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* Mayo Colloge aroady has 24 hoya from ontside Rajputana, ond th:
Gonoral Council might shortly consider the desirability of Oporting mombpr
ship of the Council to all Princes and Ruling Chiofs of India. Ié wilh tp
gonorally conceded, I think, that 99 por cont. of boys cdueated in Mayo
Uolloge will hocome, in tho course of timo, cither Rulers or mombers of -
administration of States or holders of Estates, and will othorvise adopt 8
military carcer or join one of the Imperial Sorvicos, I am doubtful therofng
of tho wisdom or necossity of continuing the ondeavour to secure affiliation
with a University. I wderatind that it is one of tho dearest wishes of overy
Indian boy, including thosu of the princely classes, to bocomoa B.A. or LLB.
but whilo tho fulfilment of such an ambition cannot materially advance tho
careots which so high a porcontage of Mayo Colloge boys will bo called
upon to fill, we are, by providing local facilitios for tho attainmont of gnch
acadomic distinctions, offering a not altogothor desirable incontive to a class
whose mental vigour and gonoral outlook is likely to lo inspairod by the
concentrated application to highor studics which tho passing of University
dogrers involves. As mottnrs stand at prosent the Hivhor Diploma quali.
fication which boys can sceure xt Mayo Colloca after tho four years
prescribed courso is cquivalont to 0 Univorsity “Dogroo for purposes af
admissibility to the oxaminations for the Imporial Sorvicos, and this should
suffice. Mayo Colloge is now situvied in tho jurisdiction of Agra Uni.
vorsity hy logislation enacted in the United Provincas, but I undorstind that
tho cdneational authorities in tho United Provincos have sob their faces
against affiliation with Agra University, Subject however to a miner
hitch which tha Educational Conimissionor thinks ean be overcome, they ae
propared to allow boys who have passod the Intermediate Diploma Txamina-
tionat Muyo Collsg) to onter any Government Collego which is already
affiliated with Agra Univorsity in order to inke their two yoors comss
hofare admission to Agra University. Personally I douht whether tho
avorago typo of boy in the Maya Collego or his paront will ever agreo toe
coursd of study ato Governmont College aftor loaving Mayo College, but
this avenue is at least opon to thoso who aro dotorminod to obtain a Dogree.
2, If it is docided to pursue tho idoa of affiliation with a University I
would wolcomo affiliation with Dolhi University in profuronce to Agra
University.
3. It must be accoptod J think that the English language, spoken and
writton, is an casential attainmont for Rulers and prominent mombora of the
Ruling familios of Indian States. It is nota question of wishing to seo English
tho prodominating modium of esprossion in India at the oxpenso of the
Vernaculars, It is tho ronlization that a Princo who has notan adequate
command of thislanguago will bo soriously handicapped not only in his official
rolations but in his social intorcourso with his follow Princes. I wadorstand
that tho medium of instruction in the lowor classes of Mayo Colloge is that
in which the boy concorned has the grontost facility of oxprossion. In othor
words it can be in English or in Hindi or in any othor Vornacular in which the
boy can make his moaning cloar ; and that in the uppor classes tho medium of
instruction in all subjects is English, I have no quarrel with this arrangoment
which is probably the bost devisablo. It is very nocessary howover to guard
against bad habits in regard to the speaking of English, and I doubt therofore,
thongh I am by no means certain, whothor it is altogethor sound to oncourago, _
* ont-and-out, the spoaling of convorantions! English amongst the boys them-
solves. No ona acquainted with India can bo unawaro of the fact that the
waintness Bnd distortion to which the English longuago is put on many
fadian lips is dua to anexcessivalave of practising it on avary sort of irregular
occasion, and to a passion for oxporimonting with its possibilities. Exeopt
therefore when under the direct, euporvision.of pure English spennne masterg-
Ywould be inclined tolay stress on the neod of reading sound p mglish literature
rathor thon on private intoroourse as a means of improving a boy's command:
of the English language. Debates anda constant chock of bad pronunciation
and wngrammatical utterance are‘probably the best methods of promioting
tho speaking of good English.. .