Chapter 167 Orator
Subtitle of this chapter: To be a speaker, first be a jokeist.
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Tuesday morning, April 20, 1921.
The Grey Knight followed the Great Magician and his group into Princeton University's campus that was comparable to the park.
Einstein didn't know his old age, that is, the last twelve years from 1935 to 1955.
However, during that period, he did not work for Princeton University, but worked at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton.
This top American academic institution was founded in 1930. The Princeton Institute of Advanced Learning was not part of Princeton University. Except for some of the offices of the Early Institute of Advanced Learning were located in Princeton University, the two institutions actually had nothing to do with each other.
The famous educator Abraham Flexner founded IAS in the 1930s and served as the first dean. His purpose was to establish a platonic college of pure theoretical research. The institute does not award degrees, and all members are researchers who have obtained doctoral degrees.
In addition to the School of Mathematics and the School of Natural Sciences, this institute also has two liberal arts schools, the School of History and the School of Social Sciences.
The most famous members of the group were naturally Einstein, and later, there were winners of Oppenheimer, von Neumann, Yang Zhenning and many others, including the Nobel Prize, Fields Medal, Newangliner Prize (the highest award in computer science) and Wolf Prize (the art and humanities award).
Thinking of this, our Master Yuan couldn't help but feel moved. He could also build such a research institute.
Of course, it's too early to say this now. In about ten years, after you become successful and have money, it's almost done.
Although such colleges will have a lot of expenses, the input and output are completely disproportionate at the beginning, because this is a pure academic research institution that is not under any pressure from teaching tasks, research funds or sponsors.
But with this research institute, wouldn’t I be the leader of the global academic community? At that time, “the master of the master” is really not an exaggeration, but a fact.
"Gentlemen, we're here."
The leader was John Grier Hibbern, President of Princeton University, who took over Wilson as president from 1912 until 1932.
This man is an educator, philosopher and historian. In fact, these three were not very different in the early 20th century. For example, Dewey was an educator and a philosopher.
He has written philosophical and pedagogical works such as "Philosophy of the Enlightenment Age" and "Higher Patriotism". The latter book is interesting, discussing that teachers should integrate patriotic education into the entire process of Chinese language education and improve their own qualities in order to effectively implement patriotic education in teaching.
Principal Hepburn certainly did not expect that the word Patriotism would become a ruthless person in the United States a hundred years later.
"Mr. Einstein, here!"
"Neo, look here!"
"Ba!Ba!Ba!"
A large group of reporters had been waiting before this typical New England-style building, and Master Yuan was once again exposed to "his friend Albert" and could show his face in the evening newspapers of major newspapers today.
Public figures must appear in the public eye often, otherwise they will easily be forgotten by everyone.
After the reporter finished taking the photos, he followed them into the auditorium...
As soon as Yuan Yan entered, she felt the enthusiasm of the American people. This auditorium that can accommodate hundreds of people is now full of people. Not only are the seats full, but there are also many people standing around.
In fact, on that timeline, Einstein was so lively wherever he went. He had a dozen lectures in New York, Princeton, Washington and Boston. So he had a very good impression of the United States and Americans.
The great magician was not vague and waved to the audience around him very cordially. This was Princeton University, and those who came to listen were basically intellectuals, not NC fans of later generations, but there was no unexpected situation.
In this way, the group slowly squeezed through the crowd and came to the podium.
"Ladies and gentlemen..." As the master, Principal Hepburn was the first to come on stage to deliver a speech, "Ladies and gentlemen!"
"Today we are very honored to have Mr. Albert Einstein, who is..."
To Master Yuan, this Principal Princeton has a good eloquence and can be regarded as an orator.
In fact, most of the Western elites at this time were good at speaking, and some even specialized in speech. For example, when Mark Twain was at his poorest, he made money by speaking everywhere.
For politicians, speaking is a necessary skill.
Although Harding is so useless, his speeches are actually very popular. Coolidge has a nickname called "Silent Carl", but his speech skills are also quite high.
Lenin, temperance, upside down man, Churchill, Roosevelt and others don't need to say anything.
Later, Hollywood also made a film called "The King's Speech", which even raised George V's speech to the point where the British Empire would have perished without this speech... Well, with his speech, the British Empire actually perished.
Our Master Yuan has also given two public speeches before, one on NYU’s gamble night, and the other on Christmas Eve overseas Chinese gatherings. However, his true speaking skills have not yet been shown in these two times.
And as his reputation grows, more and more people will definitely invite him to give speeches in the future. When he returns to China, he will definitely have to make a living by speeches.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Let us first invite the young writers whom Mr. Einstein highly praised. Mr. Neo-Yuan, who is from the East thousands of miles away, has become famous on our east coast."
Principal Hepburn turned to Master Yuan on the side of the Taiwan side and said, "Mr. Yuan, please say 'a few words' to everyone!"
Yuan Yan suddenly knew what he said. As a guest in the warm-up scene, he could only say "a few words"... Well, in fact, it's just a joke.
"Ba...b...ba...b...b...b..."
The audience was not very enthusiastic, but only polite applause.
It’s not that everyone doesn’t give this Chinese face, but these listeners are here to listen to Einstein’s explanation of the theory of relativity.
It’s not that this Chinese doesn’t give everyone a face, but he thinks that one-third of the people here can understand it, that’s good.
Yuan Yan suddenly stood up and pulled her hair on the front. She shook hands with Einstein first, then shook hands with Principal Hepburn, and then walked behind the wooden podium.
Instead of speaking, he showed an intoxicating smile around the scene, and waved to the familiar Chinese students and reporters in the audience.
However, he was not going to give a speech that restrained your oppressive style, so he did not deliberately delay time, but simply attracted everyone's attention.
After he finished showing his appearance, he coughed and said, "Ladies and gentlemen!"
The Grey Knight pointed at the Great Magician and whispered: "My friend Mr. Albert Einstein is a good man!"
Chapter completed!