中英庚款會的文教事業

中英庚款會成立於民國20年4月8日，其職責在於以英國庚款為基金，投資於國民政府的鐵路、電氣、水利等實業，再以利息所得挹注教育文化事業。該會對抗戰前後國民政府的文教事業貢獻很大，例如：一、為國育才方面：舉辦九屆留英公費考試，為國家培養出193名各學科領域的專業人才。二、贊助戰時的文教事業：曾補助許多大學或研究機構；安頓戰時流亡的科學研究人員及大學教授；搶運古物、搜購善本書，使文物不至於流失國外；配合國家政策致力於西北開發等等。三、曾接受英國庚款補助留學的李國鼎先生認為：「中英庚款會的文教政策帶動了留英風氣，使當時的留英人數增加。」若不是受戰亂影響，造成庚款息金收入的作業系統失效，相信以該會擘劃執行的能力，對於各項文教事業必有更可觀的成果。

關鍵字

中英庚款會；西北科學考察團；公費留英；李國鼎；錢鍾書

並列摘要

The Board of Trustees for the Administration of the Indemnity Funds remitted by the British Government, established on April 8th, 1931, was meant to invest for the National Government on construction projects such as rails, electric systems and water conservancy, trying to work further on education and culture projects with the interests earned in the banks. The Board of Trustees for AIFBG did a lot of contributions to the culture as well as education in the National Government. I would like to cite some examples: (1) Education: They held 9 Scholarship Examinations of the Board to England, thereafter training up as many as 193 professionals in various fields. (2) Sponsorship to education/culture: During the period of second world war, many universities and research institutes were partly subsidized by the Board, helping to settle wandering research scholars and professors. A lot of antiques and ancient volumes were collected and properly stored so that these precious materials did not have to be sold to foreign countries. The Board in conformity to the national policy also made great contributions in the modernization of the impoverished Northwestern areas. K.T. Li 李國鼎), who once accepted the financial sponsorship from the Board said: ”Due to positive influence caused by the educational and cultural policy of The Board of Trustees for AIFBG, it turns out to be a fashion to go to England for further study. The number of the students who would like to study in England has been greatly on the rise.” Had it not been for the wars, which caused the failure of the operational system of returning good interests, The Board of Trustees for AIFBG with the solid ability in planning and rendering implementation of projects, would have made a lot more contributions to various types of cultural and educational activities.