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Joarn their weaknesses and ‘partioular aptitudes which ca .
‘ nnot be the case
wher ‘tak ul .
qe i e Tanstor takos a-closs in ono subjoot-.only, or possibly two, three or four
9. I now wish to turn to the organisation of the College a
teaching staff. What tho Principal hag achioved in two yoate to erosions
tho cla prevailing practices, such as privato foeding atrangements in the
hands and under the suporintendonce of palace officials, ctic., is probably
ampatalleled. In Rajputans, in tho home of conservatism and feudalism
in the face of opposition from many poworful torces on whose goodwill tho
existence of the Collogo largely depends, Mr. Stow, in the short time he has
boen Principal, has already ostablishod common messing rooms in six housos
and itis hoped that his porsoverance will succocd in developing the idoa,
und thoroby regularising the domestic arrangements of tho College undor his
direct supervision and control.
10. Tho foregoing remarks aro evidence, if such wero needed for the ey cs
of those who knew Mayo Collogo two years ago ard sce it to-day, of the
reat doal of timo which tho Principal has to dovote to his administiative
utios. On tho other hand, although these duties aro essential, and have
had to bo catricd out, and will continue torequire the dovotion of the Principal,
tho fact remains that tho higher ranks of the qualified educational staff are
dangorously thin, ond titis a question whother ‘the teaching of tho ‘boys, as -
also ‘the training and the keeping up tothe mark of tho toaching staff docs *
mot suffer through the Principal’s administrative -pre-occupations. The
solution would appear to lic in adjusting tho functions of-tho Vice-Principal
to accord more to those ‘of 2 Head Mastor. His solo task would be to train
mastors.and to tench pupils. All purely teaching mattors sould bo undor.his
ohargo, subject te tho control .of the Principal. He would ‘lay down ‘the
syllabuses and arrange informal consultations ‘betwoon masters. If this -
suggestion were found to bo impracticablo.or unsound, T would recommend
that tho Principel should delegate oll his administrative functions to .a
mombor of the staff less qualified than he to impart training and instruction.
In this connection I am inclined to think that.masters, ospecially tho Indian
mastors, do not “‘ got togethor”’ onough. ‘I understand thot thoy heave a
‘Common Room, but I-doubt if, and the Principal doos not dony my doubt,
masters really uso such opportunities for exchanging idens, for consulting
sogothor and discussing tho subjects and the pupils on which they are on-
goegod. I would like to.seo informal discussions of this nature at least once a
weok under the Chairmanship of the Hondmaster, and especially would I
like 10 sce a general meeting and consultation on a large scale at the-boginning
of each term, which I understand does not at present take place.
WN. Lhe Educational Commissioner and myself are-both inclined to think
that the Principal bears‘too much on his own shoulders, ‘and.that decentralisa-
tion in some form is required. The above suggestion -of a headmastorship
is designed in part to achieve this object. At present Mayo -Colloge
‘dopends too much.on tho ensrgies.of one man.
12, Ifthe Working Committee, on the considered advice of the Principal,
is dissetisfiod with tho compotonce of.any Indian wastor who isa Government
sorvant, it should, ‘in feirness to Mayo College which is no longer «a ‘Govern-
mont run institution, be able to-romove him from the College staff.
13. Iam inolined to think thore aro too many-optional subjects, but this
is 2 matter on which the Educational ‘Gommissioner is ‘more competent to
aperk than I am.
14, In view of the importanco which must bo attached to the acquisition
of good English, I must stress the need:for a‘strong English porsonnel.on the
permanent staff, who would also be available as guardians.
Tf any well disposod Darbar, who‘could afford to do so, were-to‘guarantee
funds over a. specific period for the-ongagement of onsor'two young English
masters recruited from the Universities of England in addition to the'existing
permanent English staff, the ‘advantage to Mayo .College would be very
great, -