揭秘美国神秘的深泉学院

深泉学院在哪儿？

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.

深泉学院是位于美国加州深泉的一所特殊的私立学校。这所两年制学校目前的目标学生人数是26人，不过有时全校学生人数会少于26。

深泉学院只有男生吗？

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.

深泉学院成立于1917年，学校建立之初为男校，直到2011年通过董事会投票，学校从2013年夏季开始接收女性学生。

深泉学院学费贵吗？

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.

深泉学院的学费和生活费全免，每位学生可获得大约5万美元的奖学金，它是美国为数不多的免费和自由教学的大学之一。

在深泉学院上什么课？

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 “labor” such as cooking， cleaning， gardening， milking cows， herding cattle， moving hay， butchering chickens， wiring cables， sorting library books， fixing vehicles.

在深泉学院就读，学生们不仅需要学习哲学和国际关系，还需要学习如何剥羊皮和放牛。学生们每周至少要花20个小时劳动，如：做饭、清扫、园艺、挤奶、放牛、搬干草、杀鸡、装电线、整理图书馆书籍和修车。

从深泉学院毕业后会如何？

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.

深泉学院不授予学位，毕业生们在深泉就读两年获得学分，接下来将回到外面的世界继续学习，学分可以转入别的大学，相当于一年的课业。大部分深泉学院的毕业生最后都去常春藤名校就读。

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

深泉学院的办学宗旨为：学术、劳动、自治，普遍称其为“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

荒漠有着深沉的个性，它有一种声音。你倾听便会听到，但是在熙熙攘攘、物欲横流的社会中听不到的。伟大的领导者已找到这片荒漠，并听到它的声音。绅士们，你们为什么来最狂野的西部沙漠深处？不是为了学习传统的书本知识，不是为了体验牛仔生活，不是为了个人未来的物质享受与职业追求，你来是为一个更好的社会而贡献。你们要明白，你们获得的不仅是最顶尖的能力，也承载着最宏伟的志向。

——深泉学院创始人

卢西恩·卢修斯·纳恩，1923年