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class-rooms. Unfortunately’ future developments and even the fruition of
past endeavours are dependent almost entirely upon a largor enrolment.
This college is unlike most other institutions in India in that its mein problem
is to increase and not to reduce numbers, to maintain and not necessarily to
augment its financial support. The grim fact remains that, in spite of much
loyal support in the past, Rajkumar College, Raipur, cannot anticipate
muth further development unless its numbors are at least doubled.
From whatever aspéct the present position is examined, the .severe
handicapresulting from insufficient numbers becomes more and more apparent.
The pleasing improvements in the teaching are counter-balanced by the
difficulty of providing for good class-teaching, In some of the classes the
number of pupilscan be counted on the fingers of one hand, yet a sufficiency
of numbers is requisite as a stimulus to tho teacher as well as to the taught.
It would not be advisable toamalgamate classes as the variation in the at-
tainments of the boys in each class is already pronounced. The spirit and skill
shown in the games, again, are discounted by the inability to arrange that boys
of good, medium and poor capacities shall play in separate groups. For certain
purposes, again, boys are divided into ‘ sets ’ in ordor to instil a spirit of loyalty
among boys towards the particular ‘ set’ to which each of them belongs, but
even. in this direction the ‘ sets’ are insufficiently large. A further widening
of college intzrests and activities is also impossible, until there are enough’
boys to goround. The institution of post-diploma classes is dcarcely possible
with the present numbers, It may even be that, in spite of its rich endow-
monts, the College will become straitened in its finances in consequence of
its small enrolment. Paucity of numbers presents graver problems even than
paucity of funds. Increased numbers would entail not only an assured
financial position, but (what is ever more important) a wide enrichment of
activities and of opportunities for good training.
14. The figures below show that the numbers have been practically
stationary during the last five years.
Year, Enrolmont. | Admissions. | Withdrawals.
1990-30 . 2 ew le lel 44 8 13
waee3k 2 wk we 47 9 6
W332... ww lk 42 4 9
1982-98 2 wk le ll 44 1k 9
1933-34. + 47 12 r)
The numbers are fairly evenly divided between those ing fi .
States and from British india, y ° coming from Indian
» My colleague, Mr. Bowstead, is far more competent than I am to -Suggest
whether a larger «nrolment can be anticipated from the States, but I cannot
myself feel thet this is likely, Similarly, especiallyjin viow of the financial
depression and, of increasing competition, it ia equally unlikely that largely
jncroased numbeis can be expected from among the Zamindars of British
15. The Governing Body have been anxiously considering this -
mental problem and have recently decided that tho somewhat rigid wd
exclusive rules of admission shell bo relaxed to some extont, and that, subject
to certain conditions, pupils not ordinarily eligible for admission shall be
admitted to the College; provided that their numbur shall not excecd ten ab