After Hu Shuhua resigned, Professor Ye took over as the principal. As soon as he arrived, he caught two big things. One is the reorganization of the "Chongqing Shaping Cultural District Autonomous Committee", and the other is the promotion of Chongqing University's provincial application reform and national creation.
1939 65438+1On October 30th, Chongqing University Conference Hall held an enlarged meeting on the reorganization of Chongqing Shaping Cultural District Autonomous Committee. The meeting was presided over by Shen Zhongyu, a representative sent by Ye. After careful discussion, expansion and reorganization, the new draft organization was renamed as "the Social Undertaking Promotion Association of Shaping Cultural District in Baxian County". Elected Ye, Wang (county magistrate of Baxian County), Luo Jialun (president of Central University), Zhou (director of Shapingba Office of Jincheng Bank) and Pan Yangshan (manager of Yufeng Cotton Mill) as the standing committee members, Ye as the chairman and Wang as the vice chairman.
In the bonfire of the Anti-Japanese War, Chongqing University actively participated in the torrent of propaganda and made great efforts for people's awakening and social development. Under the heavy pressure of the Japanese aggressors, Wang Ching-wei, the No.2 figure of the Kuomintang and chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, sold his country as an enemy and was proud of selling himself. President Ye led the faculty and staff of the whole school to send a telegram, "clarifying that the country is condemning traitors", which deeply exposed and ruthlessly attacked their treason. The telegram pointed out that "the foundation of a country lies in culture and education. ..... Today's awareness of the war of resistance to death is based on this, and the great cause of building the country indefinitely in the future is also based on this. " At that time, all walks of life in Shaci area held activities with the theme of "rebellion and weeding out traitors", and General Feng Yuxiang advocated launching the campaign of "donating money to build a tomb and casting rebellion". Teachers and students of Chongqing University responded positively and took to the streets to distribute leaflets to the public.
At that time, the Ministry of Education had long stipulated that universities should be state-owned. A few years later, Northeastern University, Shandong University, Xiamen University, Hunan University and Yunnan University were all state-owned, and there were few provincial universities left. The declaration called on the government to learn from it and change Chongqing University into a national university in order to obtain a development scale that meets the needs of anti-construction. However, the declaration was delivered to Chiang Kai-shek, the highest authority of the National Government, and the answer was that "the discussion should be suspended", so it was shelved. It was not until February 29th, 1942, 1942 that the Executive Yuan changed Chongqing University into a national university.
During his tenure as president of Chongqing University, he hired many famous scholars. Feng Jian, a famous radio expert, is the dean of the Institute of Technology, and He Lu, a famous mathematician, and Ma Yinchu, a famous economist, are the dean of the Business School. Famous scholars employed to teach are: Ke Zhao, Li Siguang, Duan, Yu, Zhu Sen, Ding Hongfan, Zhu Zuhui, Zhu, Zhang Shengling, Fu Lifu, Liu Juemin, Luo Zhetan, Ye, etc.