揭秘美國神秘的深泉學院

深泉學院在哪兒？

Deep Springs is a private， alternative college in Deep Springs， California， in the United States. A two-year college， the institution currently aims for a student body size of 26， though the number is occasionally lower.

深泉學院是位于美國加州深泉的一所特殊的私立學校。這所兩年制學校目前的目標學生人數(shù)是26人，不過有時全校學生人數(shù)會少于26。

深泉學院只有男生嗎？

Founded in 1917， the college has been all-male， until its board voted， in fall 2011， that it would begin accepting female students in the summer of 2013.

深泉學院成立于1917年，學校建立之初為男校，直到2011年通過董事會投票，學校從2013年夏季開始接收女性學生。

深泉學院學費貴嗎？

Tuition and board are free—each student receives a scholarship valued at about $50，000—making this a cashless campus and one of a handful of free colleges in the US.

深泉學院的學費和生活費全免，每位學生可獲得大約5萬美元的獎學金，它是美國為數(shù)不多的免費和自由教學的大學之一。

在深泉學院上什么課？

Scholars at Deep Springs study philosophy and international relations， but they also learn how to skin sheep and herd cattle. Students must spend at least 20 hours a week doing “l(fā)abor” such as cooking， cleaning， gardening， milking cows， herding cattle， moving hay， butchering chickens， wiring cables， sorting library books， fixing vehicles.

在深泉學院就讀，學生們不僅需要學習哲學和國際關系，還需要學習如何剝羊皮和放牛。學生們每周至少要花20個小時勞動，如：做飯、清掃、園藝、擠奶、放牛、搬干草、殺雞、裝電線、整理圖書館書籍和修車。

從深泉學院畢業(yè)后會如何？

Deep Springs does not bestow degrees. Graduates earn academic credits that tend to knock a year off subsequent university courses back in the outside world. Most graduates end up at Ivy League schools.

深泉學院不授予學位，畢業(yè)生們在深泉就讀兩年獲得學分，接下來將回到外面的世界繼續(xù)學習，學分可以轉(zhuǎn)入別的大學，相當于一年的課業(yè)。大部分深泉學院的畢業(yè)生最后都去常春藤名校就讀。

Deep Springs is founded on three principles， commonly called the “three pillars”—academics， labor， and self-governance.

深泉學院的辦學宗旨為：學術(shù)、勞動、自治，普遍稱其為“三根支柱”。

The desert has a deep personality; it has a voice. Great leaders in all ages have sought the desert and heard its voice. You can hear it if you listen， but you cannot hear it in the midst of uproar and strife for material things. Gentlemen， for what came into the wilderness？ Not for conventional scholastic training; not for ranch life; not to become proficient in commercial or professional pursuits for personal gain. You came to prepare for a life of service， with the understanding that superior ability and generous purpose would be expected of you.

—Deep Springs Founder L. L. Nunn， 1923

荒漠有著深沉的個性，它有一種聲音。你傾聽便會聽到，但是在熙熙攘攘、物欲橫流的社會中聽不到的。偉大的領導者已找到這片荒漠，并聽到它的聲音。紳士們，你們?yōu)槭裁磥碜羁褚暗奈鞑可衬钐?？不是為了學習傳統(tǒng)的書本知識，不是為了體驗牛仔生活，不是為了個人未來的物質(zhì)享受與職業(yè)追求，你來是為一個更好的社會而貢獻。你們要明白，你們獲得的不僅是最頂尖的能力，也承載著最宏偉的志向。

——深泉學院創(chuàng)始人

盧西恩·盧修斯·納恩，1923年