School, the “predecessor” of today’s National Taiwan Normal University, was one of 38 high schools established by the Japanese government pre-WWII throughout the Empire of Japan for development of elites, and was the only one established in Taiwan. In principle, graduates from Taihoku High School were given the privilege to advance to Taihoku Imperial University, the only university in Taiwan at the time, or the imperial universities of Tokyo, Kyoto or other major Japanese cities without taking any form of examination. The senior class of Taihoku High School admitted only 120 Taiwanese and Japanese students every year, graduated from 17 middle schools throughout Taiwan. It is not difficult to imagine how fierce the competition was in the school admittance examinations among these lower secondary school students. Shinchiku Middle School, where Taiwanese and Japanese students studied together, was established in 1922, the same year Taihoku High School was founded, and closed in 1945 when WWII came to an end. During its twentysome years of operation, 71 Taiwanese students graduated to Taihoku High School. The number of Japanese students was smaller than this. The “Student Registration Book of Shinchiku County Shinchiku Middle School” in the collection of National Hsinchu Senior High School is used as the primary historical source of statistical data. By combining the registration book, the remaining collection of old books at these two schools and the education system and curricula, the relationship and content of elite education connecting these two schools are constructed.