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10, Pupils ¢ (a) Ages—The ages of the kumars are tabulated in the
following statement. There are some remarkable variations in the ages of
the boys in the upper forms.
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Class. Number. Ages. — e averse
i . 21 14, 15, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, £7, 18, 18, 15, 18, 18, 19,) 14—21 176
VEWA (Diplene) 16, 10, 30, 20, 31, 81. ™ ~
VI-B . . . 16 13, 14, 14, 16, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 18, 10. | 13—16 16°43
i.
Vv. . > 13 12, 13, 18, 18, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 16, 16,17. e| 1217 4
Iv . . . 9 10, 11, 12, 12, 18, 18, 14, 14,18, . ‘ «) 10—16 126
In . 2 10, 20, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13, 14 . . +| 10—14 516
i . 5 10, 10, 11, 11, 11 . . . . ’ . e}) 10~11 106
7 . 1 9. . . . . . 9 i]
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(b) Strength and admissions—Though the number of pupils in the
college has increased from 69 last year to 77 at the time of my inspection, it
was still alarmingly low. The number of Sikhs is 43 and of Hindus 14.
Tt should be noted that of the 77 boys on the roll 21 boys are day-boys. The
whole question is receiving the attention of the Committee of Management
which appointed a sub-committee to consider the policy of the college in
regard to its admissions. The sub-committee has recommended that a liberal
interpretation should be put on Statute VIII (c) of the college statutes and
that, in addition, His Excellency the Governor of the Punjab, who is Chair-
man of the Council, may exercise a new power to make exemptions from the
social limit in certain circumstances and within a small fixed number yearly.
Another ground for anxiety is that the number,of Mohammadans is steadily
decreasing. In former years they were about half of the total number.
11. Boarding Houses.—The third boarding house was temporarily closed
in January 1932 as a measure of retrenchment and owing to a shortage of
boys but was opened in October 1932 owing to an increase in numbers. I
am grad to learn that no difficulty is found in getting boys to have their meals
together.
12. Classes.—I have discussed with the Principal the question of opening
an Army Class. 1 am doubtful whether this would be a wise move, unless
the numbers in the college materially increase, more especially as there is
already an Army Class in Lahore. The class could, it is true, be carried on
for the first year without extra expense but in the second year it would pro-
bably cost more than the college could afford.
_ 18, Results.—Only six passed out of fifteen in the last Diploma Examina-
tion as against 17 out of 17 in 1931. The majority of failures was in the
History and Geography group. i. .
14. Instruction.—It was unfortunate that my visit coincided with the
introduction of a new time-table as some of the stafl seemed not to know
what they had to teach. This was particularly apparent in the Indian
History classes in the lower half of the college. In this subject, I think,
it is desirable that one master shouldbe in charge of History throughout the
college in order that there should be proper co-ordination of the work done
in the various classes. As text-books in English and Indian history those
by Gense (publishers MacMillan) might be found useful, more especially
as the language is simple. For Masters’ use in English History Edward's
Notes on British History (four volumes) (Rivington) ate valuable. Another
point which requires attention throughout the college is handwriting and
general neatness. Tidiness should be insisted on right from the beginning.
I attribute the bad handwriting of many of the boys, specially in the lower
part of the’college, to the fact that they are using unsuitable nibs. Another
thing which should be discouraged is writing in text-books; underlining is
more useful. : ad . Par
Script writing is tatight on the right lines but should not, in my opinion,
he abandoned too early, at any rate not until the boys have learnt to write -
clearly.