目的研究《留美学生季报》初期科学救国思想,为中国科学思想史的研究提供新的线索。方法采用原始期刊文献分析和考证法。结果《留美学生季报》认为中国科学因“嗣响无人,遂成陈迹”,故无从发展,为中国贫弱之症结;强调科学乃富民强国之利器,与人生、与人之价值、与救国有着密切联系;提出以科学促进兵工农林水利的发展,“以工商业为之辅”,并建立科学的学界,将教育视为救国的重要手段。这是实现科学救国的3个主要途径。结论《留关学生季报》与先前的科学救国思想相比具有更为进步和全面的科学观,强调科学方法与科学精神的重要性,为酝酿五四运动前夕的民主与科学氛围做出了积极贡献;与《科学》《新青年》《学艺》形成了美国、中国本土、日本传播科学救国思想的犄角之势。
Aim To study The Chinese Students ' Quarterly's early ideas about saving the nation through science and education and provide new clues for the research of the scientific thought history. Methods The original journal literature analysis and textual research methods. Results The Chinese Students' Quarterly introduced this idea: No one inherited China's science in ancient time, so there was no development and thus resulted in the poverty in China. It is important for promoting national development through science and science has very close link with life, hu- man values and saving nation. Science can promote agriculture, forestry, military and other sector development. And it is necessary to develop the science through establishing a scientific network, which were three most impor- tant ways to save the nation. Conclusion In order to brew the scientific atmosphere for the eve of the May Fourth Movement, The Chinese Students'Quarterly had made a positive contribution. It played an important role on the dissemination of scientific ideas in China, the United States and Japan with science, New Youth, Wissen and Wissen schaf .