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10. Time-table.—The following is the daily routine of the kumars during
the winter term:— —_,
G45 am. . 2...) Birt rising bell.
6-45 to 7-16 aw. =.) . Dea, chota hazri.
T-15 to 8-15 ast. . =. Morning exercises, riding and drill, etc.
8-30 to 9-16aur,. =. =. Bath, preparation of lessons.
9-15 tod45am. . . . Breakfast.
9-45 to 10 as, 2... Prayer.
10 a.at. to 1 Post. = . « Class work.
lto2ra . . . - Lunch reeess,.
2Qtodrpya . . « Class work,
4 to 4-15 pit. . . . . Tea,
4I0todru.. . . . Private reading.
5 to G-15 pat. - . « Evening exercise,
6-15 to 7-30 pat... «| “Supper.
7-30 to 8-45 ro. . . » Library.
9rsa. . . . . . Bed time.
On Wednesdays and Saturdays the morning school is held from 10 4.x.
to 1-30 P.M.
There seems to be a large number of odd holidays. It might be possible
to reduce the number of these during term time and even, if necessary, add
these days to the ordinary vacations,
11. Library.—There is a large number of books in the library scattered
over the various rooms. [ understand that there is a possibility of construct-
ing a separate building to house these books. From a cursory, examination
it would seem that there are many books which might profitably be got rid of
as they are out of date and no body reads them. I am informed that boys read
about 10 to 12 books on an average during the year and that an attempt is made
to test whether the boys have understood or appreciated what they have read.
T was glad to hear that boys read a certain amount of vernacular books and I
think it would be a good thing if such reading were extended. The older
hove subseribe to newspapers. I understand that arrangements are now being
made to obtain some more picture papers.
12, Instruction —I have been told that there is o feeling among the
States that the quality of instruction given in the college is not as good as
it should be, but from what I have seen I think that this charge is unjustified,
It is true that some of the teaching lacks life, especially in the vernacular
subjects and, toa certain extent, in mathematics, but on the whole the standard
is not lower than that obtaining in most of the other chicfs’ colleges. Every-
thing possible should be done to make the boys work for themselves as there
is a great temptation, when classes are so small, for masters to do the work
which boys themselves ought to do, In the higher classes some adaptation to
the Dalton Plan might profitably be introduced. When questions are given
they should be carefully distributed among the whole class and not confined
to the brighter boys.
Writing in text-books should be discouraged and the work done in class
should be in ink and not in pencil. .
English pronunciation and reading were quite fair but the composition
was not so good. The differences of idiom between Gujarati and Enelish
should be explained and regular drill in these differences should be given.
Throughout the college boys should be made to correct their own mistakes
as far as possible. A series of signs might be used to indicate various types
of error.
All the translation work I saw was being done orally. I think this is a
mistake. Most of such work should be written and carefully corrected by
the teacher. One or two English text-books in use might with advantage
be changed. As for the writing, I think it would be a good thing to begin
with script writing, at any rate in the two lower classes. A certain amount